Rogers Group

Rogers & Co. LLC
Limited liability company
Traded as SEM: ROGE [1]
Industry Financial and logistics
Founded 1899
Founder Walter Rogers
Headquarters Rogers House 5, President John Kennedy Street, PO Box 60, Port Louis, Mauritius
Key people
 Philippe Espitalier-Noël
(CEO)
Jean Pierre Montocchio
(Chairman)
Number of employees
 4,206 (2015) [2]
Parent ENL Group
Divisions Aviation, Hotels, Leisure, Logistics, Shipping, Financial, Tourism
Subsidiaries Rogers Aviation, Rogers Capital, VLH, Velogic, Foresite Property, EIS, Rogers Organization Financial Logistics
Slogan Focused Energy, Every Day
Website www.rogers.mu

The Rogers Group is a Mauritius-based conglomerate listed on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius. The Group has a portfolio with interests in sectors such as aviation and tourism, logistics, financial services, distribution and industrials. The Group employs almost 4,000 people.

History

Rogers & Co is one of the oldest companies in Mauritius, dating back to 1876. Its activities then involved commerce and shipping.

Rogers & Co itself was founded in 1899 by Walter Rogers. However, it all started in 1876, when Mr. Rogers bought shares in a trading company and entered into partnership with Fulgence Laroque.

The company participated in 1962 to the creation of the Beachcomber hotel group as well as the setting up of the national carrier, Air Mauritius in 1967.

Ownership

As of June 2015, the shareholding in the stock of the company was as follows:[2]

Shareholder Percentage Notes
Rogers Consolidated Shareholding Limited (RCSL) 53 Wholly owned subsidiary of ENLIL
ENL Investment Ltd (ENLIL) 6.72 Subsidiary of ENL Ltd
National Pension fund 5.42
Others 34.86 Includes individuals, insurance and assurance companies, investment and trust companies

Subsidiaries

Rogers Organization Financial Logistics is a United States-based subsidiary incorporated in Wyoming, and located in Phoenix, Arizona. As of December 2013, Rogers Organization Financial Logistics has been closed and is no longer operating in the United States.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Company Snapshot Information - Code". Stock Exchange of Mauritius. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Employees". 2015 Annual Report. Rogers Group. Retrieved 20 December 2015.


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