BRIEF-Ricard donates pure alcohol to produce hand sanitizer

Pernod Ricard SA: * Ricard SAS is donating 70,000 litres of pure alcohol to Laboratoire Cooper, one of France's leaders in everyday health products, and the leading supplier of hydroalcoholic gels to pharmacies.

* This will allow Cooper to increase alcohol deliveries to pharmacies to produce hydroalcoholic gel, the equivalent of approximately 1.8 million individual 50 ml vials. * Laboratoire Cooper is committed to donating the equivalent of the donation to various health care associations

* Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: (Reporting By Dominique Vidalon)