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Valassis Communications Inc. (VCI)On Dec 3: 16.16   0.00 (0.00%)  
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Valassis Communications Inc.
19975 Victor Parkway
Livonia, MI 48152
United States - Map
Phone: 734-591-3000
Fax: 734-591-4994
Web Site: http://www.valassis.com

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Index Membership:N/A
Sector:Services
Industry:Marketing Services
Full Time Employees:7,200

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Valassis Communications, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide various media and marketing services in the United States and internationally. It operates in four segments: Shared Mail, Neighborhood Targeted, Free-standing Inserts, and International, Digital Media, and Services. The Shared Mail segment combines the individual print advertisements of various clients into single shared mail package delivered primarily through the U.S. postal service (USPS). It also offers solo mail and other products and services, which include list procurement, addressing, processing, and the distribution of brochures and circulars for individual clients through the USPS. The Neighborhood Targeted segment provides customers with print and media placement of free-standing solo insert formats, as well as specialty print promotion products in various customized formats. It also offers newspaper-delivered or direct-to-door sampling products; door hangers; newspaper polybag advertising; and provides brokering of advertising printed directly on pages of newspapers. The Free-standing Inserts segment offers promotional booklets containing the coupons of multiple advertisers that are distributed to approximately 60 million households through newspapers and shared mail. It also provides customized free-standing inserts featuring multiple brands of a single client. The International, Digital Media, and Services segment provides coupon clearing, promotion information management products, and marketing services. It also provides promotion security and consulting services, including the execution of sweepstakes and contests; produces direct-mail programs based on multiple data sources, including frequent shopper card data; and offers proprietary software solutions for customers to manage and analyze frequent shopper data. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Livonia, Michigan.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Valassis Communications Inc.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 1-Dec-09 is better than 50.8% of Russell 3000 companies and 64.3% of Media companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. Alan F. Schultz , 50
    Chairman, Chief Exec. Officer, Pres and Chairman of Exec. Committee
    $ 1.36M $ 0
    Mr. Robert L. Recchia , 52
    Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer, Exec. VP, Treasurer, Director and Member of Exec. Committee
    $ 772.00K $ 0
    Mr. Brian J. Husselbee , 57
    Chief Exec. Officer of NCH Marketing Services Inc and Pres of NCH Marketing Services Inc
    $ 486.00K $ 0
    Mr. Richard P. Herpich , 56
    Exec. VP of Sales and Marketing
    $ 528.00K $ 0
    Mr. William F. Hogg Jr., 62
    Exec. VP of Manufacturing & Client Services
    $ 481.00K $ 0
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-08 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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