Playboy Enterprises, Inc. - Specimen Stock Certificate - Fantastic Vignette

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PLBY Group, Inc. is a global media and lifestyle company based in the United States, originally established by Hugh Hefner as Playboy Enterprises, Inc. to manage the Playboy magazine and its associated assets. The company's headquarters are located in Los Angeles, California. The peak sales of Playboy magazine occurred in 1972, reaching over 7 million copies. However, by 2015, the circulation had decreased to 800,000. In 2020, the company transitioned entirely to consumer products with the closure of the magazine division and is now recognized for generating more than $3 billion in annual consumer spending across 180 countries. Playboy Enterprises, Inc. conducted its initial public offering on November 3, 1971, at a price of $23.50.

From 1960 to 1986, Playboy operated forty Playboy Club locations and managed casinos in England from the mid-1960s until 1981, when they lost their operating license. Additionally, Playboy ran a casino in Nassau, Bahamas, from 1978 to 1982. Between 1981 and 1984, the company was involved in the Playboy Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Playboy Enterprises was ultimately denied a permanent gaming license in New Jersey and was compelled to sell its stake to its partner, who subsequently renamed the hotel and casino to the Atlantis Hotel & Casino. The company re-entered the nightlife sector with the Playboy Club at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, which opened in 2006 and closed in 2012. Other Playboy Clubs were launched in Cancun, Macau, and London in 2010 and 2011. In the meantime, the company announced plans to establish at least three Playboy stores in each of the following three years.