Coca-Cola Beverages Africa

Company

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa

Company type| Private
Industry| Beverages
Founded| 2014 (by merger)

Number of locations

| 39 bottling plants

Area served

| Africa

Key people

| Sunil Gupta[1]
Group CEO
Products| The Coca-Cola Company Products
Other Soft Drinks
Owner| The Coca-Cola Company
Gutsche Family Investments
Website| ccbagroup.com

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa is a company that was formed in 2014 from the merger of SABMiller plc, The Coca-Cola Company and Gutsche Family Investments beverage bottling operations in Southern and East Africa.[2]

## Overview

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On 27 November 2014, SABMiller plc, The Coca-Cola Company and GFI (controlling 80% of Coca-Cola South African Bottling Company (Sabco) ) announced they had come to terms on a merger.[3] The merger would be executed in two phases. The first phase took 6–9 months, and the second would commence after the completion of the first phase, and last for around 12–18 months. The merger deal made Coca-Cola Beverages Africa the largest bottler in Africa and the 10th largest in the world,[4] with annual revenue of US$3 billion.[5] Coca-Cola Beverages Africa serves 12 countries, employs 12,000 people and accounts for 40 per cent of the total Coca-Cola beverage volume consumed in Africa.[6] The merged business has its head office in South Africa.[7]

## Merger

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### Merger Parties

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#### SABMiller

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SABMiller plc was a multinational brewing and beverage company headquartered in London, England with its primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and a secondary Listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. It was the world's second-largest brewer measured by revenues (after the Belgian-Brazilian Anheuser-Busch InBev) and was also the largest bottler of Coca-Cola in Africa.[8][9]

#### The Coca-Cola Company

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The Coca-Cola Company is a multinational beverage corporation headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.[10] Its stock is listed on the NYSE. The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola, invented in 1886 by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in Columbus, Georgia.[11]

#### Coca-Cola Sabco

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Coca-Cola Sabco is the second largest Coca-Cola bottler in Africa (after SABMiller) and has been a Coca-Cola bottler since 1940. The firm is 80% owned by Gutsche Family Investments and its headquarters are in Gqeberha, South Africa. Coca-Cola Sabco grew rapidly through a series of acquisition across Africa. Coca-Cola Sabco has over 8,000 employees and operates in South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Uganda.[12]

### Merger Details

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The merger of the three parties' operations was through a cashless transaction.[13] The process was done in two phases:[7]

#### Phase I

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During the first phase the parties will contribute their business interests to Coca-Cola Beverages Africa as follows:

* SABMiller will contribute its entire Coca-Cola bottling franchise and non-alcoholic beverage businesses in Comoros, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mayotte, South Africa and Uganda to Coca-Cola Beverages Africa.
* GFI will contribute its entire 80% shareholding in Coca-Cola Sabco giving Coca-Cola Beverages Africa access to bottlers in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania and Uganda.
* The Coca-Cola Company will contribute its South Africa based bottles businesses.

Phase I will give Coca-Cola Beverages Africa access to nine countries i.e. South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Namibia, Comoros and Mayotte and is expected to be completed within 6–9 months.

#### Phase II

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SABMiller will contribute to Coca-Cola Beverages Africa its soft drinks bottling businesses of Swaziland Beverages Ltd (now Eswatini Beverages) in Eswatini, Sechaba Brewery Holdings and Zambian Breweries Plc that are listed subsidiaries on the Botswana and Zambia Stock Exchange respectively.

Phase II is expected to be completed within 18 months after the completion of Phase I due to the regulatory and shareholder approvals. At the conclusion of Phase II, Coca-Cola Beverages Africa will have presence in South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Namibia, Comoros, Mayotte, Eswatini, Botswana and Zambia.

#### Addition Deal

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In addition to the deal, The Coca-Cola Company agreed to acquire sparkling soft drink Appletiser brands globally, and buy or be licensed for a further 19 non-alcoholic names in Africa and Latin America from SABMiller for about $260 million.[13][14]

### Shareholding after Merger

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Upon conclusion of the merger, shareholding in the stock of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa's as follows:[7][13]

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa Stock Ownership Rank | Name of Owner | Percentage Ownership

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1 | The Coca-Cola Company | 68.3
2 | Gutsche Family Investments | 31.7
| Total | 100.00

## Progress

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As at 31 July 2015, the merger transaction was yet to be concluded. It had however received regulatory approval from the COMESA Competition commission.[15]

Following its acquisition of SABMiller,[16] Anheuser-Busch InBev announced that it would sell its 57% acquired stake in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa to the Coca-Cola Company. This would give the Coca-Cola Company 68.3% stake in the merged business.[17][18] The deal was valued at $3.15 billion and the Coca-Cola Company would hold onto the investment until it found a new owner.[19]

## See also

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* SABMiller
* The Coca-Cola Company
* Coca-Cola European Partners

## References

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1. ^ https://www.cfo.co.za/articles/coca-cola-beverages-africa-appoints-cfo-sunil-gupta-as-new-ceo/
2. ^ "Coca-Cola Company, SABMiller and Gutsche Family Investments to combine the bottling operations". CNBC Africa. ABN Digital. 27 November 2014. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
3. ^ "The Coca-Cola Company, SABMiller And Coca-Cola SABCO To Form Coca-Cola Beverages Africa". The Coca-Cola Company. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
4. ^ Matinson, Alec (27 November 2014). "Coca-Cola and SABMiller combine African soft drinks bottling operations". The Grocer. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
5. ^ "SABMiller, Coca-Cola Form Joint Bottling Venture in Africa". Bloomberg Businessweek. Bloomberg L.P. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
6. ^ Thomas, Nathalie (27 November 2014). "SABMiller agrees $3bn Coca-Cola bottling deal". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
7. ^ a b c "Press Releases - The Coca-Cola Company, SABMiller plc and Coca-Cola Sabco to form Coca-Cola Beverages Africa" (PDF). SABMiller. 27 November 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
8. ^ "Company Snapshot 2010" (PDF). SABMiller plc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
9. ^ "SABMiller, Asahi eye Foster's beer unit: sources". Reuters. 23 August 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
10. ^ "The Coca-Cola Brands". coca-colacompany.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
11. ^ "Who Invented Coca Cola?". Whoinventedit.net. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
12. ^ "Coca-Cola Sabco – What a Journey!". Coca-Cola Sabco. Archived from the original on 7 December 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
13. ^ a b c "UPDATE 2-SABMiller, Coke team up to bottle Africa's fizzy drinks". Reuters. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
14. ^ Hedley, Nick (28 November 2014). "SABMiller forges closer Coca-Cola ties". BDLive. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
15. ^ "Case File No. CCC/MER/03/03/2015" (PDF). COMESA. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
16. ^ Mickle, Tripp (28 September 2016). "SABMiller, AB InBev Shareholders Approve $100 Billion-Plus Merger". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
17. ^ "Coca-Cola moves away from AB InBev with Africa bottling deal". Business Daily Africa. Nation Media Group. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
18. ^ Nicholson, Lucy (10 October 2016). "Coca-Cola to buy AB InBev's stake in African bottler". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
19. ^ "Coke moves away from AB InBev with Africa bottling deal". Reuters. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.

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The Coca-Cola Company

Brands|

| Soft drinks|

* A&W Root Beer (Canada only)
* Ambasa
* Ameyal
* Barq's
* Beat
* Beverly
* Bjäre Julmust
* Blue Sky
* Cannings
* Coca-Cola
* Fanta
* Frutee
* Hit
* Icy
* Kist
* Royal
* Tropical
* Fioravanti
* Fresca
* Fruktime
* Frutonic
* Guaraná Jesus
* Inca Kola
* Iron Brew
* Joya
* Kia-Ora
* Kinley
* Kola Inglesa
* Krest
* Kuat
* Lemon & Paeroa
* Lift
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* Mello Yello
* Mezzo Mix
* Moxie
* Nordic Mist
* Northern Neck Ginger Ale
* OK Soda
* Pibb Xtra
* Portello
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* Santiba
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* Seagram's
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* Smart
* Sparkle
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* Sprite
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* Urge
* Tab
* Tanora
* Tiky
* Vault
* VegitaBeta
* Victoria
* Yoli

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Juices and teas|

* Ayataka
* Capri-Sun
* Delaware Punch
* Enviga
* Far Coast
* Five Alive
* Fruitopia
* Frutonic
* Fuze
* Glaceau
* Gold Peak
* Hi-C
* Honest Tea
* Innocent
* Matte Leão
* Minute Maid
* Cappy
* Oasis
* Odwalla
* Qoo
* Peace Iced Tea
* Simply Beverages
* Sokenbicha
* Sparkle
* Tum-E Yummies
* VitaminWater
* Zico

Sports drinks|

* Aquarius
* Bodyarmor SuperDrink
* Powerade

Monster Beverage
(17.9% stake)|

* BPM Energy
* Burn
* Formula 50
* Full Throttle
* Live+
* Monster
* Mother
* NOS
* RAC 124
* Relentless
* Tab Energy
* Von Dutch

Bottled water|

* Abbey Well
* AdeS
* Arwa
* Aquarius
* Ciel
* Dasani
* Deep River Rock
* Deep Spring
* Malvern Water
* Mount Franklin Water
* Neverfail
* Pump
* Smartwater
* Topo Chico
* Valpre

Coffee-based|

* Barista Bros
* Caribou Coffee
* Costa Coffee
* Dunkin' Donuts
* Georgia
* illy

Dairy-based|

* Fairlife
* Swerve
* Vio

Purchased from Bisleri|

* Citra
* Gold Spot
* Limca
* Thums Up
* Maaza

Joint ventures|

* Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (66.5%)
* Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (19.5%)
* Coca-Cola FEMSA (28%)
* Coca-Cola HBC (23.2%)

Former holdings|

* Beverage Partners Worldwide
* Coca-Cola Amatil
* Coca-Cola Enterprises
* Columbia Pictures
* Panamco
* TriStar Pictures

Legal|

* United States v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Cola (1916)
* Escola v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. (1944)
* Sinaltrainal v. Coca-Cola (2001)
* POM Wonderful v. Coca-Cola (2014)

Campaigns
and slogans|

* Ashita Ga Arusa
* Coke Zero Facial Profiler
* Coming Together
* Country Sunshine
* H2NO
* Hey Kid, Catch!
* I'd like to buy the world a Coke
* The Lost Island of Alanna
* MagiCan
* Max Headroom
* Move to the Beat
* My Coke Rewards
* MyCoke
* Once Upon a Wheel
* Open Happiness
* Pepsi Invaders
* Coca-Cola polar bears
* The Polar Bears
* Share a Coke

Other|

* Assets
* Coca-Cola buildings and structures
* Criticism of Coca-Cola
* Cocacolonization
* Coca-Cola Freestyle
* Cola wars
* Limca Book of Records
* One, Two, Three (1961 film)

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Varieties of Coca-Cola

Regular|

* Coca-Cola (traditional)
* Caffeine-Free
* Black Cherry Vanilla
* Blak
* Cherry
* Citra
* Coffee
* Creations
* Lemon
* Lime
* Mexican
* New Coke
* Orange
* Raspberry
* Spiced
* Vanilla
* White (USSR)

Low-calorie|

* C2
* Clear
* Diet Coke/Coca-Cola Light
* Diet Plus
* Fiber+
* Life
* Light Sango
* Zero Sugar

Other brands|

* Tab

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SABMiller (defunct)

Beer|

| Africa|

| South African Breweries|

* Carling Black Label
* Castle LagerF
* Castle Lite
* Castle Milk Stout
* Hansa
* Hansa Marzen Gold
* Hansa Pilsener

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Kgalagadi Breweries Limited|

* St Louis LagerF
* St Louis Export
* Ohlssons Lager

Intafact Beverages Limited|

* Hero Lager
* Eagle Lager
* Castle Milk Stout
* Grand Malt
* Beta Malt

International Breweries plc|

* Trophy Lager
* Trophy Black Lager
* BETAMALT

Nile Breweries Limited|

* Chairman’s Extra Strong Beer
* Club Pilsener
* Eagle Extra Lager
* Eagle Lager
* Nile Gold Crystal Malt Lager
* Nile Special

Cervejas de Moçambique|

* 2M
* Laurentina Clara
* Laurentina Premium
* Laurentina Preta
* Manica
* Raiz

Tanzania Breweries Limited|

* Kilimanjaro
* Safari
* Ndovu Special Malt

Southern Sudan Beverages Limited|

* White Bull
* Nile Special
* Club Pilsener

Other|

* Balimi Extra Lager
* Barons
* Bohlinger’s Lager
* Chibuku
* Club Premium Lager
* Club Shandy
* Golden Pilsener
* Lion Lager
* Maluti Premium Lager
* Mosi
* N’GOLAF
* Rhino Lager
* Sibebe
* Stone Strong Lager
* Zambezi Lager
* Zambezi Lite Lager

Asia and
Oceania|

| CR Snow1|

* Huadan Dry Beer
* Löwen
* New Three Star
* Shengquan
* Singo
* SnowF
* Zero

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Foster's Group|

* Carlton & United Breweries
* Carlton Draught
* Crown Lager
* Crown Pilsner
* Foster's
* Melbourne Bitter
* NT Draught
* Resch's
* Victoria Bitter
* Cascade Brewery
* Matilda Bay Brewing Company

Other|

* Haywards 2000
* Haywards 5000F
* Haywards Black
* Indus Pride
* Knock Out
* Royal Challenge Premium Lager
* Zorok

Europe|

| Dreher Sörgyárak|

* Arany Ászok
* Dreher 24
* Dreher Bak
* Dreher ClassicF
* Dreher Premium
* Kőbányai Sör

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Kompania Piwowarska|

* Dębowe Mocne
* Gingers
* Książęce Tyskie
* Lech Free
* Lech Lite
* Lech Mocny
* Lech Pils
* Lech Premium
* TyskieF
* Tyskie Gronie
* Wojak
* Żubr

Plzeňský Prazdroj|

* Pilsner UrquellFG
* GambrinusF
* Velkopopovický KozelF
* Radegast

Ursus Breweries|

* Azuga
* Ciucaș
* Stejar
* Timișoreana
* Ursus Premium

Other|

* Dorada
* Dorada Especial
* Dorada Sin
* Essa
* Moya Kaluga
* Šariš Dark
* Šariš Premium
* Šariš Light
* Siroco by Tropical
* Smädný Mních
* Topvar
* Tri Bogatyrya Svetloye
* Tropical
* Tropical Premium
* Velkopopovický Kozel
* Velkopopovický Kozel Cerny
* Velkopopovický Kozel Premium
* Velkopopovický Kozel Světlý
* Zolotaya Bochka KlassicheskoyeF
* Zolotaya Bochka Platinovoe
* Zolotaya Bochka Razlyvnoe
* Zolotaya Bochka Svetloye
* Zolotaya Bochka Vyderzhannoye
* Żubr

North America
(MillerCoors2)|

| Miller Brewing
Company|

* Hamm's Beer
* Hamm's Golden Draft
* Hamm's Special Light
* Icehouse
* Mickey's
* Miller Chill
* Miller Genuine DraftFG
* MGD 64
* Light
* Miller LiteF
* Miller High LifeF
* Milwaukee's Best
* Ice
* Light
* Olde English 800
* Red Dog
* SouthPaw Light
* Steel Reserve
* St. Louis
* Henry Weinhard's (Belgian Style Wheat
* Blonde
* Blue Boar Pale Ale
* Classic Dark
* Hefeweizen
* India Pale Ale
* Private Reserve)
* Jacob Leinenkugel (Amber Light
* Berry Weiss
* Big Butt Doppelbock
* Creamy Dark Lager
* Honey Weiss
* Light
* Oktoberfest
* Original
* Red Lager
* Summer Shandy)

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Molson Coors
Brewing Company|

* Blue MoonF
* Coors
* Coors LightF
* Killian's
* Molson Canadian

Other|

* Saint Archer Brewing Company

South America|

| Backus and Johnston|

* Arequipeña
* Cristal
* Cusqueña
* Cusqueña Light
* Cusqueña Malta
* Callao
* Polar
* Trujillo
* San Juan

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Bavaria Brewery|

* ÁguilaF
* Aguila Light
* Águila Light
* Brava
* Club ColombiaF
* Costeñita
* Costeña
* Leona
* Pilsen
* Poker

Cerveceria Hondureña|

* Barena
* ImperialF
* Port-Royal
* Salva-Vida

Other|

* Atlas
* Balboa
* Barena
* Club Premium Lager
* Conquer
* Dorada
* Golden Light
* Pilsener
* Pilsener Lite
* Regia Extra
* Suprema

Non-beer|

* Blakes & Doyle
* Brutal Fruit
* Coca-Cola Beverages Africa
* Crispin Hard Cider Company
* Fox Barrel Cider
* Frisco
* Fusion
* Guaraná
* Cougar Bourbon
* San Mateo
* Sarita
* Skelter's Straight
* Viva

Other|

* SAB World of Beer

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