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• ‘‘syrups’’ means the beverage ingredients produced by combining concentrates and, depending on the
product, sweeteners and added water;
• ‘‘fountain syrups’’ means syrups that are sold to fountain retailers, such as restaurants, that use dispensing
equipment to mix the syrups with carbonated or noncarbonated water at the time of purchase to produce
finished beverages that are served in cups or glasses for immediate consumption;
• ‘‘soft drinks’’ means nonalcoholic carbonated beverages containing flavorings and sweeteners, excluding,
among others, waters and flavored waters, juice and juice drinks, sports drinks, teas and coffees;
• ‘‘noncarbonated beverages’’ means nonalcoholic beverages without carbonation including, but not limited
to, waters and flavored waters, juice and juice drinks, sports drinks, teas and coffees;
• ‘‘Company Trademark Beverages’’ means beverages bearing our trademarks and certain other beverage
products licensed to us for which we provide marketing support and from the sale of which we derive net
revenues; and
• additional terms used in this report are defined in the Glossary beginning on page 122.
We sell the concentrates and syrups for bottled and canned beverages to authorized bottling and canning
operations. In addition to concentrates and syrups for soft-drink products and flavored noncarbonated
beverages, we also sell concentrates for purified water products such as Dasani to authorized bottling
operations.
Authorized bottlers or canners either combine our syrups with carbonated water or combine our
concentrates with sweeteners (depending on the product), water and carbonated water to produce finished soft
drinks. The finished soft drinks are packaged in authorized containers bearing our trademarks—such as cans and
refillable and nonrefillable glass and plastic bottles (‘‘bottle/can products’’)—and are then sold to retailers
(‘‘bottle/can retailers’’) or, in some cases, wholesalers.
For our fountain products in the United States, we manufacture fountain syrups and sell them to authorized
fountain wholesalers and some fountain retailers. The wholesalers are authorized to sell the Company’s fountain
syrups by a nonexclusive appointment from us that neither restricts us in setting the prices at which we sell
fountain syrups to the wholesalers, nor restricts the territory in which the wholesalers may resell in the United
States. Outside the United States, fountain syrups typically are manufactured by authorized bottlers from
concentrates sold to them by the Company. The bottlers then typically sell the fountain syrups to wholesalers or
directly to fountain retailers.
Finished beverages manufactured by us include a variety of carbonated and noncarbonated beverages. We
sell most of these finished beverages and certain water products to authorized bottlers or distributors, who in
turn sell these products to retailers or, in some cases, wholesalers. We manufacture and sell juice and juice-drink
products and certain water products to retailers and wholesalers in the United States and numerous other
countries both directly and through a network of business partners, including certain Coca-Cola bottlers.
Our beverage products include Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Classic, caffeine free Coca-Cola, caffeine free
Coca-Cola Classic, Diet Coke (sold under the trademark Coca-Cola Light in many countries other than the
United States), caffeine free Diet Coke, Diet Coke Sweetened with Splenda, Coca-Cola with Lime, Diet Coke
with Lime, Cherry Coke, Diet Cherry Coke, Coca-Cola C2, Coca-Cola Zero, Fanta brand soft drinks, Sprite,
Diet Sprite Zero/Sprite Zero (sold under the trademark Sprite Light in many countries other than the United
States), Sprite Remix, Pibb Xtra, Mello Yello, Tab, Fresca brand soft drinks, Barq’s, Powerade, Minute Maid
brand soft drinks, Aquarius, Sokenbicha, Ciel, Bonaqa/Bonaqua, Dasani, Dasani brand flavored waters, Lift,
Thums Up, Kinley, Pop Cola, Eight O’Clock, Qoo, Full Throttle, DOBRIY, Rich, Nico and other products
developed for specific countries (including Georgia brand ready-to-drink coffees). In many countries (excluding
the United States, among others), our Company’s beverage products also include Schweppes, Canada Dry, Dr
Pepper and Crush. Our Company produces, distributes and markets juice and juice-drink products including
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