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Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland and Ukraine. Coca-Cola HBC estimates that the
territories in which it markets beverage products contain approximately 67 percent of the population of Italy and
100 percent of the populations of the other countries named above in which Coca-Cola HBC has bottling and
distribution rights. In 2006, Coca-Cola HBC’s net sales of beverage products were approximately $7 billion. In
2006, approximately 44 percent of the unit case volume of Coca-Cola HBC consisted of Coca-Cola Trademark
Beverages, approximately 49 percent of its unit case volume consisted of other Company Trademark Beverages
and approximately 7 percent of its unit case volume consisted of beverage products of Coca-Cola HBC or other
companies.
Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V. (‘‘Coca-Cola FEMSA’’). Our ownership interest in Coca-Cola FEMSA
was approximately 32 percent at December 31, 2006. Coca-Cola FEMSA is a Mexican holding company with
bottling subsidiaries in a substantial part of central Mexico, including Mexico City and southeastern Mexico;
greater S˜ ao Paulo, Campinas, Santos, the state of Matto Grosso do Sul and part of the state of Goias in Brazil;
central Guatemala; most of Colombia; all of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama and Venezuela; and greater Buenos
Aires, Argentina. Coca-Cola FEMSA estimates that the territories in which it markets beverage products
contain approximately 48 percent of the population of Mexico, 16 percent of the population of Brazil, 98 percent
of the population of Colombia, 47 percent of the population of Guatemala, 100 percent of the populations of
Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama and Venezuela and 30 percent of the population of Argentina. In 2006,
Coca-Cola FEMSA’s net sales of beverage products were approximately $5.2 billion. In 2006, approximately
62 percent of the unit case volume of Coca-Cola FEMSA consisted of Coca-Cola Trademark Beverages,
34 percent of its unit case volume consisted of other Company Trademark Beverages and 4 percent of its unit
case volume consisted of beverage products of Coca-Cola FEMSA or other companies.
Coca-Cola Amatil Limited (‘‘Coca-Cola Amatil’’). At December 31, 2006, our Company’s ownership
interest in Coca-Cola Amatil was approximately 32 percent. Coca-Cola Amatil has bottling and distribution
rights, through direct ownership or joint ventures, in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea,
Indonesia and South Korea. Coca-Cola Amatil estimates that the territories in which it markets beverage
products contain 100 percent of the populations of Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, South Korea and Papua New
Guinea, and 98 percent of the population of Indonesia. In 2006, Coca-Cola Amatil’s net sales of beverage
products were approximately $3 billion. In 2006, approximately 50 percent of the unit case volume of Coca-Cola
Amatil consisted of Coca-Cola Trademark Beverages, approximately 40 percent of its unit case volume consisted
of other Company Trademark Beverages and approximately 10 percent of its unit case volume consisted of
beverage products of Coca-Cola Amatil.
Other Interests. BPW, our joint venture with Nestl´ e and certain of its subsidiaries, is focused upon the
ready-to-drink tea and coffee businesses. BPW products were sold in the United States and 63 other countries
during the year ended December 31, 2006. BPW serves as the exclusive vehicle through which our Company and
Nestl´ e participate in the ready-to-drink tea and coffee businesses worldwide, except in Japan. In
November 2006, our Company and Nestl´ e jointly announced an agreement to refocus BPW’s activities on black
tea beverages and Enviga. The implementation of this agreement, which is subject to certain regulatory
approvals, would allow our Company and Nestl´ e to independently develop, produce and market ready-to-drink
coffee and non-black tea-based beverages, other than Enviga. Multon, a Russian juice business operated as a
joint venture with Coca-Cola HBC, generated revenues from sales of juice products in Russia, Ukraine and
Belarus in 2006.
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