Carlos Salazar, Managing Director of Coca-Cola FEMSA; and Mr. Hector Trevio, Chief Financial Officer of Coca-Cola FEMSAAAmiez participate in the conference call, please choose: United States Domestic: 800-289-0463 or International: 913-981-5587; Participants` passport code: 7391053. Investors are encouraged to listen to live audio cast from the conference call on the company`s website www.coca-colafemsa.com. If you are unability to participate live, the conference call is available at www.coca-colafemsa.com. Mexico City, Mexico – June 28, 2013 – Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: KOFL; NYSE: KOF) („Coca-Cola FEMSA“ or „the company“), the world`s largest public bottler of Coca-Cola products, announces that it has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of Refrigerantes Companhia Fluminense („Companhia Fluminense“) in a cash transaction. In the last twelve months to March 31, 2013, Companhia Fluminense sold 56.6 million beverages, including beer, and generated net sales of approximately $232 million. The agreement has been approved by the board of coca-Cola FEMSA and is subject to approval by Brazilian antitrust authority Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econémica.
Coca-Cola FEMSA will also seek approval from Coca-Cola Company for this transaction. Companhia Fluminense was founded 64 years ago in the state of Rio de Janeiro, when Coca-Cola Company entered into the first franchise agreement for these territories in 1949. Companhia Fluminense is present in parts of the states of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, where it serves 141 cities, including the city of Sao José dos Campos, one of the main industrial and research centers of Latin America. This franchise operates 1 bottling plant and 4 distribution centers with 2,000 employees, serving 15,000 customers and 4.5 million consumers. Commercial units that sell, manufacture and distribute Coca-Cola Company beverages under a franchise agreement. Coca-Cola FEMSA enters into an agreement to acquire the Companhia Fluminense from Refrigerantes in Brazil, a chemical compound used in refrigeration facilities that harm the world`s ozone layer and contribute to global warming. About 5,678 liters or 24 servings of 8 U.S. ounces, the size of the original bottle of Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B.
of C.V. produces and markets Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite, Del Valle and other Coca-Cola Company branded beverages in Mexico (a significant part of central Mexico, including Mexico City, as well as southeastern and northeastern Mexico), Guatemala (Guatemala and environs), Nicaragua (national), Costa Rica (national), Colombia (overall), Venezuela (overall), Venezuela (overall), Venezuela (supraregional), Campi`as, Santos, the state of Mato Grosso do Sul , part of the state of Goias and part of the state of Minas Gerais, Argentina (federal capital of Buenos Aires and surroundings) and the Philippines (national), with bottles of water, juices, teas, isotonic, beer and other beverages in some of these areas. The company has 62 bottling facilities and serves 317 million consumers through nearly 2,700,000 retailers with more than 100,000 employees worldwide. This framework allows participants in the UN Global Compact to promote practical solutions to climate change and contribute to the development of public policies and public attitudes.
