Background of the Business

Nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups are manufactured, distributed, and marketed by the
Coca-Cola Company. Coca-Cola owns or licenses over 400 brands, including diet and light beverages,
waters, juices and juice drinks, teas, coffees, sports and energy drinks, and teas and coffees. It owns
stakes in a number of bottling and canning companies. Coca-Cola sells finished beverage products in
more than 200 countries under the Coca-Cola trademarks.

Coca-operations Cola's span the soft drink industry: in 2004, it led the carbonates, fruit/vegetable juice,
and Ready to Drink (RTD) coffee sectors in terms of volume and value in global trade. It was the world's
second-largest producer of functional and Asian specialty drinks. In terms of bottled water, it was ranked
third. in terms of volume