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Grupo Yoli was founded in the state of Guerrero in 1918 under the name of “La Vencedora”. The Coca-Cola Company granted the first franchise agreement to these territories in 1938. Currently, Grupo Yoli operates 2 bottling facilities and 20 distribution centers, with close to 3,500 employees serving more than 69,000 clients. Within its franchise territories, Grupo Yoli serves Acapulco and Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, two of the most important tourist destinations in the coast of the Pacific Ocean.
In 2012, Grupo Yoli sold approximately 99 million unit cases of beverages and generated slightly above Ps. 4,000 million in net revenues. In addition, on a 2012 estimated pro forma consolidated basis, it reached an EBITDA of Ps. 814 million.
Proyectos Financieros Especializados, S.C. (Profit) and Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez acted as exclusive financial and legal advisors, respectively, to Grupo Yoli on this transaction.
Deloitte Galaz, Yamazaki, Ruiz Urquiza, S.C. and Raz Guzmán Abogados acted as financial and legal advisors, respectively, to Coca-Cola FEMSA on this transaction.
CONFERENCE CALL INFORMATION
We invite you to participate in the conference call to announce the transaction, which will be held on Friday, January 18, 2013, at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time (09:00 A.M. Mexico City Time).
The speakers on this call will be:
Mr. Robert Dotson, Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Yoli;
Mr. Carlos Salazar, Chief Executive Officer of Coca-Cola FEMSA; and
Mr. Hector Treviño, Chief Financial Officer of Coca-Cola FEMSA
To participate in the conference call, please dial: Domestic U.S.: 866-356-4123 or International: 617-597-5393. We invite investors to listen to the live audio cast of the conference call on the Company’s website,
www.coca-colafemsa.com
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If you are unable to participate live, an instant replay of the conference call will be available through January 24, 2013. To listen to the replay, please dial: Domestic U.S.: 888-286-8010 or International: 617-801-6888. Pass code: 63248069.
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Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V. produces and distributes Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite, Del Valle, and other trademark beverages of The Coca-Cola Company in Mexico (a substantial part of central Mexico, including Mexico City, as well as southeast and northeast Mexico), Guatemala (Guatemala City and surrounding areas), Nicaragua (nationwide), Costa Rica (nationwide), Panama (nationwide), Colombia (most of the country), Venezuela (nationwide), Brazil (greater São Paulo, Campiñas, 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 surrounding areas) and the Philippines (nationwide), along with bottled water, juices, teas, isotonics, beer, and other beverages in some of these territories. The Company has 60 bottling facilities and serves more than 2,500,000 retailers with more than 100,000 employees worldwide.
Grupo Yoli produces and distributes
Coca-Cola
,
Yoli
,
Fanta
,
Del Valle
, and other trademark beverages of The Coca-Cola Company mainly in the state of Guerrero, as well as in parts of the state of Oaxaca. With its origins as a bottling business in 1918 in Taxco, Guerrero under the name of “La Vencedora”, Grupo Yoli was granted its first Coca-Cola bottling franchise in 1938 and currently operates 2 bottling facilities and 20 distribution centers, with close to 3,500 employees serving more than 69,000 clients.
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