The Biggest Merger In The Bottling Industry

Coca-Cola Enterprises announced that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has declared effective the Registration Statement of Coca-Cola European Partners Limited (CCEP), which relates to the previously announced transaction by which CCE, Coca-Cola Iberian Partners, S.A.U. (CCIP), and Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetränke GmbH (CCEG), a wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Company will combine their businesses to create the world's largest independent Coca-Cola bottler, based on net sales. The transaction remains on track to close by the end of second quarter, 2016.