2016 First Quarter Results - Coca-Cola FEMSA - FEMSA
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2016 First Quarter Results – Coca-Cola FEMSA

Mexico City, April 27, 2016, Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: KOFL, NYSE: KOF) (“Coca-Cola FEMSA” or the “Company”), the largest franchise bottler in the world, announces results for the first quarter of 2016.

Quarterly highlights

  • Comparable revenues grew 9.1% for the first quarter of 2016.
  • Comparable operating income grew 10.1% for the first quarter of 2016, with a margin expansion of 10 basis points.
  • Comparable operating cash flow grew 8.4% for the first quarter of 2016, reaching a margin of 18.8%.
  • Comparable earnings per share grew 10.9%, reaching Ps. 1.13 in the first quarter of 2016.

Message from the Chief Executive Officer

“Leveraging our pricing flexibility, together with our operating and financial discipline, we delivered a solid set of results across our markets to kick off the year. Our transactions continued to outperform volumes in key markets such as Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, and Argentina, and we protected our margins across most of our operations. Despite a tough economic and volatile currency environment, our comparable revenues and operating income increased by 9% and 10%, respectively, resulting in earnings per share growth of 11%.

Among our highlights for the quarter, we generated double-digit top-line growth in Mexico and Colombia, driven by our solid volumes, transactions, and prices above inflation; we extended our track record of market share gains in Brazil, while continuing to deliver strong defensive margins; and we expanded Argentina’s EBITDA margins by 280 basis points. Furthermore, our Philippines operation delivered accelerated volume and transaction growth and, most importantly, improved profitability.

Looking forward, we have the right people, capabilities, and strategies to continue delivering value throughout our operations,” said John Santa Maria, Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

About FEMSA

FEMSA is a leading company that participates in the beverage industry through Coca-Cola FEMSA, the largest franchise bottler of Coca-Cola products in the world; and in the beer industry, through its ownership of the second largest equity stake in Heineken, one of the world`s leading brewers with operations in over 70 countries. In the retail industry it participates with FEMSA Comercio, operating various small-format store chains including OXXO. Additionally, through FEMSA Strategic Businesses, it provides logistics, point-of-sale refrigeration solutions and plastics solutions to FEMSA`s business units and third-party clients.

About Coca-Cola FEMSA

Stock listing information: Mexican Stock Exchange, Ticker: KOFL | NYSE (ADR), Ticker: KOF | Ratio of KOF L to KOF = 10:1 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, the state of Paraná, part of the state of Goias, part of the state of Rio de Janeiro and part of the state of Minas Gerais), Argentina (federal capital of Buenos Aires and surrounding areas) and Philippines (nationwide), along with bottled water, juices, teas, isotonics, beer, and other beverages in some of these territories. The Company has 63 bottling facilities and serves more than 358 million consumers through 2,800,000 retailers with more than 100,000 employees worldwide.

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