Coca-Cola FEMSA announces successful merger with Mexican company owned by the sellers of Vonpar - FEMSA
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Coca-Cola FEMSA announces successful merger with Mexican company owned by the sellers of Vonpar

Mexico City, Mexico – May 4, 2017Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: KOFL; NYSE: KOF) (“Coca-Cola FEMSA” or the “Company”), the largest public bottler of Coca-Cola products in the world by sales volume, announces that it has successfully merged with POA Eagle, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican company 100% owned by the sellers of Vonpar in Brazil, as per the announcement made on September 23, 2016.

As a result of this merger, POA Eagle, S.A. de C.V. shareholders will receive approximately 27.9 million newly issued KOF series L shares.

POA Eagle, S.A. de C.V. merged with net assets for an amount of $4,082 million Mexican Pesos.

Coca-Cola FEMSA, through its Brazilian subsidiary, Spal Indústria Brasileira de Bebidas, S.A., started consolidating the results of Vonpar in its financial statements as of December 2016.

About the Company

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. is the largest franchise bottler in the world by sales volume. The company produces and distributes trademark beverages of The Coca-Cola Company, offering a wide portfolio of 154 brands to more than 375 million consumers daily. With over 100 thousand employees, the company markets and sells approximately 4 billion unit cases through 2.8 million points of sale a year. Operating 66 manufacturing plants and 328 distribution centers, Coca-Cola FEMSA is committed to generating economic, social, and environmental value for all of its stakeholders across the value chain. The company is a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Emerging Markets Index, FTSE4Good Emerging Index, and the Mexican Stock Exchange’s IPC and Social Responsibility and Sustainability Indices, among other indexes. Its operations encompass franchise territories in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, and Guatemala and, nationwide, in the Philippines, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. For more information, please visit www.coca-colafemsa.com

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