Notable Mergers and Acquisitions of the Day 02/25: KO/CCE/PEP, DE, GGWPQ/SPG/BAM, PBAK/HBOS

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Last Updated: February 25th, 2010
- Coca-Cola Inc. (NYSE: KO) plans to acquire the operations of it largest North American bottler in a move to gain more control of the company’s manufacturing and distribution that is similar to the recent strategy of rival PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE: PEP).
  
  In a substantially cashless transaction, Coca-Cola will acquire Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. (NYSE: CCE) entire North American business, which consists of approximately 75 percent of U.S. bottler-delivered volume and almost 100 percent of Canadian bottler-delivered volume. The deal will cause Coca-Cola to assume $8.88 billion in debt. The company will also sell its Norwegian and Swedish bottling operations to CCE for

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