Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. Announces Shareowner Meeting to Approve Transaction with The Coca-Cola Company (CCE, KO)

Coca-Cola Enterprises CCE announced today that it has filed its definitive proxy statement/prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding its previously announced transaction with The Coca-Cola Company KO and has set the date for a special shareowner meeting to approve the transaction. Upon completion of the transaction, The Coca-Cola Company will own CCE's North American business. CCE's European operations will be owned by International CCE Inc., a new public company which will be split off and will acquire The Coca-Cola Company's bottling operations in Norway and Sweden. The new public company will be renamed Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. upon completion of the transaction. The special meeting of shareowners will be held on October 1, 2010, at 8:30 a.m. EDT, at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway, Atlanta, Georgia.