Coca-Cola to terminate Delta Beverages Agreement

The Coca-Cola Company has given notice of its intention to terminate the Bottlers' Agreements with Delta Beverages and its associate Schweppes Holdings Africa Limited.
 
This follows the combination of Anheuser-Busch InBev NV/SA (AB InBev) and SABMiller Plc.

AB InBev is a key Pepsi Beverages bottler in Latin America while SABMiller dominated Coke's bottling in Africa. Not only are Coca-Cola and PepsiCo global rivals, but international reports often speculate that Coke is one of the eventual takeover targets of the ever-acquisitive AB InBev.