COCA-COLA AMATIL LIMITED (CCL)

a Coca-Cola Amatil Buy-Back is conducted through a tender process from 2 January 2008 to 25 January 2008 - shareholders registered on 14 December 2007 (the Record Date) were able to submit tenders to sell their shares at a specified discount (Tender Discount) to the Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) of CCA shares traded on Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) over the five trading day period up to and including the closing day of the tender period (25 January 2008) - on 29 January 2008, CCA announced that it had successfully completed the Buy-Back of approximately 21.7 million CCA ordinary shares, representing 2.9 % of the issued capital of CCA - the total amount of capital repurchased under the Buy-Back was approximately $170 million and the final price for the Buy-Back was set at $7.84 per share, representing a discount of 14% to the VWAP of CCA's shares over the 5 days up to and including the closing date of the Buy-Back - participating shareholders are taken to have been paid a dividend of $5.17 (Dividend Component) on the day the Buy-Back occurred (29 January 2008) - the Dividend Component was fully franked - participating shareholders are also taken to have received $3.91 as consideration in respect of the sale of each of their shares bought back - for shares held on capital account, the Sale Consideration of $3.91 represents the capital proceeds for capital gains tax purposes - a shareholder will make a capital gain on a share if the Sale Consideration per share exceeds the cost base of that share - the capital gain is the amount of the excess - similarly, a shareholder will make a capital loss if the Sale Consideration per share is less than the reduced cost base of a share

company makes a return of capital of 40 cents per share - according to the ATO this return of capital is a non-assessable payment, so shareholders should reduce their cost base and reduced cost base by 40 cents

Coca-Cola Amatil shareholders received a return of capital of $3.86 for each Coca-Cola Amatil share they held - it was applied to acquire Coca-Cola Beverages shares (each shareholder was entitled to one Coca-Cola Beverages share for each Coca-Cola Amatil share held) - according to the ATO the return of capital is a non-assessable payment, so shareholders who received Coca-Cola Beverages shares should have reduced the cost base and reduced cost base of their Coca-Cola Amatil shares by $3.86 per share - the Acquisition cost of Coca-Cola Beverages shares was $3.86 per share and the acquisition date was 23 June 1998

we understand that on or about this date the company demerged Coca Cola Beverage by way of a 1 for 1 distribution - the acqusition cost per share was $3.86

name changed from Amatil Limited