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Letter To Board of Directors sent,
now for Coca-Cola Enterprises
The letter below has been sent to the Coke Board of Directors.
While they mull over the growing boycott we need to introduce ourselves to
the bottling company. This is actually a separate company and our boycott
affects them just as much. A sample letter will be posted later this week.
Keep spreading the word, we think that CCE should know
why their business is declining, not growing! We are sure that their
stockholders will be interested.
Some information on Coca-Cola Enterprises
What is the difference between Coca-Cola
Enterprises and The Coca-Cola Company?
Coca-Cola Enterprises is the world's
largest marketer, producer, and distributor of products of
The Coca-Cola
Company. We also distribute Dr Pepper and several other beverage
brands in selected territories. We are an independent, public company
traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the stock symbol CCE.
The Coca-Cola
Company develops products, produces the marketing and advertising
programs to support those products, and sells syrup concentrate to
Coca-Cola Enterprises and other bottlers. As a bottler, we
combine the product concentrate with other ingredients to manufacture
and package our beverages. Coca-Cola Enterprises then uses
its extensive sales and delivery force to market and distribute products
to retail customers and consumers.
Board of Directors -
Biographies
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John R. Alm
President & Chief Executive Officer
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.
Mr. Alm has been Chief Executive Officer of Coca-Cola
Enterprises since January, 2004. He was elected Chief Operating
Office in October 1999 and President in January 2000. Prior to
that, he was Executive Vice President and Principal Operating
Officer from April 1999 to October 1999; Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer from October 1997 until April 1999;
and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from
December 1991 to October 1997. He has been a member of our board
of directors since 2001. Age 58.
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John L. Clendenin
Chairman Emeritus
BellSouth Corporation
Mr. Clendenin has been Chairman Emeritus of BellSouth
Corporation, a telecommunications holding company, since 1997. He
is a director of Equifax Inc., a credit information provider; The
Kroger Co., a retail grocery chain; The Home Depot, Inc., a
retailer of home improvement products; Powerwave Technologies, a
manufacturer of radio amplifier equipment; and Acuity Brands,
Inc., a producer of lighting equipment and chemicals. He has been
a member of our board of directors since 1986. Age 69.
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James E. Copeland, Jr.
Former Chief Executive Officer
Deloitte & Touche USA LLP and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (retired)
Mr. Copeland was Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte & Touche
USA and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu from 1999 until his retirement in
May 2003. He is also director of Equifax, a credit information
provider, and ConocoPhillips, an energy company. He has been a
member of our board of directors since 2003. Age 59.
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Calvin Darden
Senior Vice President, U.S. Operations
United Parcel Service (UPS)
Mr. Darden is Senior Vice President of U.S. Operations of
United Parcel Service, Inc., an express carrier and package
delivery company. In December 1997, he was elected Senior Vice
President of Domestic Operations and in January 2000 he was
elected to his current position. He is also director of United
Parcel Service, Inc. and Target Corp., a retailer. Age 54.
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J. Trevor Eyton
Director
Brascan Corporation
Senator
The Senate of Canada
Senator Eyton, formerly President, Chief Executive Officer
and now a director of Brascan Corporation, a natural resources,
integrated power systems, real estate development and management,
and financial services company, since October 1979. Senator Eyton
has also been a member of the Senate of Canada since 1990. Senator
Eyton is also a director of Noranda Inc., a mining and metals
company; and Imax Corporation, a theater projection and sound
system company. He was a director of Coca-Cola Beverages Ltd.
until its acquisition by Coca-Cola Enterprises in 1997. He has
been a member of our board of directors since 1998. Age 69.
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Gary P. Fayard
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
The Coca-Cola Company
Mr. Fayard has been Executive Vice President, since February
2003, and Chief Financial Officer, since December 1999, of The
Coca-Cola Company; prior to that he had been Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer since December 1999 and had been Vice
President and Controller since July 1994. He is a director of
Panamerican Beverages, Inc. and an alternate director of Coca-Cola
FEMSA, both companies being Latin American bottlers of Coca-Cola.
He has been a member of our board of directors since 2001. Age 51.
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Marvin J. Herb
Chairman
HERBCO L.L.C.
Mr. Herb has been Chairman of HERBCO L.L.C. since July 2001.
Before that, he was president and director of Herbco Enterprises
Inc., a Coca-Cola bottler, until it was acquired by Coca-Cola
Enterprises in July 2001. He has been a member of our board of
directors since April 2002. Age 66.
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Steven J. Heyer
President & Chief Operating Officer
The Coca-Cola Company
Mr. Heyer has been President and Chief Operating Officer of
The Coca-Cola Company since December 2002. He had been Executive
Vice President of The Coca-Cola Company since April 2001 and
President and Chief Operating Officer, Coca-Cola Ventures, since
March 2001. Prior to that, Mr. Heyer had been President and Chief
Operating Officer of Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc., an AOL
Time Warner broadcasting company, since 1996. He has been a member
of our board of directors since 2001. Age 51.
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L. Phillip Humann
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
SunTrust Banks, Inc.
Mr. Humann has been Chairman of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer of SunTrust Banks, Inc., a bank holding
company, since March 1998. He is also a director of Equifax Inc.,
a credit information provider, and Haverty Furniture Companies,
Inc., a furniture retailer. He has been a member of our board of
directors since 1992. Age 58.
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John E. Jacob
Executive Vice President-Global Communications
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
Mr. Jacob has been Executive Vice President-Global
Communications of Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., a brewer, since
July 2002 and a director of that company since 1990. He was
Executive Vice President and Chief Communications Officer from
1994 to 2002. He is a director of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter &
Co., an investment banking firm. He has been a member of our board
of directors since 1986. Age 69.
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Summerfield K. Johnston, Jr.
Former Chairman of the Board
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.
Mr. Johnston has been Chairman of our board's executive
committee since April 2002, and was Chairman of our board of
directors from October 1997 until April 2002 and our Chief
Executive Officer from December 1991 until April 1998 and from
January 2000 through April 2001. He was Vice Chairman of the board
from December 1991 to October 1997. Mr. Johnston is a director of
SunTrust Banks, Inc., a bank holding company. He has been a member
of our board of directors since 1991. Age 71.
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Jean-Claude Killy
Former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
The Company of the Tour de France
Mr. Killy was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The
Company of the Tour de France, an organizer and promoter of
sporting events, from 1994 to 2001, and was Chairman of the Board
of Coca-Cola Entreprise SAS, our French bottler, from 1993 to
October 1999. Mr. Killy is a director of Amaury Sport
Organization, an organizer of recreational, cultural, and sporting
activities, and The Philippe Amaury Editions, S.A., a publisher,
and serves as a member of the International Olympic Committee. Mr.
Killy won three gold medals in Alpine skiing events at the 1968
Winter Olympics in Grenoble. He has been a member of our board of
directors since 1997. Age 60.
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Lowry F. Kline
Chairman of the Board
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.
Mr. Kline has served as Chairman of our board of directors
since April 2002 and was Chief Executive Officer from April 2001
until January 2004. He was Vice Chairman of the board from April
2000 to April 2002. Prior to that he had been Executive Vice
President and Chief Administrative Officer from April 1999 to
April 2000. He was Executive Vice President and General Counsel
from October 1997 until July 1999. He has been a member of our
board of directors since 2000. Age 63.
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Deval L. Patrick
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
The Coca-Cola Company
Mr. Patrick has been Executive Vice President and General
Counsel of The Coca-Cola Company since April 2001 and Corporate
Secretary since January 2003. From 1999 until 2001, he had been
Vice President and General Counsel of Texaco, Inc. a petroleum
company, now ChevronTexaco Corp. Prior to that, he had been a
partner with the Boston law firm of Day, Berry & Howard since
1997, and had been Assistant Attorney General of the United States
and Chief of the United States Justice Department's Civil Rights
Division from 1994 until 1997. Mr. Patrick is a director of Reebok
International, Ltd., a manufacturer of athletic footwear and
apparel. He has been a member of our board of directors since
2001. Age 47.
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Paula G. Rosput
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
AGL Resources Inc.
Ms. Rosput has been Chairman of AGL Resources Inc., a
regional energy services holding company, since February 2002, and
President and Chief Executive Officer since August 2000. She has
been Chairman of Atlanta Gas Light Company, a natural gas
distributor, since November 2000; she was Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer of Atlanta Gas Light Company from August
2000 until November 2000 and President and Chief Operating Officer
of that company from September 1998 until November 2000. Prior to
that, she had been President and Chief Executive Officer of Duke
Energy Power Services, LLC, from 1997 until September 1998. Ms.
Rosput is a director of Circuit City Stores, Inc., a consumer
electronics retailer, and Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., an
industrial gas and related industrial process equipment business.
She has been a member of our board of directors since 2001. Age
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