Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. Announces Changes to the Company's Board of Directors.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2000 Coca-Cola Enterprises Coca-Cola Enterprises NYSE: CCE is the largest bottler by volume in the Coca-Cola System. It is the anchor bottler for North America and parts of Europe. The company is the bottler of Coca-Cola and its other soft drink products, and in some areas a few other soft drink announced today that Henry A. Schimberg has chosen to retire from the Company's Board of Directors, effective tomorrow. Mr. Schimberg has served as a director of Coca-Cola Enterprises since December of 1991. He recently retired from the Company as president and chief executive officer after more than forty years in the soft drink industry. Mr. Schimberg will continue in his role as a consultant to the Coca-Cola system and was recently appointed to the board of directors of Coca-Cola Amatil Coca-Cola Amatil (ASX: CCL) is an Australian company that bottles and distributes The Coca-Cola Company soft drinks in several countries. It is the largest non-alcoholic beverage company in the Pacific Rim. . In a related action, the Board approved the nomination of Lowry F. Kline to the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Kline will stand for election by the shareowners at the Company's annual meeting in April 2000. Mr. Kline joined Coca-Cola Enterprises in 1995 as senior vice president and general counsel, and was promoted to executive vice president and general counsel in 1997. He was elected to the position of chief administrative officer A chief administrative officer (CAO) is responsible for administrative management of private, public or governmental corporations. The CAO is one of the highest ranking members of an organization, managing daily operations and usually reporting directly to the chief executive in April of 1999. Prior to joining Coca-Cola Enterprises, Mr. Kline was a partner in the law firm of Miller & Martin, Chattanooga, Tennessee “Chattanooga” redirects here. For other uses, see Chattanooga (disambiguation). Chattanooga is the fourth-largest city in Tennessee (after Memphis, Nashville, and Knoxville), and the seat of Hamilton CountyGR6 , and served as the Company's general counsel beginning in 1991. "We are forever indebted to Henry Schimberg for the countless contributions he has made to Coca-Cola Enterprises," said Summerfield K. Johnston, Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Coca-Cola Enterprises. "We thank Henry for his many years of service, and we look forward to the increasing role he is taking in Coca-Cola's global bottling system." Mr. Johnston continued, "We welcome Lowry Kline's nomination to the Board and know that his extensive experience within the Coca-Cola bottling system, both with Coca-Cola Enterprises and Johnston Coca-Cola Bottling Group, will be a great asset to our Board." Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CCE CCE Cornell Cooperative Extension CCE Corporate and Continuing Education CCE Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. CCE Commission de Coopération Environnementale CCE Centre for Continuing Education CCE College of Continuing Education CCE Certified Computer Examiner ) is the world's largest marketer, distributor, and producer of bottle and can liquid nonalcoholic non·al·co·hol·ic adj. A beverage usually containing less than 0.5 percent alcohol by volume. refreshment. Coca-Cola Enterprises sells approximately 74 percent of The Coca-Cola Company's bottle and can volume in North America and is the sole licensed bottler for products of The Coca-Cola Company in Belgium, continental France, Great Britain, Luxembourg, Monaco, and the Netherlands. |
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