Boston, MA 06\/25\/2014 (wallstreetpr) \u2013 The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO)<\/b> is the global beverage giant that you have known for more than 100 years. Coca-Cola acquires interesting assets and enters deals to boost its performance especially when rivals such as PepsiCo Inc (NYSE:PEP)<\/b> are merciless in its once dominant markets like India.<\/p>\n
However, rumors have it that the maker of Fanta could find a suitor to take it private. Nonetheless, the mention of a Coca-Cola buyout begs the questions of \u201cWho\u201d and \u201cHow?\u201d According a shareholder in the beverage company, Billionaire Warren Buffet\u2019s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A)<\/b> and 3G Capital could be plotting something unheard of in the corporate world \u2013 a $200 billion buyout of Coke.<\/p>\n
With almost $184 billion in market cap, Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) could ask for about $200 billion for a buyer seeking to take it private. As remote as that might sound, it is not far from the thoughts of investor David Winters, who manages a fund with $105 million investment in the Sprite maker.<\/p>\n
Expensive undertaking<\/b><\/p>\n
Winters claims that Mr. Buffet and 3G could join forces as they have done in recent times, to buy Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO). When Berkshire Hathaway and 3G teamed up to purchase Heinz for $23 billion last year, the two firms announced a long-term partnership that would see them pull together resources to make acquisitions of size, especially in the food industry where they have collaborated previously.<\/p>\n
Buffet, who is the largest shareholder in Coca-Cola with more than 9 percent stake in the company, has reportedly denied the claims that he is pursuing the company for a buyout. It is believed that the nearly $200 billion buyout price of Coca-Cola is quite expensive. But even as Buffet denies the claims, Winters believes that the partnership of 3G and Berkshire Hathaway is suspect for a mind boggling deal, which although may not happen soon, is not far from the surface.<\/p>\n
\u00a0PepsiCo is a thorn<\/b><\/p>\n
As buyout rumors make the around, Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) is not sitting well in many of its key markets such as India where rival PepsiCo has opened an all-out market war. In addition to trying to lock Coca-Cola from exclusive marketing opportunities especially in sporting stadiums in the emerging markets, PepsiCo is also taking Coca-Cola neck to neck with new product launches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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