Business Report - Coca Cola Amatil Limited

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BUSINESS REPORT- COCA COLA AMATIL LIMITED
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Discussion..................................................................................................................................2
About Coca Cola Amatil Limited..........................................................................................2
Details of Board of Directors.................................................................................................3
Characteristics of Board.........................................................................................................8
Important Investments and Financial Decisions....................................................................9
Recommendations of ASX CGC.........................................................................................10
Audit firm of the company...................................................................................................11
Measures taken by the company..........................................................................................11
Investors of Coca Cola Amatil.............................................................................................12
Financial statement analysis.................................................................................................13
Conclusion................................................................................................................................15
References and Bibliography...................................................................................................16
Appendix..................................................................................................................................18

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Introduction
Business report of Coca Cola Amatil Limited is prepared to address the brief
summary about the company, including the primary activities and performance of Coca Cola
Amatil Limited. The paper consists the details of the board of directors including their
personal and professional data like education, career history and remuneration. It also shows
the characteristics of the board of directors as per the personal and professional data available
of the board members. Further, this report comments on investments made by the firm and
the importance of such investments. Then, report identifies the audit firm of the company and
analyse their relation with the accounting information. This report also analyse the
recommendations followed by the company made by the Australian Stock Exchange and the
policies implemented by company for the ethical judgements and business ethics and analyse
the key recommendation of the ASX CGC. It identifies the top five investor of the company
and their significance of their ownership stake. Lastly, the report calculate the various
financial ratios like liquidity, profitability and capital structure to perform the overall
performance and financial performance of the Coca Cola Amatil Limited. The financial data
for the calculating the financial ratios are based on the financial report of the company for the
year 2017.
Discussion
About Coca Cola Amatil Limited
Coca Cola Amatil Limited is among the Asia Pacific’s largest bottling and
distributing company, which distributes and bottles the non-alcoholic and ready to drink
beverages. It is one of the largest bottler of the Coca Cola Company in the world. Coca Cola
Amatil operates cross a diverse group of businesses across the six countries those are
Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Samoa with more than

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14,000 employees (Coca Cola Amatil 2019). The product range of the company includes
spring water, fruit juices, carbonated soft drinks, sports and energy drinks, iced tea, coffee,
beer, tea, flavoured milk, cider, sprites along with the packed vegetables and ready to eat
fruits. Coca Cola Amatil Company started its business in 1904 as British Tobacco Company
Limited in 1909 and entered into the Australian food and beverage industry in 1963. In 1965,
Coca Cola Pvt Ltd purchased the company in Perth, which changed the path of the company
forever. In 1977, the company’s name changed from British Tobacco Ltd to Allied
Manufacturing and Trade Industries Ltd (AMATIL) and acquired the snack food and Coca
Cola bottling franchises in Europe. In 1986 to 1989, the company further acquired the Coca
Cola franchises for Australia, Fiji and Wellington along with the Deep Spring and Ecks
brands. Latterly, company keep its expansion and spreads its operations in South East Asia,
New Zealand, North mead and Eastern Creek and Fiji by acquiring the different brands and
franchises of Coca Cola Limited (Hess 2007). Today, it is comes among the Asia Pacific’s
and World’s largest bottlers and distributors of ready to drinks and non-alcoholic beverage
company. This tremendous growth of the company shows the brilliance in the company’s
performance in last 100 years.
Details of Board of Directors
The following table shows the details of Board of Directors:
Name Date of
Appoint
ment
Ge
nde
r
Ag
e
Designati
on
Qualification Experience Involvement
Ilana Atlas 23rd Feb,
2011
Fe
ma
le
62 Chairma
n, Non-
Executiv
e
Bachelor of
Jurisprudence
(Honours),
Bachelor of Laws
Senior executive
roles within
Westpac Banking
Corporation from
Chairman, Jawun
Pvt. Ltd; Paul
Ramasay
Foundation; Panel

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Director and Master of
Laws
2003 to 2010,
Managing partner
of Mallesons
Stephen Jaques and
practised as lawyer
for 22 years.
Member, Adara
Partner; and
Fellowship in
Sydney’s Senate of
The University.
Alison
Watkin
March,
2014
Fe
ma
le
53 Group
Managin
g
Director
Bachelor of
Commerce; Fellow,
Australian Institute
of Company
Director; Fellow,
Chartered
Accountants
Australia and New
Zealand and Senior
Fellow at Financial
Services Institute
of Australia.
Extensive
experience in the
food, beverage,
retail and financial
industries;
Managing Director
of GrainCorp Ltd
and partner at
Mckinsey &
Company in her
early career
Director, Centre for
Independent Studies
and the Business
Council of Australia
John
Borghetti,
AO
Decembe
r, 2015
Ma
le
61 Non-
Executiv
e
Director
Currently the CEO
and MD of the
Virgin Australia
Airline Group from
2010 and had
experience of 40
years in aviation
Director, Australian
Chamber Orchestra.

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including Qantas.
Catherine
Brenner
April,
2008
Fe
ma
le
45 Non-
Executiv
e
Director
Bachelor of Laws
and Bachelor of
Economics; and
Master
of Business
Administration
(MBA)
Senior
investment banker
advising domestic
and
International
clients. Director of
a public
company for many
years in the
property, audit and
risk, resources,
financial
services, health and
safety, building
materials, and
biotech sectors for
chairing
remuneration,
nominations
committees.
Member,
Art Gallery of New
South Wales Board
of Trustees.
JULIE
COATES
March,
2018
Fe
ma
le
55 Non-
Executiv
e
Director
Bachelor of Arts
and Diploma of
Education and the
Advanced
Current Managing
Director of
Goodman Fielder
Australia.
Retired Director,
Spotless
Group Holdings
Limited