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The firm recently represented Embotelladora Andina S.A. (“Andina”) in an offering of US$575 million aggregate principal amount of 5.000% notes due 2023. The notes were offered and sold pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.

Andina is a Chilean company that produces, markets and distributes beverages under The Coca-Cola Company trademarks in Chile, Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. It is one of the largest bottlers of Coca-Cola trademark beverages in Latin America, in terms of sales volume.  On October 1, 2012, Andina acquired Embotelladoras Coca-Cola Polar S.A., a Coca-Cola bottler with operations in Chile, Argentina and Paraguay.  On July 10, 2013, Andina agreed to acquire Companhia de Bebidas Ipiranga (“Ipiranga”), a Coca-Cola bottler with operations in Brazil.  Andina intends to use the proceeds from the offering to finance a portion of the purchase price for the acquisition of Ipiranga and for other general corporate purposes.

The Simpson Thacher team for the transaction included David L. Williams, William Langer, Alejandro de Ramon-Laca and Paul Rodriguez (Capital Markets) and Jodi Sackel (Tax).