Identify each company's investment bankers (PepsiCo and The Coca Cola Company)

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Clarification of Question by keek18-ga on 05 Jun 2005 08:30 PDT

Need answer today!! At the very least, some good links directly to the
info will help!

Pepsico used Merrill Lynch in conjunction with its acquisition of
Quaker Oats in 2001:

"PepsiCo's board of directors selected Merrill Lynch to act as its
financial advisor because of Merrill Lynch's reputation as an
internationally recognized investment banking firm with substantial
experience in transactions similar to the merger and because Merrill
Lynch is familiar with PepsiCo and its businesses."

"Form S-4" Pepsico http://www.pepsico.com/investors/filings/2001s4a.shtml

Greenhill advised Coca-Cola in its proposed acquisition of Orangina in 1997:

"Mergers & Acquisitions: Selected Transactions" Greenhill
http://www.greenhill-co.com/ma/listCross.asp

Allen & Co., LLC is maintained by this source to be Coke's investment
bank as of 2004:

"For instance, Mr. Allen's firm is Coke's investment bank...."

"Campaign to Stop Killer Coke Update" Newsletter (June 16, 2004)
http://killercoke.org/NL616.htm

Sincerely,

Wonko

Thank you!

Keek18 --

I was going to try to answer this using Coca-Cola's (and Pepsi's) last
bond or stock issuance.  But several factors make me hesitant to do
this:
*  investment bankers can be changed easily, except when a corporate
financial action is underway
*  investment bankers often are engaged with specific expertise
involved  Thus, if a firm wished to offer securities in on the Tokyo
Stock Exchange it might well use a different firm than for a bond
offering in the U.S.
*  Coca-Cola's last major financial offering appears to have been in 1998

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA

A general answer will help as well. It is okay if the facts are not
set in stone, but the known investors at the most recent point in
history as well as who investment bankers are in general will help.
Thanks!!!