Malvern Water (bottled water) when the rock that filters the water dried out during 2006, allowing the water from heavy storms to flow through it too quickly for the natural filtering process to take place efficiently. Due to the slight impurities, the Coca-Cola Company, manufacturer of the Schweppes brand, had to install filtration equipment, which reclassifies the water as spring water under European Union law. Consequently, the labels were change from: "Malvern The Original English Natural Mineral Water. Naturally filtered through Pre-Cambrian granite and sourced from deep beneath the Malvern Hills." to read "The Original English Water Bottled in the Malvern Hills." In 1998,
Coca-Cola Beverages Africa further 19 non-alcoholic names in Africa and Latin America from SABMiller for about $260 million. Upon conclusion of the merger, shareholding in the stock of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa's as follows: As at July 31, 2015, the merger transaction was yet to be concluded. It had however received regulatory approval from the COMESA Competition commission. Following its acquisition of SABMiller, Anheuser-Busch InBev announced that it would sell its 57% acquired state in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa to the Coca-Cola Company. This would give the Coca-Cola Company 68.3% stake in the merged business. The deal was valued at $3.15 billion and the Coca-Cola