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Apr 25, 2008

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Cadbury Schweppes PLC: Demerger

The company Cadbury Schweppes PLC announced a demerger in such a way that shareholders will receive 64 new Cadbury PLC shares (ISIN GB00B2PF6M70) and twelve new Dr. Pepper Snapple Group-Inc. shares (ISIN still unknown) for each 100 existing Cadbury Schweppes PLC shares they hold. As an intermediate step, shareholders will receive firstly 36 Cadbury PLC beverage shares for each 100 Cadbury Schweppes PLC shares instead of the new Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Inc. shares.

The demerger will be implemented on the basis of a scheme of arrangement.

The transaction is scheduled to become effective on May 2, 2008. The conversion of the Cadbury PLC beverage shares into Dr. Pepper Snapper Group Inc. shares is planned for May 7, 2008.

The demerger will result in an adjustment of the Eurex stock futures contract on Cadbury Schweppes PLC (CBRF). The circular describes the adjustment procedure.

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