NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's CreditWire) Jan. 26, 2000--Standard&Poor's today affirmed its ratings for The Coca-Cola Co. (Coke) and related entities, as indicated in the table below. About $6.3 billion of total debt was outstanding at Coke and about $11.2 billion at Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. (CCE) as of Sept. 30, 1999. About Australian dollar 2.9 billion of total debt was outstanding at Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd. (CCA) as of July 2, 1999. Standard&Poor's views Coke and its bottlers as a system and analytically reconsolidates key bottlers, including CCE and CCA, as well as Coca-Cola Beverages plc (the former European bottling system of CCA). While Coke has no legal obligation for the debt of CCE, CCA, or Coca-Cola
