
Statements contained in this Report, including in the Description of Business - Risk Factors, the Financial Review, the Directors' Report and the Directors' Remuneration Report, may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by the use of the words "may", "will", "should", "plan", "expect", "anticipate", "estimate", "believe", "intend", "project", "goal" or "target" or the negative of these words or other variations on these words or comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause our or our industry's actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In addition to those factors described under "Risk Factors", other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations include international economic and political conditions; changes in laws, regulations and accounting standards; distributor and licensee relationships and actions; effectiveness of spending and marketing programmes; and unusual weather patterns. Cadbury Schweppes does not undertake publicly to update or revise any forwardlooking statement that may be made in this Report, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Although the Group believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements.