Athens Exchange trading date from stock options

RNS Number : 4660F

Coca-Cola HBC AG

20 February 2015

 



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Coca-Cola HBC AG

Athens Exchange trading date of ordinary shares resulting

from the exercise of stock options

Zug, Switzerland - 20 February 2015 - Coca-Cola HBC AG ("Coca-Cola HBC" or the"Company"), today announces the admission to trading on the Athens Exchange of 72,114 ordinary registered Company's shares with a par value of CHF 6.70 each fully paid ("Ordinary Shares") which have already been issued following the exercise of stock options granted under the Company's stock option plan during the period starting from 1/07/2014 to 31/01/2015. 

The Ordinary Shares will commence trading on the Athens Exchange on 25/2/2015.

The Ordinary Shares have already been admitted upon issuance to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities under the Company's block listing facility. The Company has the ability to admit a further 35,329,249 Ordinary Shares under its block listing facility. 

As at 31 January 2015, Coca-Cola HBC's issued share capital consisted of 367,819,247 Ordinary Shares, of which 14,925 Ordinary shares are held by Coca-Cola HBC AG and 3,430,135 shares are held by its subsidiary, Coca-Cola HBC Services MEPE, in treasury. Accordingly, as at 31 January 2015, the total number of voting rights in Coca-Cola HBC is 364,374,187 for the purposes of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority ("DTRs").

Shareholders may use the above total voting rights figure as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of Coca-Cola HBC under the DTRs.

Enquiries

Coca‑Cola HBC Group Basak Kotler Investor Relations Director	Tel: [phone] [e-mail]
Eri Tziveli Investor Relations Manager	Tel: [phone]  [e-mail]
Nikos Efstathopoulos Investor Relations Manager	Tel: [phone]  [e-mail]

About Coca‑Cola HBC

Coca-Cola HBC is the second-largest bottler of the brands of The Coca-Cola Company in terms of volume with sales of more than 2 billion unit cases. It has a broad geographic footprint with operations in 28 countries serving a population of approximately 585 million people. Coca-Cola HBC offers a diverse range of non-alcoholic ready to drink beverages in the sparkling, juice, water, sport, energy, tea and coffee categories. Coca-Cola HBC is committed to promoting sustainable development in order to create value for its business and for society. This includes providing products that meet the beverage needs of consumers, fostering an open and inclusive work environment, conducting its business in ways that protect and preserve the environment and contribute to the socio-economic development of the local communities.

Coca-Cola HBC has a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: CCH) and its shares are listed on the Athens Exchange (ATHEX: EEE). Coca-Cola HBC is included in the Dow Jones Sustainability and FTSE4Good Indexes. For more information, please visit http://www.coca-colahellenic.com.

 

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