Athens Exchange trading date of ordinary shares

RNS Number : 1870Z

Coca-Cola HBC AG

08 January 2020

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Coca-Cola HBC AG

Athens Exchange trading date of ordinary shares resulting

from the exercise of stock options

Zug, Switzerland - 8 January 2020 - Coca-Cola HBC AG ("Coca-Cola HBC" or the "Company"), today announces the admission to trading on the Athens Exchange of 644,631 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 1/6/2019 to 31/12/2019.

The Ordinary Shares will commence trading on the Athens Exchange on 10/1/2020.

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 26,968,536 Ordinary Shares under its block listing facility.

As at 31 December 2019, Coca-Cola HBC's issued share capital consisted of 369,930,157 Ordinary Shares, of which 3,228,098 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 December 2019, the total number of voting rights in Coca-Cola HBC is 363,271,924 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

Investors and Analysts:
Joanna Kennedy Investor Relations Director		Tel: [phone]  [e-mail]
Carla Fabiano Investor Relations Manager		Tel: [phone] [e-mail]
Sofia Grigoratou Investor Relations Manager		Tel: [phone]  [e-mail]
Media:
	David Hart Group External Communication Director		Tel: [phone]  [e-mail]

About Coca‑Cola HBC

Coca‑Cola HBC is a high-growth FMCG business and a strategic partner of The Coca‑Cola Company with an annual sales volume of more than 2 billion unit cases. It has a broad geographic footprint with operations in 28 countries serving a population of more than 600 million people. Coca‑Cola HBC offers a diverse range of primarily 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 is ranked among the top sustainability performers in ESG benchmarks such as the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, CDP, MSCI ESG and FTSE4Good, among others.

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). For more information, please visit http://www.coca-colahellenic.com.

 

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