Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5609J

Coca-Cola HBC AG

18 December 2015

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			Coca-Cola HBC AG
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):	Acquisition of own shares by issuer affecting percentage of interest in shares held			✓
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Competrol Establishment
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Crescent Holding GmbH Competrol International Investments Limited
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		Purchase of own shares by Coca-Cola HBC AG on 10 September 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:		17 December 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of  voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

ISIN CH0198251305 Held by Crescent Holding GmbH

9,650,000

9,650,000

9,650,000

9,650,000

0

2.659

0

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

Equity Swap held by Competrol International Investments Limited

21 July 2016

21 July 2016

3,500,000

0.964

Equity Swap held by Competrol International Investments Limited

24 October 2016

24 October 2016

5,000,000

1.378

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

18,150,000

5.001

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Crescent Holding GmbH and Competrol International Investments Limited are ultimately controlled by Competrol Establishment.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:	On 10 September 2015, Coca-Cola HBC AG purchased 75,000 of its ordinary shares. As a result of this repurchasing, the percentage of the aggregate holdings in shares and qualifying financial instruments ultimately held by Competrol Establishment increased from 4.999% to 5.001%.
14. Contact name:	Thomas Donegan
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

 

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