Coca-Cola HBC AG Issue of Equity (6635Q)

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RNS Number : 6635Q

Coca-Cola HBC AG

01 March 2021

Coca-Cola HBC AG

Issue of equity and total voting rights

Zug, Switzerland - 1 March 2021 - Coca-Cola HBC AG ("Coca-Cola HBC") today announces in respect of the month ended 26 February 2021, the issue of 18,583 shares of CHF 6.70 each fully paid ("Ordinary Shares"), following the exercise of options granted under Coca-Cola HBC's share option plan.

Such Ordinary Shares were also admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities under Coca-Cola HBC's block listing facility. Following this issue, Coca-Cola HBC has the ability to admit a further 26,367,513 Ordinary Shares under its block listing facility.

As at 1 March 2021, Coca-Cola HBC's issued share capital consisted of 370,531,180 Ordinary Shares, of which 2,759,280 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 1 March 2021, the total number of voting rights in Coca-Cola HBC is 364,341,765 for the purposes of the Disclosure Guidance 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.

This announcement is made in accordance with DTR 5.6.1.

Enquiries

Coca--Cola HBC Group

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

About Coca--Cola HBC

Coca-Cola HBC is a growth-focused CPG business and strategic bottling partner of The Coca-Cola Company. We create value for all our stakeholders by supporting the socio-economic development of the communities in which we operate and we believe building a more positive environmental impact is integral to our future growth. Together, we and our customers serve more than 600 million consumers across a broad geographic footprint of 28 countries on 3 continents. Our portfolio is one of the strongest, broadest and most flexible in the beverage industry, offering consumer-leading partner brands in the sparkling, juice, water, sport, energy, plant-based, ready-to-drink tea, coffee, adult sparkling and premium spirits categories. These brands include Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Zero, Schweppes, Kinley, Royal Bliss, Costa Coffee, Valser, Romerquelle, Fanta, Sprite, Powerade, FuzeTea, Dobry, Cappy, Monster and Adez. We foster an open and inclusive work environment amongst our more than 27,000 employees and we are ranked among the top sustainability performers in ESG benchmarks such as the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, CDP, MSCI ESG and FTSE4Good.

Coca-Cola HBC has a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE:CCH) and is listed on the Athens Exchange (ATHEX:EEE). For more information, please visit http://www.coca-colahellenic.com .

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