Coca-Cola HBC AG Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8808F

Coca-Cola HBC AG

26 September 2024

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
			Coca-Cola HBC AG
Transactions in own shares
Zug, Switzerland - 26 September 2024 - Coca-Cola HBC AG ("Company") announces that it purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 6.70 CHF each ("ordinary shares") on the London Stock Exchange, BATS Chi-X Europe and Aquis Stock Exchange Limited, through UBS AG London Branch ("UBS") as part of its share purchase programme announced on Monday 20 November 2023:
Date of transaction						26 September 2024
Number of shares repurchased:						120,725
Lowest price paid per share						£26.7800
Highest price paid per share						£27.1800
Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBP):						£26.9188
Broker						UBS
The purchased ordinary shares will be held in treasury until they are either used to meet the needs of the Company's employee incentive schemes or, by affirmative resolution of the Company's shareholders, cancelled.
As at 26 September 2024, the Company's issued share capital consisted of 373,239,562 ordinary shares, of which 7,677,576 ordinary shares are held by Coca-Cola HBC AG (including the purchased shares) and 3,430,135 ordinary shares are held by its subsidiary, Coca-Cola HBC Services MEPE, in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 362,131,851 which may be used by shareholders as the denominator for calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
Since announcing the share purchase programme on Monday 20 November 2023, the Company has purchased 7,481,759 of its ordinary shares.
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation) and Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 as amended by The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, the schedule below provides detailed information about the transactions made by UBS on behalf of the Company as part of the share purchase programme. http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/8808F_1-2024-9-26.pdf
Schedule of purchases - Aggregated transactions						``
Trading venue			Volume weighted average price		Aggregated volume
London Stock Exchange			2,691.9066		66,697
BATS			2,693.0545		15,103
Chi-X			2,690.8654		26,341
Aquis			2,692.4129		12,584

 

Enquiries 

Coca-Cola HBC Group 

Investor and Analysts:
Joanna Kennedy  Head of Investor Relations	Tel: [phone]  [e-mail]
Jemima Benstead  Senior Investor Relations Manager	Tel: [phone]  [e-mail]
Individual Shareholders:  Maria Livaniou  Shareowner Services Manager	Tel: [phone]  [e-mail]
Media:
Sonia Bastian  Head of Communications	Tel: [phone]  [e-mail]
Claire Evans Group Senior Communications Manager - Corporate	Tel: [phone]  [e-mail]

 

About Coca-Cola HBC

Coca-Cola HBC is a growth-focused consumer packaged goods business and strategic bottling partner of The Coca-Cola Company. We open up moments that refresh us all, by creating value for our stakeholders and supporting the socio-economic development of the communities in which we operate. With a vision to be the leading 24/7 beverage partner, we offer drinks for all occasions around the clock and work together with our customers to serve 740 million consumers across a broad geographic footprint of 29 countries. Our portfolio is one of the strongest, broadest and most flexible in the beverage industry, with consumer-leading beverage brands in the sparkling, adult sparkling, juice, water, sport, energy, ready-to-drink tea, coffee, and premium spirits categories. These include Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, Fanta, Sprite, Schweppes, Kinley, Costa Coffee, Caffè Vergnano, Valser, FuzeTea, Powerade, Cappy, Monster Energy, Finlandia Vodka, The Macallan, Jack Daniel's and Grey Goose. We foster an open and inclusive work environment amongst our 33,000 employees and believe that building a more positive environmental impact is integral to our future growth. We rank among the top sustainability performers in ESG benchmarks such as the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, CDP, MSCI ESG, FTSE4Good and ISS ESG.

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 https://www.coca-colahellenic.com/

 

Important notice relating to UBS

UBS AG London Branch ("UBS") is authorised and regulated by the Financial Market Supervisory Authority in Switzerland. It is authorised by the PRA and subject to regulation by the FCA and limited regulation by the PRA in the United Kingdom. UBS is acting exclusively for CCH and no one else in connection with the possible offer and the contents of this announcement. In connection with such matters, UBS will not regard any other person as its client, nor will it be responsible to any other person for providing the protections afforded to its clients or for providing advice in relation to the process, contents of this announcement or any other matter referred to herein.

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