Coca-Cola HBC AG
Issue of equity and total voting rights
Zug, Switzerland – 3 April 2023 – Coca-Cola HBC AG ("Coca-Cola HBC") today announces in respect of the month ended 31 March 2023, the issue of 213,402 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 24,431,790 Ordinary Shares under its block listing facility.
As of 3 April 2023, Coca-Cola HBC's issued share capital consisted of 372,466,395 Ordinary Shares, of which 1,940,575 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 of 3 April 2023, the total number of voting rights in Coca-Cola HBC is 367,095,685 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
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John Dawson Head of Investor Relations | Tel: +44 7522 619509 john.dawson@cchellenic.com | |||
Jemima Benstead Investor Relations Manager | Tel: +44 7740 535130 jemima.benstead@cchellenic.com | |||
Marios Matar Investor Relations Manager | Tel: +30 697 444 3335 marios.matar@cchellenic.com | |||
Virginia Phillips Investor Relations Manager
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| Media: Sonia Bastian Head of Communications |
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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 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 715 million consumers across a broad geographic footprint of 29 countries on three continents. Our portfolio is one of the strongest, broadest and most flexible in the beverage industry, offering consumer-leading beverage brands in the sparkling, juice, water, sport, energy, plant-based, ready-to-drink tea, coffee, adult sparkling and premium spirits categories. These beverages include Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Zero, Schweppes, Kinley, Costa, Valser, Römerquelle, Fanta, Sprite, Powerade, FuzeTea, Dobry, Cappy, Monster and Adez. We foster an open and inclusive work environment amongst our 33,000 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 https://www.coca-colahellenic.com.