Coca-Cola HBC AG
Issue of equity and total voting rights
Zug, Switzerland – 2 January 2024 – Coca-Cola HBC AG ("Coca-Cola HBC") today announces in respect of the month ended 31 December 2023, the issue of 163,716 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 23,920,963 Ordinary Shares under its block listing facility.
As of 31 December 2023, Coca-Cola HBC's issued share capital consisted of 372,977,222 Ordinary Shares, of which 2,638,402 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 31 December 2023, the total number of voting rights in Coca-Cola HBC is 366,908,685 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 |
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Jemima Benstead Investor Relations Manager | Tel: +44 7740 535130 jemima.benstead@cchellenic.com |
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Marios Matar Investor Relations Manager | Tel: +30 697 444 3335 marios.matar@cchellenic.com |
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Individual Shareholders: Maria Livaniou Shareowner Services Manager
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Tel: +30 697 444 3270 maria.livaniou@cchellenic.com
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Media: |
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Sonia Bastian Head of Communications | Tel: +41 7946 88054 sonia.bastian@cchellenic.com |
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Claire Evans Group Senior Communications Manager - Corporate | Tel: +44 7597 562 978 claire.evans@cchellenic.com | |
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 32,000 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.