FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
31 March 2023
Coca-Cola HBC AG (the “Company”)
Notification of transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (“PDMRs')
The Company announces that, as a result of the satisfaction of performance conditions, the award granted on 16 March 2021 which was due to vest after two years under the Company's Performance Share Award Plan (“PSP”) vested on 29 March 2023 and has been transferred to the PDMR from shares held in treasury.
The following sets out the award that vested on 29 March 2023, the number of dividend equivalent shares accrued between grant and vesting and the number of shares sold following such vesting to cover taxes and other liabilities.
PDMR | Number of shares granted under the PSP vesting | Number of dividend equivalent shares | Number of shares sold to cover taxes and other liabilities |
BEN ALMANZAR | 9,246 | 497 | 520 |
The Notification of Dealing Forms for the PDMR can be found below.
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
a) | Name | BEN ALMANZAR |
2 | Reason for the notification |
a) | Position/status | CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER |
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | INITIAL NOTIFICATION |
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
a) | Name | COCA-COLA HBC AG |
b) | LEI | 549300EFP3TNG7JGVE49 |
4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted |
a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | COCA-COLA HBC AG ORDINARY SHARES OF CHF 6.70 EACH (“SHARES”) CH0198251305 |
b) | Nature of the transaction | SHARES ISSUED TO PDMR FOLLOWING VESTING OF PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARD GRANTED IN MARCH 2021 WHICH WAS DUE TO VEST AFTER TWO YEARS UNDER THE TERMS OF THE PSP, INCLUDING DIVIDEND EQUIVALENT SHARES ACCRUED BETWEEN GRANT OF AWARD AND VESTING. SHARES ISSUED BY A TRANSFER FROM SHARES HELD IN TREASURY |
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) | 22.082101 GBP | 9,743 |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Price | Volume | Total | 22.082101 GBP | 9,743 | 215,145.91 GBP |
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e) | Date of the transaction | 29 MARCH 2023 |
f) | Place of the transaction | XLON |
4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted |
a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | COCA-COLA HBC AG ORDINARY SHARES OF CHF 6.70 EACH (“SHARES”) CH0198251305 |
b) | Nature of the transaction | SALE OF SHARES TO COVER TAX AND OTHER LIABILITIES ARISING FROM VESTING OF THE PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARD |
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) | 22.082101 GBP | 520 |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Price | Volume | Total | 22.082101 GBP | 520 | 11,482.69 GBP |
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e) | Date of the transaction | 29 MARCH 2023 |
f) | Place of the transaction | XLON |
This notification is made in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation and EU Market Abuse Regulation.
For further information, please contact:
Jan Gustavsson
General Counsel and Company Secretary
+41 (0) 41 726 01 10