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Coca-Cola HBC Finance B.V.

10 March 2016

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO OR TO ANY PERSON LOCATED OR RESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES, ITS TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS (INCLUDING PUERTO RICO, THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS, GUAM, AMERICAN SAMOA, WAKE ISLAND AND THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS), ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OR TO ANY U.S. PERSON.

10 March 2016

COCA-COLA HBC FINANCE B.V. INVITATION TO PURCHASE NOTES FOR CASH: ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS

On 3 March 2016, Coca-Cola HBC Finance B.V. (the "Company") launched an invitation to holders of its EUR600,000,000 4.250 per cent. Notes due 2016 guaranteed by Coca-Cola HBC Holdings B.V. and Coca-Cola HBC AG (the "Notes") to tender such Notes for purchase by the Company (the "Offer"), subject to applicable offer and distribution restrictions.

The Company today announces that it will (subject to satisfaction or waiver of the New Financing Condition) accept for purchase in cash an aggregate nominal amount of Notes validly tendered pursuant to the Offer equal to EUR214,619,000. The Purchase Price will be 102.903 per cent. of the nominal amount of the Notes. The Company will also pay an Accrued Interest Payment equal to 1.347 per cent. of the nominal amount of the Notes. A summary is set out below:

 
                                                     Aggregate Nominal Amount 
    Description of the Notes           ISIN            Accepted for Purchase        Purchase Yield    Purchase Price 
--------------------------------  -------------  --------------------------------  ---------------  ------------------ 
 EUR600,000,000 4.250 per cent.    XS0466300257           EUR214,619,000            0.00 per cent.   102.903 per cent. 
 Notes due 2016 of Coca-Cola HBC 
 Finance B.V. 
--------------------------------  -------------  --------------------------------  ---------------  ------------------ 
 

The Offer remains subject to the conditions and restrictions set out in a tender offer memorandum dated 3 March 2016 (the "Tender Offer Memorandum"). Capitalised terms used and not otherwise defined in this announcement have the meanings given in the Tender Offer Memorandum.

Subject to satisfaction of the New Financing Conditions, the expected Settlement Date for the Offer is 11 March 2016.

For Further Information

A complete description of the terms and conditions of the Offer is set out in the Tender Offer Memorandum. Further details about the transaction can be obtained from:

The Dealer Managers

Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited

One Cabot Square

Canary Wharf

London E14 4QJ

United Kingdom

Telephone: +44 20 7883 8763

Attention: Liability Management Group

Email: liability.management@credit-suisse.com

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch

Winchester House

1 Great Winchester Street

London EC2N 2DB

United Kingdom

Telephone: +44 20 7545 8011

Attention: Liability Management Group

Email: liability.management@db.com

Société Générale

10 Bishops Square

London E1 6EG

United Kingdom

Telephone: +44 20 7676 7579

Attention: Liability Management

Email: liability.management@sgcib.com

The Tender Agent

Lucid Issuer Services Limited

Tankerton Works

12 Argyle Walk

London WC1H 8HA

United Kingdom

Telephone: +44 20 7704 0880

Attention: Thomas Choquet

Email: cchbc@lucid-is.com

A copy of the Tender Offer Memorandum is available to eligible persons upon request from the Tender Agent.

DISCLAIMER

The Dealer Managers do not take responsibility for the contents of this announcement. This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Tender Offer Memorandum. No offer to acquire any Notes is being made pursuant to this announcement.

The distribution of this announcement and the Tender Offer Memorandum in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this announcement and/or the Tender Offer Memorandum come into are required by each of the Company, the Guarantors, the Dealer Managers and the Tender Agent to inform themselves about and to observe any such restrictions.

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