Coca-Cola HBC AG Directorate Change (9181B)
June 22 2016 - 3:13AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMCCH
RNS Number : 9181B
Coca-Cola HBC AG
22 June 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Coca-Cola HBC AG
Composition of the Committees of the Board of Directors of
Coca-Cola HBC AG and determination of new members of the Board of
Directors of Coca-Cola HBC AG
Zug, Switzerland - 22 June 2016 - Coca-Cola HBC AG ("Coca-Cola
HBC" or the "Company") announces today that its board of directors
(the "Board") has appointed Mr. William W. Douglas III as chairman
of the Audit Committee and Mr. Reto Francioni as the chairman of
the Nomination Committee and a member of the Remuneration
Committee, with effect from 21 June 2016. These appointments have
been made pursuant to the announcement released by Coca-Cola HBC on
17 May 2016 and the election of Messrs. Ahmet C. Bozer, William
(Bill) W. Douglas III, Reto Francioni and Robert Ryan Rudolph as
non-executive members of the Board at the Company's annual general
meeting held on 21 June 2016, following the retirement of Mr.
George David, Mr. Irial Finan, Sir Michael Llewellyn Smith and Mr.
Nigel Macdonald.
The Board has also resolved that Mr. Reto Francioni is appointed
as the Senior Independent Director of the Company.
The Board has determined that Messrs. Bill Douglas and Reto
Francioni qualify as independent under the criteria set forth in
the UK Corporate Governance Code. The Board considers the other
newly appointed non-executive directors, Messrs. Ahmet C. Bozer and
Robert Ryan Rudolph, not to be independent for purposes of the UK
Corporate Governance Code, due to existing business relationships
with Coca-Cola HBC's major shareholders, The Coca-Cola Company and
Kar-Tess Holding.
Aside from the information set out above, no further information
is required to be disclosed pursuant to the UK Financial Conduct
Authority's Listing Rule 9.6.13 and none of the new non-executive
directors hold any interests in the shares of Coca-Cola HBC.
This announcement is made pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.11.
Enquiries
Coca--Cola HBC Group Tel: +41 41 726 0143
Basak Kotler basak.kotler@cchellenic.c
Investor Relations Director om
Nikos Efstathopoulos Tel: +30 210 618 3260
Investor Relations Manager nikos.efstathopoulos@cchellenic.com
Caroline Crampton
Investor Relations Manager caroline.crampton@cchellenic.com
International media contact:
Teneo Tel: +44 20 7240 2486
Rob Morgan robert.morgan@teneostrategy.com
Ben Ullmann ben.ullmann@teneostrategy.com
Anushka Mathew anushka.mathew@teneostrategy.com
Greek media contact:
V+O Communications Tel: +30 211 7501219
Argyro Oikonomou ao@vando.gr
About Coca--Cola HBC
Coca-Cola HBC is a leading bottler of The Coca-Cola Company with
a sales volume of more than 2 billion unit cases. It has a broad
geographic footprint with operations in 28 countries serving a
population of approximately 594 million people. Coca-Cola HBC
offers a diverse range of non-alcoholic ready to drink beverages in
the sparkling, juice, water, sport, energy, tea and coffee
categories. Coca-Cola HBC is committed to promoting sustainable
development in order to create value for its business and for
society. This includes providing products that meet the beverage
needs of consumers, fostering an open and inclusive work
environment, conducting its business in ways that protect and
preserve the environment and contribute to the socio-economic
development of the local communities. Coca-Cola HBC is ranked
beverage industry leader in the Dow Jones Sustainability World and
Europe Indices, and is also included in the FTSE4Good Index.
Coca-Cola HBC has a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange
(LSE: CCH) and its shares are listed on the Athens Exchange (ATHEX:
EEE). For more information, please visit
http://www.coca-colahellenic.com.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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