Coca-Cola HBC AG Completes acquisition of further stake in CCBCE (5918Z)

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RNS Number : 5918Z

Coca-Cola HBC AG

25 January 2022

Coca-Cola HBC AG

COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF FURTHER STAKE IN

COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF EGYPT

Zug, Switzerland, 25 January 2022. Following its announcements on 12 August 2021 and 13 January 2022, Coca-Cola HBC AG ("Coca-Cola HBC") today announced the completion of the acquisition by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Coca-Cola HBC Holdings BV ("CCH Holdings"), of a further approximately 42% of the shares in Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Egypt S.A.E. ("CCBCE") from a wholly-owned affiliate of The Coca-Cola Company for a cash consideration of approximately US$123 million, bringing CCH Holdings' total ownership in CCBCE to 94.7%.

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Coca--Cola HBC Group

 
Investors and Analysts: 
Joanna Kennedy                 Tel: +44 7802 427505 
 Investor Relations Director    joanna.kennedy@cchellenic.com 
Jemima Benstead                Tel: +44 7740 535130 
 Investor Relations Manager     jemima.benstead@cchellenic.com 
 
Marios Matar                   Tel: +30 697 444 3335 
 Investor Relations Manager     marios.matar@cchellenic.com 
 
Media : 
David Hart                     Tel: +41 41 726 0143 
 Group Communication Director   david.hart@cchellenic.com

About The Coca-Cola Company

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is a total beverage company with products sold in more than 200 countries and territories. Our company's purpose is to refresh the world and make a difference. We sell multiple billion-dollar brands across several beverage categories worldwide. Our portfolio of sparkling soft drink brands includes Coca-Cola, Sprite and Fanta. Our hydration, sports, coffee and tea brands include Dasani, smartwater, vitaminwater, Topo Chico, BODYARMOR, Powerade, Costa, Georgia, Gold Peak, Honest and Ayataka. Our nutrition, juice, dairy and plant-based beverage brands include Minute Maid, Simply, innocent, Del Valle, fairlife and AdeS. We're constantly transforming our portfolio, from reducing sugar in our drinks to bringing innovative new products to market. We seek to positively impact people's lives, communities and the planet through water replenishment, packaging recycling, sustainable sourcing practices and carbon emissions reductions across our value chain. Together with our bottling partners, we employ more than 700,000 people, helping bring economic opportunity to local communities worldwide. Learn more at www.coca-colacompany.com and follow us on Twitter , Instagram , Facebook and LinkedIn .

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, Romerquelle, Fanta, Sprite, Powerade, FuzeTea, Dobry, Cappy, Monster and Adez. We foster an open and inclusive work environment amongst our 36,000 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 .

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