Coca-Cola HBC AG Transaction in Own Shares (8349X)

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RNS Number : 8349X

Coca-Cola HBC AG

27 December 2023

 
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
 
                                                           Coca-Cola HBC AG 
                                  Transactions in own shares 
Zug, Switzerland - 27 December 2023 - Coca-Cola HBC AG ("Company") 
 announces that it purchased the following number of its ordinary 
 shares of 6.70 CHF each ("ordinary shares") on the London Stock 
 Exchange, BATS Chi-X Europe and Aquis Stock Exchange Limited, 
 through UBS AG London Branch ("UBS") as part of its share purchase 
 programme announced on Monday 20 November 2023: 
Date of transaction                                                           22 December 2023 
Number of shares repurchased:                                                     15,400 
Lowest price paid per share                                                     GBP22.8400 
Highest price paid per share                                                    GBP22.9900 
Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBP):                             GBP22.9091 
Broker                                                                              UBS 
The purchased ordinary shares will be held in treasury until they 
 are either used to meet the needs of the Company's employee incentive 
 schemes or, by affirmative resolution of the Company's shareholders, 
 cancelled. 
As at 22 December 2023, the Company'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 (including the purchased shares) 
 and 3,430,135 ordinary shares are held by its subsidiary, Coca-Cola 
 HBC Services MEPE, in treasury. Therefore, the total number of 
 voting rights in the Company is 366,908,685 which may be used 
 by shareholders as the denominator for calculations by which they 
 will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, 
 or a change to their interest in the Company under the Financial 
 Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules. 
Since announcing the share purchase programme on Monday 20 November 
 2023, the Company has purchased 1,638,298 of its ordinary shares. 
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 
 (the Market Abuse Regulation) and Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 
 as amended by The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 
 2019, the schedule below provides detailed information about the 
 transactions made by UBS on behalf of the Company as part of the 
 share purchase programme. 
 
 
 http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/8349X_1-2023-12-22.pdf 
Schedule of purchases - Aggregated transactions                              " 
Trading venue                                              Volume weighted   Aggregated volume 
                                                            average price 
                                                           ----------------  ----------------- 
London Stock Exchange                                      2,290.7281        8,572 
---------------------------------------------------------  ----------------  ----------------- 
BATS                                                       2,290.5726        1,074 
---------------------------------------------------------  ----------------  ----------------- 
Chi-X                                                      2,291.0949        3,985 
---------------------------------------------------------  ----------------  ----------------- 
Aquis                                                      2,291.5393        1,769 
---------------------------------------------------------  ----------------  -----------------

Enquiries

Coca-Cola HBC Group

 
Investor and Analysts: 
John Dawson                                      Tel: +44 7522 619509 
 Head of Investor Relations                john.dawson@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 
Individual Shareholders: 
 Maria Livaniou                                 Tel: +30 697 444 3270 
 Shareowner Services Manager            maria.livaniou@cchellenic.com 
Media: 
Sonia Bastian                                     Tel: +41 7946 88054 
 Head of Communications                  sonia.bastian@cchellenic.com 
 
Claire Evans                                    Tel: +44 7597 562 978 
 Group Senior Communications Manager      claire.evans@cchellenic.com 
 - Corporate

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 .

Important notice relating to UBS

UBS AG London Branch ("UBS") is authorised and regulated by the Financial Market Supervisory Authority in Switzerland. It is authorised by the PRA and subject to regulation by the FCA and limited regulation by the PRA in the United Kingdom. UBS is acting exclusively for CCH and no one else in connection with the possible offer and the contents of this announcement. In connection with such matters, UBS will not regard any other person as its client, nor will it be responsible to any other person for providing the protections afforded to its clients or for providing advice in relation to the process, contents of this announcement or any other matter referred to herein.

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