Coca-Cola HBC AG Cancellation of Treasury Shares, Issue of Equity (5882I)
September 01 2016 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 5882I
Coca-Cola HBC AG
01 September 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Coca-Cola HBC AG
Cancellation of Treasury Shares, Issue of Equity and Total
Voting Rights
Zug, Switzerland - 1 September 2016 - Coca-Cola HBC AG
("Coca-Cola HBC" or the "Company") announces that 3,000,000
ordinary shares each with a par value of CHF 6.70 which were held
in treasury have been cancelled with effect from 31 August 2016
pursuant to a reduction of capital in accordance with Swiss law
which was approved by the Company's shareholders at the annual
general meeting held on 21 June 2016 and announced on 22 June
2016.
The Company also announces, in respect of the month ended 31
August 2016, the issue of 675,314 ordinary shares with a par value
of CHF 6.70, each fully paid, following the exercise of options
granted under Coca-Cola HBC's share option plan. Such ordinary
shares were also admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing
Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market
for listed securities under Coca-Cola HBC's block listing facility.
Following this issue, Coca-Cola HBC has the ability to admit a
further 33,983,835 ordinary shares under its block listing
facility.
Accordingly, as at 31 August 2016, Coca-Cola HBC's issued share
capital consisted of 366,164,661 ordinary shares, of which 14,925
ordinary shares are held by the Company and 3,430,135 ordinary
shares are held by its subsidiary, Coca-Cola HBC Services MEPE, in
treasury. As at 31 August 2016, the total number of ordinary shares
with voting rights in the Company is 362,719,601 for the purposes
of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the Financial Conduct
Authority ("DTRs").
Shareholders may use the above total voting rights figure as the
denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if
they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their
interest in, the share capital of Coca-Cola HBC under the DTRs.
This announcement is made in accordance with LR 12.6.4 and DTR
5.6.1.
Enquiries
Coca--Cola HBC Group
Basak Kotler Tel: +44 20 37 444 231
Investor Relations Director basak.kotler@cchellenic.com
Nikos Efstathopoulos Tel: +30 210 618 3260
Investor Relations Manager nikos.efstathopoulos@cchellenic.com
Caroline Crampton Tel : +44 20 37 444 230
Investor Relations Manager caroline.crampton@cchellenic.com
International media contact:
Teneo Tel: +44 20 7240 2486
Rob Morgan robert.morgan@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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