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Coca-Cola HBC AG
17 March 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Coca-Cola HBC AG
Publication of the 2016 Integrated Annual Report
Zug, Switzerland - 17 March 2017 - Coca-Cola HBC AG (Coca-Cola
HBC or the Company or the Group) announced today the publication of
its integrated annual report for the year ended 31 December 2016
(Annual Report). A copy of the Annual Report will be submitted to
the National Storage Mechanism and will be shortly available for
inspection at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm
The Annual Report is also available on the Company's website at:
http://www.coca-colahellenic.com/investorrelations/annualreports
Printed copies of the Annual Report will be available from 10
April 2017 and can be requested by interested shareholders, free of
charge, at:
http://coca-colahellenic.com/en/investors/order-a-report/
In accordance with the Disclosure and Transparency Rule (DTR)
6.3.5R and the requirements it imposes as to how to make public
annual financial reports, we are required to disclose such
information from the Annual Report as is of a type that would be
required to be disseminated in compliance with DTR6.3.5R(2). A
condensed set of the Company's consolidated financial statements
and information on important events that have occurred during the
financial year ended 31 December 2016 and their impact on the
financial statements were included in the Group's preliminary
results announcement released on 16 February 2017. That
information, together with the information set out in the Appendix
to this announcement, which is extracted from the Annual Report,
constitutes the material required by DTR6.3.5R to be communicated
to the media in unedited full text through a Regulatory Information
Service. Page numbers and notes to the accounts mentioned in the
extracts from the Annual Report, refer to page numbers and notes to
the accounts in the Annual Report. Terms used, but not otherwise
defined in this announcement, have the meanings given to them in
the Annual Report. This material is not a substitute for reading
the Annual Report in its entirety.
Enquiries
Coca--Cola HBC Group Tel: +44 20 37 444 231
Basak Kotler basak.kotler@cchellenic.c
Investor Relations Director om
Caroline Crampton Tel : +44 20 37 444 230
Investor Relations Manager caroline.crampton@cchellenic.com
Vasso Aliferi Tel: +30 210 6183 341
Investor Relations Manager vasso.aliferi@cchellenic.com
International media contact:
Teneo Tel: +44 20 74 203 145
Rob Morgan robert.morgan@teneobluerubicon.com
Anushka Mathew anushka.mathew@teneobluerubicon.com
Greek media contact:
V+O Communications Tel: +30 211 7501219
Argyro Oikonomou ao@vando.gr
APPIX
1. Principal risks and uncertainties
The principal risks and uncertainties relating to the Company
are as set out in the "Risk management and our principal risks -
Our principal risks" section of the Annual Report, pages 17 to
21.
The following is extracted in full and unedited text from the
Annual Report and is repeated here solely for the purpose of
complying with DTR6.3.5R.
Our principal risks
Our strategic priorities provide the context for guiding us in
the management of both the material matters and the principal risks
faced by our business. The overview of our most important risks,
involving an assessment of the likelihood of occurrence and
potential consequences, does not include all the risks that may
ultimately affect our Company. Some risks not yet known to us, or
currently believed to be immaterial, could ultimately have an
impact on our business or financial performance.
We remain constantly vigilant to changes to our economic and
regulatory operating environments, to ensure we proactively
identify and evaluate new risks and understand threats to our
business viability. For the current reporting period, we validated
the continued importance of our 12 identified principal risks. This
was done through our ongoing ability to aggregate and analyse risk,
our functional collaboration, and the think tank approach of the
Company's Group Risk Forum.
Principal Risks Risk Potential impact Key mitigations Link to Risk
material issues Status
---------------- ----------------- --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- -----------
1. Consumer Failure to adapt Health and Increasing
health to changing * Failure to achieve our growth plans * Focus on product innovation nutrition
consumer health
trends and Responsible
address * Damage to our brand and corporate reputation * Expand our range of low- and zero-calorie beverages marketing
misconceptions
about the health
impact of soft * Loss of consumer base * Introduce smaller entry packs
drinks.
* Reduce the calorie content of products in the
portfolio
* Clearer labelling on packaging
* Promote active lifestyles through consumer engagement
programmes focused on health and wellness
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2. Foreign Foreign exchange Not applicable Increasing
Exchange exposure arises * Financial loss * Treasury Policy requires the hedging of 25% to 80% of
from changes in rolling 12-month forecast transactional exposure
exchange rates,
as well as * Asset impairment
currency * Hedging beyond 12 months may occur if forecast
devaluation in transactions are highly probable
combination with * Limitations on cash repatriation
capital
controls, which * Derivative financial instruments are used, where
restricts available, to reduce net exposure to currency
movement of fluctuations
funds and
increases the
risk of asset
impairment.
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3. Climate, Failure to meet Carbon and Stable
carbon and our * Long-term damage to our corporate reputation * Water stewardship programmes that reduce our water energy
water stakeholders' consumption and our footprint and assure sustainable
expectations in end-to-end water use Packaging,
making a * Less influence in shaping the citizenship and recycling and
positive sustainability agenda waste
contribution to * Carbon and energy management programmes management
the
sustainability * Reduced profitability Sustainable
agenda, * Packaging waste management programmes sourcing
particularly
relating to Water
climate change, * Partnering with NGOs and International NGOs on common stewardship
packaging waste issues such as nature conservation
and water usage.
* Partnering with local communities to minimise
environmental impact
* Focus on sustainable procurement
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4. Channel mix A continued Not applicable Stable
increase in the * Reduced profitability * Continued to increase our presence in the discounter
concentration of channel during 2016
retailers and
independent
wholesalers on * Working closely with our customers to identify
whom opportunities for joint value creation
we depend to
distribute our
products. * Right Execution Daily (RED) strategy continues to
The immediate support our commitment to operational excellence,
consumption enabling us to respond to changing customer needs
channel remains across all channels
under pressure
as consumers
alter
consumption
habits.
---------------- ----------------- --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- -----------
5. Declining Challenging and Direct and Decreasing
consumer demand volatile * Eroded consumer confidence affecting spending * Seek to offer the right brand, at the right price, in indirect
macroeconomic, the right package through the right channel economic
security and impacts
political * Inflationary
conditions can * Robust security practices and procedures to protect
affect consumer people and assets
demand and pressures
create security * Social unrest
risks across our * Crisis response and business continuity strategies
diverse mix of
markets. * Safety of people and security of assets
---------------- ----------------- --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- -----------
6. Regulations on Not applicable Increasing
Discrimina-tory consumer health * Reduction in * Proactively working with
tax and the risk of
the targeting of
our products for profitability governments and regulatory
discriminatory authorities to ensure that the
tax and facts are clearly understood and that our products are not
packaging waste singled out unfairly
recovery. * Shaping the sustainability
agenda as it relates to
packaging and waste recovery
* Engaging with stakeholders
including NGOs and the
communities in which we
operate on strategies to protect the environment
---------------- ----------------- --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- -----------
7. Quality The occurrence Product quality Stable
of quality * Reduction in volume and net sales revenue * Stringent quality processes in place to minimise the and integrity
issues, or the occurrence of quality issues
contamination of
our products. * Damage to brand and corporate reputation
* Early warning systems (Consumer Information Centres
and social media monitoring) that enable issue
* Loss of consumer trust identification
* Robust response processes and systems that enable us
to quickly and efficiently deal with quality issues,
ensuring customers and consumers retain confidence in
our products
---------------- ----------------- --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- -----------
8. Regulatory Inadvertent Corporate Stable
challenges non-compliance, * Damage to our corporate reputation * Annual 'Tone from the Top' messaging governance,
by the Company business
or related third ethics and
parties, with * Significant financial penalties * Code of Business Conduct training and awareness anti-corruption
local
laws and Human rights
regulations, * Management time diverted to resolving legal issues * Anti-Bribery Policy and commercial compliance and diversity
that training
exist across our
diverse mix of
markets. * Internal control assurance programme with local
management accountability
* Risk-based internal control
* framework
* 'Speak Up' hotline
* Legal function in constant dialogue with regulators
---------------- ----------------- --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- -----------
9. People and Inability to Employee Increasing
talent attract and * Failure to achieve our growth plans * Focus on developing leadership talent well-being and
retain engagement
sufficient
numbers of * Right people in the right positions across the
qualified and business
experienced
employees
in competitive * Focus on employee engagement ensuring support for our
talent markets values
and an inability
to ensure their
ongoing * Promote operational excellence
engagement and
commitment.
* Create shared value with the communities in which we
work to ensure we are seen as an attractive employer
---------------- ----------------- --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- -----------
10. System Business Not applicable Increasing
availability stoppage due to * Financial loss * Monitoring, identifying and addressing cyber threats
and cyber applications or and suspicious internal computer activity
attacks systems
unavailability, * Operational disruption
or a loss of * Training on information management and the protection
personal data, of information
arising from * Damage to corporate reputation
data
centre failure * Disaster recovery testing and building resilience
or other * Non-compliance with statutory data protection into our cyber risk programme
internal or legislation
external cyber
threats and
vulnerabilities.
---------------- ----------------- --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- -----------
11. Change Failure to Not applicable Stable
management effectively * Under-delivery of * Project plans and change
execute major
business
transformations, expected transformation results management strategies in
or performance * Disengaged employees place
issues with * Board and Operating Committee conduct regular
third-party tracking of the actual performance compared to
providers that * Reduction in profitability business case
we deploy as
part of
our business * Market confidence in our ability to deliver on
transformation. strategy is weakened
* Damage to corporate reputation
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12. Strategic We rely on our Not applicable Stable
stakeholder strategic * Termination of agreements or unfavourable renewal * Management focus on
relationships relationships terms could adversely affect profitability
and agreements
with The effective day-to-day interaction with our strategic
Coca-Cola partners
Company, Monster * Working together as effective partners for growth
Energy and our
Premium Spirits
partners. * Engagement in joint projects and business planning
with a focus on strategic issues
* Participation in 'Top to Top' senior management
forums
---------------- ----------------- --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- -----------
2. Directors' responsibility statement
The following statement relates to and is extracted from the
Annual Report, page 107. It is repeated here solely for the purpose
of complying with DTR6.3.5R. It is not connected to the extracted
information presented in this announcement or in the Company's
results announcement published on 16 February 2017.
Statement of Directors' Responsibilities
The Directors, whose names and functions are set out on pages 60
to 63, confirm to the best of their knowledge that:
(a) The Annual Report, taken as a whole, is fair, balanced and
understandable, and provides the information necessary for
shareholders to assess the Group's position and performance,
business model and strategy.
(b) The consolidated financial statements, which have been
prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting
Standards, as issued by the IASB, give a true and fair view of the
assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the
Company and the undertakings included in the consolidation of the
Group taken as a whole.
(c) The Annual Report includes a fair review of the development
and performance of the business and the position of the Company and
the undertakings included in the consolidated Coca-Cola HBC Group
taken as a whole, together with a description of the principal
risks and uncertainties that they face.
(d) The Directors are responsible for preparing the Annual
Report, including the consolidated financial statements, and the
Corporate Governance Report including the Remuneration Report and
the Strategic Report, in accordance with applicable law and
regulations.
(e) The activities of the Group, together with the factors
likely to affect its future development, performance, financial
position, cash flows, liquidity position and borrowing facilities
are described in the Strategic Report (pages 1 to 59). In addition,
notes 23 'Financial risk management and financial instruments', 24
'Net debt', and 25 'Equity' to the financial statements include the
Company's objectives, policies and processes for managing its
capital; its financial risk management objectives; details of its
financial instruments and hedging activities; and its exposures to
credit risk and liquidity risk. The Group has considerable
financial resources together with long-term contracts with a number
of customers and suppliers across different countries. The
Directors have also assessed the principal risks and the other
matters discussed in connection with the Viability Statement on
page 59. The Directors considered it appropriate to adopt the going
concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial
statements and have not identified any material uncertainties to
the Group's ability to continue to do so over a period of at least
12 months from the date of approval of these financial
statements.
By order of the Board
Dimitris Lois
Chief Executive Officer
17 March 2016
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 595 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.
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