FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Coca-Cola
HBC AG
Results
of Extraordinary General Meeting of Coca-Cola HBC AG
Zug, Switzerland - 16 September
2024 - Coca-Cola HBC
AG ("Coca-Cola HBC") today
announces that the proposal of the Board of Directors (the
"Board") set out in the
notice of the extraordinary general meeting ("EGM") dated 23 August 2024 was duly
passed by the requisite majority of shareholders at its EGM held
today, 16 September 2024. The result is set out below. A copy of
the resolution passed at the EGM has also been submitted to the
National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for
inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and
on Coca-Cola HBC's website at www.coca-colahellenic.com.
At the EGM, Coca-Cola HBC's
shareholders elected Elizabeth Bastoni as a new non-executive
member of the Board. Elizabeth Bastoni's biography can be found
at www.coca-colahellenic.com.
Final Ballot Results
Proposal
|
Votes
for
|
%
(1)
|
Votes
Against
|
%
(1)
|
Abs-
tentions
Cast
|
%
(1)
|
Total
Votes Cast
|
Votes not
cast
(2)
|
Voting
Rights Repre-
sented
% (3)
|
1.1
|
Election of Elizabeth Bastoni as a
new member of the Board of Directors and as a member of the
remuneration committee
|
270,113,771
|
99.72%
|
351,919
|
0.13%
|
402,544
|
0.15%
|
270,868,234
|
0
|
74.62%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
(1) Percentages refer to applicable
majority. Proposal 1.1 requires approval by an absolute majority of
the votes validly cast (including consenting and dissenting votes
and abstentions).
(2) Votes represented at the EGM but
not (or not validly) cast.
(3) Shares represented at the EGM
for each proposal as a percentage of Coca-Cola HBC's outstanding
voting rights, whether exercisable or not. As at the date of the
EGM, Coca-Cola HBC's issued share capital consisted of 373,239,562
ordinary shares, of which 6,802,145 ordinary shares are held by
Coca-Cola HBC AG and 3,430,135 shares are held by its subsidiary,
COCA-COLA HBC SERVICES MEPE, in treasury. Accordingly, the total
number of outstanding voting rights (whether exercisable or not) in
Coca-Cola HBC AG was 363,007,282.
Coca‑Cola HBC
Group
Investor and Analysts:
|
|
Joanna
Kennedy
Head
of Investor Relations
|
Tel: +44
7802 427505
Joanna.kennedy@cchellenic.com
|
|
Jemima Benstead
Senior Investor Relations
Manager
|
Tel: +44
7740 535130
jemima.benstead@cchellenic.com
|
|
Virginia Phillips
Investor Relations Manager
|
Tel:
+44 7864 686582
virginia.phillips@cchellenic.com
|
|
Media:
|
|
|
Sonia Bastian
Head of Communications
|
Tel: +41
7946 88054
sonia.bastian@cchellenic.com
|
|
Claire
Evans
Tel: +353 861940885
Group Senior Communications
Manager
claire.evans@cchellenic.com
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 33,000
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.