Coca-Cola HBC AG
Issue of equity and total voting rights
Zug Switzerland – 3 April 2018 – Coca-Cola HBC AG ("Coca-Cola HBC") today announces in respect of the month ended 30 March 2018 the issue of 66750 shares of CHF 6.70 each fully paid ("Ordinary Shares") 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 28831947 Ordinary Shares under its block listing facility.
As at 30 March 2018 Coca-Cola HBC's issued share capital consisted of 371316549 Ordinary Shares of which 14925 Ordinary shares are held by Coca-Cola HBC AG and 3430135 shares are held by its subsidiary Coca-Cola HBC Services MEPE in treasury. Accordingly as at 30 March 2018 the total number of voting rights in Coca-Cola HBC is 367871489 for the purposes of the Disclosure Guidance 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 DTR 5.6.1.