Coca-Cola HBC AG
Athens Exchange trading date of ordinary shares resulting
from the exercise of stock options
Zug Switzerland – 5 January 2018 – Coca-Cola HBC AG ("Coca-Cola HBC" or the "Company") today announces the admission to trading on the Athens Exchange of 2993260 ordinary registered Company's shares with a par value of CHF 6.70 each fully paid ("Ordinary Shares") which have already been issued following the exercise of stock options granted under the Company's stock option plan during the period starting from 26/5/2017 to 29/12/2017.
The Ordinary Shares will commence trading on the Athens Exchange on 9/1/2018.
The Ordinary Shares have already been admitted upon issuance to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities under the Company's block listing facility. The Company has the ability to admit a further 29385457 Ordinary Shares under its block listing facility.
As at 29 December 2017 Coca-Cola HBC's issued share capital consisted of 370763039 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 29 December 2017 the total number of voting rights in Coca-Cola HBC is 367317979 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.