Transaction in Own Shares

Coca-Cola HBC AG
29 February 2024
 








FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 














Coca-Cola HBC AG

 


Transactions in own shares

Zug, Switzerland - 29 February 2024 - Coca-Cola HBC AG ("Company") announces that it purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 6.70 CHF each ("ordinary shares") on the London Stock Exchange, BATS Chi-X Europe and Aquis Stock Exchange Limited, through UBS AG London Branch ("UBS") as part of its share purchase programme announced on Monday 20 November 2023:

Date of transaction


29 February 2024

Number of shares repurchased:


76,775

Lowest price paid per share


£24.5800

Highest price paid per share


£24.9400

Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBP):


£24.7431

Broker






UBS

The purchased ordinary shares will be held in treasury until they are either used to meet the needs of the Company's employee incentive schemes or, by affirmative resolution of the Company's shareholders, cancelled.

As at 29 February 2024, the Company's issued share capital consisted of 373,122,796 ordinary shares, of which 3,137,713 ordinary shares are held by Coca-Cola HBC AG (including the purchased shares) and 3,430,135 ordinary shares are held by its subsidiary, Coca-Cola HBC Services MEPE, in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 366,554,948 which may be used by shareholders as the denominator for calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Since announcing the share purchase programme on Monday 20 November 2023, the Company has purchased 2,144,963 of its ordinary shares.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation) and Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 as amended by The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, the schedule below provides detailed information about the transactions made by UBS on behalf of the Company as part of the share purchase programme.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/0479F_1-2024-2-29.pdf





Schedule of purchases - Aggregated transactions

 



Trading venue

Volume weighted average price

Aggregated volume

London Stock Exchange

2,474.6174

39,156

BATS

2,474.8745

6,677

Chi-X

2,474.4015

20,811

Aquis

2,472.5616

10,131

 

 

Enquiries 

Coca-Cola HBC Group 

Investor and Analysts: 


John Dawson 

Head of Investor Relations 

Tel: +44 7522 619509 

john.dawson@cchellenic.com 


Jemima Benstead 

Investor Relations Manager 

Tel: +44 7740 535130 

jemima.benstead@cchellenic.com 


Sarah Hebert-Lilley

Investor Relations Manager 

Tel: +36 30 645 8678

Sarah.Hebert-Lilley@cchellenic.com


Individual Shareholders: 

Maria Livaniou 

Shareowner Services Manager 

 

 

 

Tel: +30 697 444 3270 

maria.livaniou@cchellenic.com 

 


Media: 



Sonia Bastian 

Head of Communications 

Tel: +41 7946 88054 

sonia.bastian@cchellenic.com 





Claire Evans

Group Senior Communications Manager - Corporate

 

Tel:+44 7597 562 978 

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.

 

Important notice relating to UBS

UBS AG London Branch ("UBS") is authorised and regulated by the Financial Market Supervisory Authority in Switzerland. It is authorised by the PRA and subject to regulation by the FCA and limited regulation by the PRA in the United Kingdom. UBS is acting exclusively for CCH and no one else in connection with the possible offer and the contents of this announcement. In connection with such matters, UBS will not regard any other person as its client, nor will it be responsible to any other person for providing the protections afforded to its clients or for providing advice in relation to the process, contents of this announcement or any other matter referred to herein.

 

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