Result of AGM

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Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc announced that all 31 resolutions presented at its Annual General Meeting on May 28, 2026, were passed. Notably, Resolution 25, concerning the waiver of mandatory offer provisions under Rule 9 of the Takeover Code, passed with 75.39% of votes from independent shareholders, allowing for potential future share buyback programs. Resolutions 29 and 30, authorizing share purchases on and off-market, both received strong support with 99.21% of votes in favor. The company intends to engage with shareholders who voted against Resolution 25 to understand their concerns.

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Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc
29 May 2026
 

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc - Results of 2026 Annual General Meeting

 

The Annual General Meeting of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc (the "Company") was held at 1A Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0EA, United Kingdom on 28 May 2026.

 

All 31 resolutions put to the members were passed on a poll. Accordingly, resolutions 1 to 26 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 27 to 31 were passed as special resolutions.

 

The results of the polls are set out below:

 

Resolution

For (see note 1)

Against (see note 1)

Issued share capital represented by votes (see note 2) %

Votes withheld (see note 3)

Votes

%

Votes

%

1

Receipt of the Report and Accounts

406,482,347

99.90%

407,236

0.10%

91.80%

247,725

2

Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Policy

400,476,791

98.39%

6,538,197

1.61%

91.83%

122,320

3

Approval of the Directors' Remuneration Report

403,059,719

99.03%

3,962,515

0.97%

91.83%

115,074

4

Election of Laurence Debroux as a director of the Company

406,762,348

99.93%

268,359

0.07%

91.84%

106,601

5

Election of Uvashni Raman as a director of the Company

406,739,581

99.93%

289,245

0.07%

91.83%

108,482

6

Re-election of Robert Appleby as a director of the Company

406,375,776

99.84%

655,756

0.16%

91.84%

105,776

7

Re-election of Manolo Arroyo as a director of the Company

356,719,567

87.77%

49,710,058

12.23%

91.70%

707,683

8

Re-election of John Bryant as a director of the Company

399,587,893

98.17%

7,440,596

1.83%

91.83%

108,819

9

Re-election of José Ignacio Comenge as a director of the Company

356,216,448

87.64%

50,230,043

12.36%

91.70%

690,817

10

Re-election of Sol Daurella as a director of the Company

395,397,538

97.19%

11,432,067

2.81%

91.79%

307,703

11

Re-election of Damian Gammell as a director of the Company

406,099,818

99.77%

943,569

0.23%

91.84%

93,921

12

Re-election of Nathalie Gaveau as a director of the Company

404,583,410

99.40%

2,429,902

0.60%

91.83%

123,996

13

Re-election of Álvaro Gómez-Trénor Aguilar as a director of the Company

403,977,573

99.30%

2,861,683

0.70%

91.79%

298,052

14

Re-election of Mary Harris as a director of the Company

399,637,873

98.18%

7,394,629

1.82%

91.84%

104,806

15

Re-election of Alfonso Líbano Daurella as a director of the Company

403,959,826

99.29%

2,878,878

0.71%

91.79%

298,604

16

Re-election of Nicolas Mirzayantz as a director of the Company

403,996,474

99.25%

3,033,232

0.75%

91.84%

107,602

17

Re-election of Mark Price as a director of the Company

403,545,563

99.14%

3,486,285

0.86%

91.84%

105,460

18

Re-election of Nancy Quan as a director of the Company

403,837,610

99.27%

2,983,316

0.73%

91.79%

316,382

19

Re-election of Mario Rotllant Solá as a director of the Company

402,930,232

99.04%

3,907,207

0.96%

91.79%

299,869

20

Re-election of Dessi Temperley as a director of the Company

406,551,287

99.88%

480,233

0.12%

91.84%

105,788

21

Reappointment of the Auditor

412,791,518

99.89%

469,606

0.11%

93.24%

126,315

22

Remuneration of the Auditor

406,971,413

99.99%

60,935

0.01%

91.84%

104,960

23

Political donations

405,971,063

99.77%

943,264

0.23%

91.81%

222,981

24

Authority to allot new shares

401,917,119

98.74%

5,114,455

1.26%

91.84%

105,734

25

Waiver of mandatory offer provisions set out in Rule 9 of the Takeover Code (see note 5)

177,687,226

75.39%

58,009,286

24.61%

53.18%

171,440,796

26

Amendment to the Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc Long Term Incentive Plan

404,311,107

99.35%

2,663,411

0.65%

91.82%

162,790

27

General authority to disapply pre-emption rights

405,902,986

99.75%

1,023,467

0.25%

91.81%

210,855

28

General authority to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment

406,501,699

99.88%

479,412

0.12%

91.82%

156,197

29

Authority to purchase own shares on market

403,732,454

99.21%

3,208,970

0.79%

91.82%

195,884

30

Authority to purchase own shares off market

403,713,015

99.21%

3,218,917

0.79%

91.81%

205,376

31

Notice period for general meetings other than annual general meetings

399,762,665

98.22%

7,261,540

1.78%

91.83%

113,103

 

The results for the election and re-election of independent non-executive directors, excluding the votes cast by Olive Partners, S.A. as the Company's controlling shareholder, are set out below (see note 4):

 

Resolution

For (see note 4)

Against (see note 4)

Issued share capital represented by votes%

Votes withheld (see note 3)

Votes

%

Votes

%

4

Election of Laurence Debroux as a director of the Company

240,633,362

99.89%

268,359

0.11%

54.35%

106,601

5

Election of Uvashni Raman as a director of the Company

240,610,595

99.88%

289,245

0.12%

54.35%

108,482

6

Re-election of Robert Appleby as a director of the Company

240,246,790

99.73%

655,756

0.27%

54.35%

105,776

8

Re-election of John Bryant as a director of the Company

233,458,907

96.91%

7,440,596

3.09%

54.35%

108,819

12

Re-election of Nathalie Gaveau as a director of the Company

238,454,424

98.99%

2,429,902

1.01%

54.35%

123,996

14

Re-election of Mary Harris as a director of the Company

233,508,887

96.93%

7,394,629

3.07%

54.35%

104,806

16

Re-election of Nicolas Mirzayantz as a director of the Company

237,867,488

98.74%

3,033,232

1.26%

54.35%

107,602

17

Re-election of Mark Price as a director of the Company

237,416,577

98.55%

3,486,285

1.45%

54.35%

105,460

20

Re-election of Dessi Temperley as a director of the Company

240,422,301

99.80%

480,233

0.20%

54.35%

105,788

 

 

 

Notes:

 

1

Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.

 

2

As at 11:30am on Tuesday 26 May 2026, the time by which shareholders who wanted to attend, speak and vote at the AGM must have been entered on the Company's register of members, there were 443,217,637 ordinary shares in issue.

 

3

A "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.

 

4

Under the UK Listing Rules (the "UKLR"), Olive Partners, S.A. ("Olive") is treated as a "controlling shareholder" of the Company (that is, it exercises or controls more than 30% of the voting rights of the Company). In accordance with UKLR 6.2.5R, the election and re-election of CCEP's independent non-executive directors must be conducted in accordance with UKLR 6.2.8R and 6.2.9R. Accordingly, the votes by CCEP's shareholders excluding Olive and its presumed concert parties (the "Independent Shareholders") in respect of resolutions 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 14, 16, 17 and 20 have been counted and set out separately to determine whether these resolutions have been approved by a majority of the Independent Shareholders.

 

5

Resolution 25 was put to the AGM as a resolution of the Independent Shareholders.

 

Resolution 25, being the ordinary resolution to approve the waiver by the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers under Rule 9 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the "Rule 9 Waiver") in connection with the Company's buyback programme, was duly passed by 75.39% of the votes cast by the Independent Shareholders with 24.61% of votes cast against. Resolution 25 is a standing agenda item at each Annual General Meeting to enable CCEP to exercise the authorities under resolution 29 to purchase its own shares on market and resolution 30 to purchase its own shares off market, which were both passed with majorities of 99.21%. This will enable CCEP to make use of the option to return value to shareholders through a possible future buyback programme. Had resolution 25 not been passed, the Company would not have been able to effect such buyback programmes, as explained in the Notice of AGM and also in the Letter to Shareholders issued via RNS on 18 May 2026.

 

CCEP intends to continue to engage with ISS on their standing policy to generally recommend a vote against Rule 9 waivers, which we believe may be a contributing factor in influencing investor decisions in this regard. In addition, CCEP will continue to engage, in the normal course and as appropriate, with shareholders who did not support resolution 25 to understand the reasons for their vote against the proposal and to continue a transparent and constructive dialogue on this topic. In accordance with provision 4 of the UK Corporate Governance Code, the Company will publish an update on this engagement, in accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code, within six months of the 2026 AGM and a final summary in the Company's Annual Report for the 2026 Financial Year.

 

Olive is currently interested in 166,128,987 shares in the Company and the Rule 9 Waiver does not entitle Olive to be interested in a greater number of shares. The Rule 9 Waiver would allow Olive's interest in shares as a percentage of the Company's total shares to increase as a result of the exercise of the Company's authorities to purchase its own shares, but only to the extent that the resulting interest of Olive, together with any concert parties, in the shares of the Company did not then exceed 41.4289%.

 

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2R, copies of the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

 

 

CONTACTS

 

Company Secretariat

Svetlana Walker

svetlana.walker@ccep.com

Investor Relations

Sarah Willett

sarah.willett@ccep.com

Media Relations

Shanna Wendt

mediaenquiries@ccep.com

 

 

 

ABOUT CCEP

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is one of the world's leading consumer goods companies. We make, move and sell some of the world's most loved brands - serving nearly 600 million consumers and helping over 4 million customers across 31 countries grow.

We combine the strength and scale of a large, multi-national business with an expert, local knowledge of the customers we serve and communities we support.

The Company is currently listed on Euronext Amsterdam, NASDAQ, London Stock Exchange and on the Spanish Stock Exchanges, and a constituent of both the NASDAQ 100 and FTSE 100 indices, trading under the symbol CCEP (ISIN No. GB00BDCPN049).

For more information about CCEP, please visit www.cocacolaep.com and follow CCEP on LinkedIn

 

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