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   Britvic plc (BVIC )
   Britvic plc: De-Listing and Cancellation of Trading in Britvic Shares

   20-Jan-2025 / 07:30 GMT/BST

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                                                              20 January 2025

                                  BRITVIC PLC

            DE-LISTING AND CANCELLATION OF TRADING OF BRITVIC SHARES

   Further to the announcement made by Britvic PLC (“Britvic”) on 15  January
   2025 and by Carlsberg A/S (“Carlsberg”) and Britvic on 16 January 2025  in
   respect of the sanction of the Scheme by the Court and the Scheme becoming
   Effective,  respectively,  Britvic  today  announces  that,  following  an
   application by Britvic, the Financial Conduct Authority has cancelled  the
   listing of the Britvic  Shares on the Official  List and the London  Stock
   Exchange has cancelled trading of the  Britvic Shares on the London  Stock
   Exchange’s main market  for listed  securities, in each  case with  effect
   from 7:30 a.m. (London time) today.

   Defined terms used but not defined in this announcement have the  meanings
   set out in the Scheme Document dated 22 July 2024.

   Enquiries

   Britvic                                                
   Steve Nightingale, Investor Relations                 +44 (0) 7808 097784

   Kathryn Partridge, Media Relations                    +44 (0) 7803 854229
                                                          

   Morgan Stanley  &  Co. International  plc  (Financial +44 (0) 20 7425 8000
   Adviser and Corporate Broker to Britvic)
                                                          
   Anthony Zammit
                                                          
   Henry Stewart
                                                          
   Paul Baker
                                                          
   Melissa Godoy
                                                          
   Rusheel Somaiya
                                                          
   Europa  Partners   Limited  (Financial   Adviser   to +44 (0) 20 7451 4542
   Britvic)
   Jan Skarbek

   Dominic King                                           

    
   J.P. Morgan  Securities plc  (which conducts  its  UK
   investment banking business as J.P. Morgan  Cazenove) +44 (0) 20 7742 4000
   (Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker to Britvic)
   Dwayne Lysaght

   Jeannette Smits van Oyen                               

   Edmund Byers
                                                          
   Headland (PR Adviser to Britvic)                       
   Stephen Malthouse                                     +44 (0) 7734 956 201

   Henry Wallers                                         +44 (0) 7876 562 436

   Joanna Clark                                          +44 (0) 7827 960 120

    

   Linklaters LLP is acting as legal adviser to Britvic.

   Important Notices

   Morgan Stanley &  Co. International  plc ("Morgan Stanley")  is acting  as
   financial adviser  to  Britvic and  to  no  one else.  Morgan  Stanley  is
   authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) and regulated in
   the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) and  the
   PRA. In connection with  such matters, Morgan  Stanley and its  affiliates
   and its and  their respective  directors, officers,  employees and  agents
   will not regard any other person as its client, nor will Morgan Stanley be
   responsible to anyone  other than  Britvic for  providing the  protections
   afforded to its  clients or for  providing advice in  connection with  the
   Acquisition or any matter referred to herein.

   Europa Partners  Limited  ("Europa  Partners"), which  is  authorised  and
   regulated by the FCA in the  United Kingdom, is acting as joint  financial
   adviser exclusively for  Britvic and no  one else in  connection with  the
   Acquisition and will not be responsible  to anyone other than Britvic  for
   providing the protections afforded to its clients or for providing  advice
   in connection with the  Acquisition. Neither Europa  Partners, nor any  of
   its affiliates,  owes or  accepts any  duty, liability  or  responsibility
   whatsoever (whether  direct or  indirect, whether  in contract,  in  tort,
   under statute or otherwise) to  any person who is  not a client of  Europa
   Partners in  connection  with  the  Acquisition,  this  announcement,  any
   statement contained herein or otherwise.

   J.P. Morgan  Securities  plc (which  conducts  its UK  investment  banking
   business as  J.P.  Morgan Cazenove)  (“J.P.  Morgan Cazenove”),  which  is
   authorised in the United Kingdom by the  PRA and regulated by the PRA  and
   the FCA, is acting as financial adviser exclusively for Britvic and no one
   else in connection  with the  Acquisition and  will not  regard any  other
   person as  its client  in relation  to  the Acquisition  and will  not  be
   responsible to anyone  other than  Britvic for  providing the  protections
   afforded to clients  of J.P. Morgan  Cazenove or its  affiliates, nor  for
   providing advice in  relation to the  Acquisition or any  other matter  or
   arrangement referred to herein.

   Publication on Website

   In accordance  with  Rule  26.1 of  the  Takeover  Code, a  copy  of  this
   announcement will  be  made  available, subject  to  certain  restrictions
   relating to  persons resident  in restricted  jurisdictions, on  Britvic’s
   website at   1 https://documentarchive.britvic.com/ by  no later  than  12
   noon (London  time)  on  the  business day  following  the  date  of  this
   announcement. For the avoidance of doubt, the contents of this website are
   not incorporated into and do not form part of this announcement.

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   ISIN:          GB00B0N8QD54
   Category Code: STR - Britvic plc
   TIDM:          BVIC
   LEI Code:      635400L3NVMYD4BVCI53
   Sequence No.:  371296
   EQS News ID:   2069713


    
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