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RNS Number : 2326Z  Coca-Cola HBC AG  02 April 2026

Coca-Cola HBC AG

Announcement of the Annual General Meeting to be held on 8 May 2026, changes
to the Board and confirmation of dividend dates

Zug, Switzerland - 2 April 2026 - The Board of Directors of Coca-Cola HBC AG
("Coca-Cola HBC") has resolved to convene its Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
to be held on Friday, 8 May 2026 at 09.00 am CEST, at Turmstrasse 26, 6312
Steinhausen, Switzerland.

The Board of Directors has been notified that Henrique Braun and Charlotte J.
Boyle intend to retire from the Board of Directors at the conclusion of the
AGM. Each serving as a non-executive director with Henrique Braun serving for
almost five years and Charlotte J. Boyle serving for almost nine years.

The Board of Directors proposes to elect Bruno Pietracci and Lara Salame Boro
as new non-executive members of the Board of Directors. Subject to election at
the AGM, Bruno Pietracci's and Lara Salame Boro's appointment will each take
effect immediately following the conclusion of the AGM. Bruno Pietracci
currently serves as President, Latin America Operating Unit for The Coca-Cola
Company, a role he has held since 2023. He served on the board of Coca-Cola
HBC (2021 to 2023). Lara Salame Boro is an experienced business executive and
director with expertise in leadership, strategy, digital transformation and
business integration across several sectors and emerging markets. She is
currently chief executive officer of The Economist Group, a non-executive
director of Hakluyt & Company Limited and a trustee at the UK for UNHCR.
Further details are set out in the biographies of Bruno Pietracci and Lara
Salame Boro in the notice of the AGM. No further information is required to be
disclosed pursuant to the UK Financial Conduct Authority's UK Listing Rule
6.4.8R.

The AGM will also resolve to declare for each ordinary registered share a
dividend of EUR 1.20 per share which was initially announced on 10 February
2026. Payment of the dividend is anticipated to be made on 9 June 2026 to
holders of Coca-Cola HBC shares on the record date of 15 May 2026.

The AGM agenda items are set out in the summary below.

 

Agenda of the AGM

In summary, the AGM will have the following agenda and will include the
following proposals by the Board of Directors:

1      Receipt of the 2025 Integrated Annual Report, as well as approval
of the annual management report, the stand-alone financial statements and the
consolidated financial statements

2      Approval of the non-financial report under Swiss statutory law for
the financial year ended on 31 December 2025

3      Appropriation of earnings and reserves / declaration of dividend

3.1   Appropriation of available earnings

3.2   Declaration of dividend from reserves

4      Discharge of the members of the Board of Directors and the members
of the Executive Leadership Team

5      Election of the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of
Directors and the members of the Remuneration Committee

5.1   Current members of the Board of Directors

5.1.1.   Re-election of Anastassis G. David as a member of the Board of
Directors and as the Chairman of the Board of Directors (in a single vote)

5.1.2.   Re-election of Zulikat Wuraola Abiola as a member of the Board of
Directors

5.1.3.   Re-election of Elizabeth Bastoni as a member of the Board of
Directors and as a member of the Remuneration Committee (in a single vote)

5.1.4.   Re-election of Zoran Bogdanovic as a member of the Board of
Directors

5.1.5.   Re-election of Pantelis ("Linos") D. Lekkas as a member of the
Board of Directors

5.1.7.   Re-election of Anastasios I. Leventis as a member of the Board of
Directors

5.1.8.   Re-election of Christodoulos ("Christo") Leventis as a member of
the Board of Directors

5.1.9.   Re-election of George Pavlos Leventis as a member of the Board of
Directors

5.1.10.  Re-election of Stavros Pantzaris as a member of the Board of
Directors

5.1.11. Re-election of Evguenia Stoitchkova as a member of the Board of
Directors

5.1.12.  Re-election of Glykeria Tsernou as a member of the Board of
Directors and election as a member of the Remuneration Committee (in a single
vote)

5.2   New members of the Board of Directors

5.2.1.   Election of Bruno Pietracci as a new member of the Board of
Directors

5.2.2.   Election of Lara Salame Boro as a new member of the Board of
Directors and as a member of the Remuneration Committee (in a single vote)

6      Election of the independent proxy

7      Election of the auditors

7.1   Re-election of the statutory auditor

7.2   Advisory vote on the re-appointment of the independent registered
public accounting firm for UK purposes

8      Advisory vote on the UK Remuneration Report

9      Advisory vote on the Remuneration Policy

10    Advisory vote on the Swiss Remuneration Report

11    Approval of the remuneration of the Board of Directors and the
Executive Leadership Team

11.1  Approval of the maximum aggregate amount of remuneration for the Board
of Directors until the next annual general meeting

11.2  Approval of the maximum aggregate amount of remuneration for the
Executive Leadership Team for the next financial year

12  Approval of share buy-back

The formal notice of the AGM, including a full description of the items of the
agenda and the proposals of the Board of Directors, has been published today
in the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce (Schweizerisches Handelsamtsblatt).
A circular incorporating the formal notice of the AGM will be sent to all
registered shareholders. It has also been submitted to the National Storage
Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection
at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) , as well as on
Coca-Cola HBC's website
at https://www.coca-colahellenic.com/en/investor-relations/shareholder-centre/agm-egm
(https://www.coca-colahellenic.com/en/investor-relations/shareholder-centre/agm-egm)
, together with the 2025 Integrated Annual Report and other relevant
shareholder information.

 Zug, 2 April 2026

Coca-Cola HBC AG

The Board of Directors

 

 Enquiries

Coca-Cola HBC Group

 Investors and Analysts:
 Jemima Benstead                    Tel: +44 7740 535130

 Head of Investor Relations         jemima.benstead@cchellenic.com

 Elias Davvetas                     Tel: +30 694 7568826

 Investor Relations Manager         elias.davvetas@cchellenic.com

 Matilde Durazzano                  Tel: +44 7851 105884

 Investor Relations Manager         matilde.durazzano@cchellenic.com

 Elizabeth King                     Tel: +44 7864 686582

 Investor Relations Manager         elizabeth.king@cchellenic.com

 Media:
 Sonia Bastian                      Tel: +41 7946 88054

 Head of Communications             sonia.bastian@cchellenic.com

 Claire Evans                       Tel: +44 7896 054 972

 Head of Corporate Communications   claire.evans@cchellenic.com

 

 

 

Coca-Cola HBC Group

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 760 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 more than 33,000 employees
and believe that building a more positive environmental impact is integral to
our future growth. We rank among the top performers in sustainability
benchmarks such as the Dow Jones Best-in-Class Indices, CDP, MSCI ESG,
FTSE4Good and ISS ESG.

 

Coca-Cola HBC is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: CCH) and on the
Athens Exchange

(ATHEX: EEE). For more information, please visit
https://www.coca-colahellenic.com/ (https://www.coca-colahellenic.com/)

 

 

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