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RNS Number : 1015M  Coca-Cola HBC AG  19 May 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Coca-Cola HBC AG

Announcement of the annual general meeting to be held on 21 June 2022 and
confirmation of dividend dates

 

Zug, Switzerland - 19 May 2022 - The Board of Directors of Coca-Cola HBC AG
("Coca-Cola HBC") has resolved to convene the annual general meeting ("AGM")
to be held on Tuesday, 21 June 2022 at 11:00 am CET at Turmstrasse 26, 6312
Steinhausen, Switzerland.

On 1 April 2022 the Swiss Government decided to extend the Ordinance 3 on
Measures to Combat the Coronavirus (COVID-19) until 31 December 2022, which
provides that the Board of Directors can decide that shareholders may
exclusively exercise their rights at the AGM (i) in writing or online; or (ii)
through an independent proxy designated by the organiser. As a precautionary
measure, the Board of Directors has decided that shareholders will not be able
to attend the AGM in person. Voting will take place exclusively through the
independent proxy. The participation of shareholders is very important to
Coca-Cola HBC and all shareholders are encouraged to participate in the AGM by
appointing the independent proxy, according to the details set out in the
notice of AGM.

The AGM will also resolve to declare for each ordinary registered share a
dividend of EUR 0.71 which was initially announced on 22 February 2022. The
total aggregate amount of the dividend will be capped at an amount of CHF
300,000,000. Payment of the dividend is anticipated to be made on 2 August
2022 to holders of Coca-Cola HBC AG shares on the record date of 8 July 2022.

 

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 2021 Integrated Annual Report, as well as approval of the
annual management report, the stand-alone financial statements and the
consolidated financial statements for the financial year ended 31 December
2021

 

2. Appropriation of available losses and reserves / declaration of dividend

2.1 Appropriation of losses

2.2 Declaration of dividend from reserves

 

3. Discharge of the members of the Board of Directors and the members of the
Executive Leadership Team

 

4. Election of the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors
and the members of the Remuneration Committee

4.1 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)

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

4.3 Re-election of Charlotte J. Boyle as a member of the Board of Directors
and as a member of the Remuneration Committee (in a single vote)

4.4 Re-election of Reto Francioni as a member of the Board of Directors and as
a member of the Remuneration Committee (in a single vote)

4.5 Re-election of Olusola (Sola) David-Borha as a member of the Board of
Directors

4.6 Re-election of William W. (Bill) Douglas III as a member of the Board of
Directors

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

4.8 Re-election of Christodoulos (Christo) Leventis as a member of the Board
of Directors

4.9 Re-election of Alexandra Papalexopoulou as a member of the Board of
Directors

4.10 Re-election of Ryan Rudolph as a member of the Board of Directors

4.11 Re-election of Anna Diamantopoulou as a member of the Board of Directors
and as a member of the Remuneration Committee (in a single vote)

4.12 Re-election of Bruno Pietracci as a member of the Board of Directors

4.13 Re-election of Henrique Braun as a member of the Board of Directors

 

5. Election of the independent proxy

 

6. Election of the auditors

 

6.1 Re-election of the statutory auditor

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

 

7. Advisory vote on the UK Remuneration Report

 

8. Advisory vote on the Remuneration Policy

 

9. Advisory vote on the Swiss Remuneration Report

 

10. Approval of the remuneration of the Board of Directors and the Executive
Leadership Team

 

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

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

11. Approval of a share buy-back

 

12. Approval of the amendments to the articles 11, 16, 27, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35,
36, 37 and 38 of the Articles of Association regarding the replacement of the
term "Operating Committee" by the term "Executive Leadership Team"

 

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, as well as on
Coca-Cola HBC's website at http://coca-colahellenic.com/en/media/news/,
together with the 2021 Integrated Annual Report and other relevant shareholder
information.

 

 

Zug, 19 May 2022

Coca-Cola HBC AG

The Board of Directors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enquiries

Coca‑Cola HBC Group

 Investors and Analysts:
 Joanna Kennedy                 Tel: +44 7802 427505

 Investor Relations Director     joanna.kennedy@cchellenic.com

 Jemima Benstead                Tel: +44 7740 535130

 Investor Relations Manager     jemima.benstead@cchellenic.com

 Marios Matar                   Tel: +30 697 444 3335

 Investor Relations Manager     marios.matar@cchellenic.com

 Media:
 David Hart                     Tel: +41 41 726 0143

 Group Communication Director    david.hart@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 create value for all
our stakeholders by supporting the socio-economic development of the
communities in which we operate and we believe building a more positive
environmental impact is integral to our future growth. Together, we and our
customers serve 715 million consumers across a broad geographic footprint of
29 countries on three continents. Our portfolio is one of the strongest,
broadest and most flexible in the beverage industry, offering consumer-leading
beverage brands in the sparkling, juice, water, sport, energy, plant-based,
ready-to-drink tea, coffee, adult sparkling and premium spirits categories.
These beverages include Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Zero, Schweppes, Kinley, Costa,
Valser, Romerquelle, Fanta, Sprite, Powerade, FuzeTea, Dobry, Cappy, Monster
and Adez. We foster an open and inclusive work environment amongst our 36,000
employees and we are ranked among the top sustainability performers in ESG
benchmarks such as the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, CDP, MSCI ESG and
FTSE4Good.

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/ (https://www.coca-colahellenic.com/)

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