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21/03/2024 17:45

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RNS Number : 8655H  Coca-Cola HBC AG  21 March 2024

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                                           Coca-Cola HBC AG
 Transactions in own shares
 Zug, Switzerland - 21 March 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                                                                    21 March 2024
 Number of shares repurchased:                                                          60,019
 Lowest price paid per share                                                            £24.4000
 Highest price paid per share                                                           £24.7400
 Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBP):                                    £24.6294
 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 21 March 2024, the Company's issued share capital consisted of
 373,136,556 ordinary shares, of which 4,546,035 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 365,160,386
 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 3,553,285 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/8655H_1-2024-3-21.pdf (http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/8655H_1-2024-3-21.pdf)
 Schedule of purchases - Aggregated transactions
 Trading venue                             Volume weighted average price     Aggregated volume
 London Stock Exchange                     2,462.8580                        26,308
 BATS                                      2,464.6185                        6,373
 Chi-X                                     2,462.2479                        20,824
 Aquis                                     2,463.8027                        6,514

 

 

Enquiries

Coca-Cola HBC Group

 Investor and Analysts:
 John Dawson                                       Tel: +44 7522 619509

 Head of Investor Relations                         john.dawson@cchellenic.com
 Jemima Benstead                                   Tel: +44 7740 535130

 Investor Relations Manager                        jemima.benstead@cchellenic.com
 Sarah Hebert-Lilley                               Tel: +36 30 645 8678

 Investor Relations Manager                        Sarah.Hebert-Lilley@cchellenic.com
 Individual Shareholders:

 Maria Livaniou                                    Tel: +30 697 444 3270

 Shareowner Services Manager                       maria.livaniou@cchellenic.com

 Media:
 Sonia Bastian                                     Tel: +41 7946 88054

 Head of Communications                            sonia.bastian@cchellenic.com

 Claire Evans                                      Tel: +44 7597 562 978

 Group Senior Communications Manager - Corporate   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
(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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