Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A.
Announcement of shareholder's notification pursuant to Greek Law
3556/2007 and 3340/2005, HCMC Decisions 1/434/3.7.2005,
3/347/12.7.2005 and HCMC Circular No.33
Athens, Greece - 7 March 2013 - Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling
Company S.A. ( "Coca-Cola Hellenic") announces that it received
today a notification under Greek law 3556/2007 by Truad Verwaltungs
AG in its capacity as professional trustee of a private
discretionary trust established for the primary benefit of the
present and future members of the family of the late Anastasios George Leventis (the "Trust") to the
following effect:
Truad Verwaltungs AG holds indirectly 85,355,019 shares and
voting rights which correspond to 23.28% of the total number of
shares and voting rights of Coca-Cola Hellenic; these shares and
voting rights are included in the Trust's assets and controlled by
Truad Verwaltungs AG through a chain of fully-owned subsidiaries in
the following order: Torval Investment Corp., Lavonos Ltd., Boval
Limited and Boval S.A.. The latter owns 92.185% of Kar-Tess Holding's issued share capital, which
holds directly the aforementioned number of shares and voting
rights in Coca-Cola Hellenic. There is no person who controls
(within the meaning of Greek law 3556/2007) Truad Verwaltungs
AG.
Truad Verwaltungs AG's indirect control (within the meaning of
Greek law 3556/ 2007) over the voting rights that Boval S.A. and
Kar-Tess Holding disclosed from time
to time as being controlled by them directly or indirectly in
Coca-Cola Hellenic existed already prior to 2000 (according to the
most recent disclosure of law 3556/2007 which was published on
7/12/2010, Kar-Tess Holding held
directly a percentage of 23.31% of the total number of shares and
voting rights in Coca-Cola Hellenic).
Finally, it is noted that under Greek law 3556/2007, Coca-Cola HBC AG, a 100%
subsidiary of Kar-Tess Holding, is deemed to be a party acting in concert with
Kar-Tess Holding and the above entities and is thus deemed to have acquired the
voting rights associated with the above shares according to article 10 (a) of
law 3556/2007 and point 1.2.2. (a) of the Circular no. 33 of the Hellenic
Capital Market Commission.
Enquiries
Coca–Cola Hellenic
Oya Gur
Tel: +30 210 618 3255
Investor Relations
Director email: oya.gur@cchellenic.com
Tel: +30 210 618 3124
Panagiotis Vergis
Investor Relations Manager email: panagiotis.vergis@cchellenic.com
Tel: +30 210 618 3133
Eri Tziveli
Investor Relations Manager email: eri.tziveli@cchellenic.com
International media
contact:
RLM Finsbury Tel: +44 20 7251 3801
Guy Lamming email: guy.lamming@rlmfinsbury.com
Charles Chichester email: charles.chichester@rlmfinsbury.com
Philip Walters email: philip.walters@rlmfinsbury.com
Charles O' Brien email: charles.o'brien@rlmfinsbury.com
Greek media contact:
V+O Communications Tel: +30 211 7501223
Mary Andreadi email: ma@vando.gr
About Coca–Cola Hellenic
Coca–Cola Hellenic is the second-largest bottler of products of
The Coca–Cola Company in terms of volume with sales of more than
2 billion unit cases. It has a broad geographic footprint with
operations in 28 countries serving a population of approximately
581 million people. Coca–Cola Hellenic offers a diverse range of
ready-to-drink non-alcoholic beverages in the sparkling, juice,
water, sport, energy, tea and coffee categories. Coca–Cola Hellenic
is committed to promoting sustainable development in order to
create value for its business and for society. This includes
providing products that meet the beverage needs of consumers,
fostering an open and inclusive work environment, conducting our
business in ways that protect and preserve the environment and
contribute to the socio-economic development of our local
communities.
Coca–Cola Hellenic's shares are listed on the Athens Exchange
(ATHEX: EEEK), with a standard listing on the London Stock
Exchange (LSE: CCB). Coca–Cola Hellenic's American Depositary
Receipts (ADRs) are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:
CCH). Coca–Cola Hellenic is included in the Dow Jones
Sustainability and FTSE4Good Indexes. For more information, please
visit http://www.coca–colahellenic.com/ .