Coca-Cola: Notification of major interest in shares

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESⁱ

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached: ⁱⁱ

Coca-Cola HBC AG

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

Acquisition of own shares by issuer affecting percentage of interest in shares held

✓

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ

Competrol Establishment

4. Full name of shareholder(s)
 (if different from 3.):^iv

Crescent Holding GmbH

Competrol International Investments Limited

5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached: ^v

Purchase of own shares by Coca-Cola HBC AG on 10 September 2015

6. Date on which issuer notified:

17 December 2015

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: ^{vi, vii}

5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares ^{viii, ix}

Class/type of
shares

if possible using
the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number
of
Shares

Number
of
Voting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of  voting rights ^x

Direct

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

ISIN CH0198251305

Held by Crescent Holding GmbH

9,650,000

9,650,000

9,650,000

9,650,000

0

2.659

0

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date ^xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period ^xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights

Equity Swap held by Competrol International Investments Limited

21 July 2016

21 July 2016

3,500,000

0.964

Equity Swap held by Competrol International Investments Limited

24 October 2016

24 October 2016

5,000,000

1.378

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments ^{xv, xvi}

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date ^xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period ^xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights ^{xix, xx}

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

18,150,000

5.001

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi

Crescent Holding GmbH and Competrol International Investments Limited are ultimately controlled by Competrol Establishment.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:

13. Additional information:

On 10 September 2015, Coca-Cola HBC AG purchased 75,000 of its ordinary shares. As a result of this repurchasing, the percentage of the aggregate holdings in shares and qualifying financial instruments ultimately held by Competrol Establishment increased from 4.999% to 5.001%.

14. Contact name:

Thomas Donegan

15. Contact telephone number:

+44 (0)20 7655 5000