Coca-Cola European Partners: Notification of Major Interest in Shares
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regulatory News:
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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi |
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii | Coca-Cola European Partners PLC | ||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments |
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | |||||||||
| Other (please specify): | Consolidation of holding | x | |||||||
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii | The Coca-Cola Company | ||||||||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)(if different from 3.):iv | European Refreshments | ||||||||
| 5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v | 22 December 2016 | ||||||||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 22 December 2016 | ||||||||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii | No change | ||||||||
| 8. Notified details: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Class/type ofshares
if possible usingthe ISIN CODE |
Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NumberofShares | NumberofVotingRights | Numberof shares | Number of votingrights | % of voting rights x | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Direct | Direct xi | Indirect xii | Direct | Indirect | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ordinary Shares
GB00BDCPN049 |
87,950,640 | 87,950,640 | 87,950,640 | 18.21% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of financialinstrument | Expirationdate xiii | Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted. | % of votingrights | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of financialinstrument | Exercise price | Expiration date xvii | Exercise/Conversion period xviii | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rights xix, xx | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominal | Delta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total (A+B+C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 87,950,640 | 18.21% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi | |||||
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The Coca-Cola Company has consolidated its interests in 87,950,640 ordinary shares (corresponding to 18.21% of the voting rights in Coca-Cola European Partners PLC), which were previously held by three of its wholly-owned subsidiaries (European Refreshments, Coca-Cola GmbH and Vivaqa Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG). The Coca-Cola Company’s aggregate indirect interest remain unchanged at 87,950,640 ordinary shares (corresponding to 18.21% of the voting rights of Coca-Cola European Partners PLC).
Coca-Cola GmbH has transferred its interest in 29,273,331 ordinary shares (corresponding to 6.06% of the voting rights in Coca-Cola European Partners PLC) to European Refreshments. Accordingly, the holding of Coca-Cola GmbH has decreased from 29,273,331 (6.06%) to 0 (0%) ordinary shares.
Vivaqa Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG has transferred its interest in 3,560,288 ordinary shares (corresponding to 0.74% of the voting rights in Coca-Cola European Partners PLC) to European Refreshments. Accordingly, the holding of Vivaqa Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG has decreased from 3,560,288 (0.74%) to 0 (0%) ordinary shares.
European Refreshments, which previously had a direct interest in 55,117,021 ordinary shares (corresponding to 11.41% of the voting rights of Coca-Cola European Partners PLC) and shared control of the other 32,833,619 ordinary shares (corresponding to 6.80% of the voting rights of Coca-Cola European Partners PLC), therefore now has a direct interest in (and its aggregate interest remains unchanged at) 87,950,640 ordinary shares (corresponding to 18.21% of the voting rights of Coca-Cola European Partners PLC).
European Refreshments is a 100% subsidiary of Atlantic Industries, which is a 100% subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Export Corporation, which is a 100% subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Company. |
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| Proxy Voting: | |||||
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A | ||||
| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold: | N/A | ||||
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights: | N/A | ||||
| 13. Additional information: | None | ||||
| 14. Contact name: | Jennifer Manning (Corporate Secretary and Associate General Counsel) | ||||
| 15. Contact telephone number: | +1 404-676-7343 | ||||
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Coca-Cola European Partners plc
Zillah Stone
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Source: Coca-Cola European Partners
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