Coca-Cola HBC: Delist from the NY Stock Exchange

On 18 June 2013 Coca-Cola HBC AG ("Coca-Cola HBC") announced that it had acquired all of the ordinary shares of Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. ("Coca-Cola Hellenic"), including such shares represented by American depositary shares, pursuant to an exchange offer and subsequent statutory buy-out under Greek law.

The purpose and effect of these transactions was to achieve the admission of the ordinary shares of Coca-Cola HBC, as the new Swiss holding company of the Coca-Cola Hellenic group, to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange, as well as to secondary listing on the main market of the Athens Exchange, and the listing of Coca-Cola HBC's American depositary shares, each representing one Coca-Cola HBC ordinary share, on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"). In connection with these transactions, Coca-Cola HBC became subject to reporting requirements under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Further, on 18 June 2013, Coca-Cola HBC issued guarantees of the due and punctual payment of the principal, interest and premium (if any) due on the 5.125% Notes due 2013 and 5.500% Notes due 2015 issued by its subsidiary Coca-Cola HBC Finance B.V. and guaranteed by Coca-Cola Hellenic. On July 22, 2013, Coca-Cola HBC Holdings BV also issued such guarantees, as separately announced. Consistent with the announced plans and intentions in connection with the exchange offer and subsequent statutory buy-out referred to above, on June 28, 2013, an application on Form 25 was filed by the NYSE with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to delist such securities from the NYSE.

As soon as practical hereafter, Coca-Cola Hellenic intends to file a Form 15F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to deregister its ordinary shares, American depositary shares representing such shares and the Notes referred to above and to terminate its reporting obligations under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The deregistration and termination of the reporting obligations of Coca-Cola Hellenic is expected to become effective 90 days after this filing.