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10 March 2016
COCA-COLA HBC FINANCE B.V. INVITATION TO PURCHASE NOTES FOR CASH: ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS
On 3 March 2016, Coca-Cola HBC Finance B.V. (the "Company") launched an invitation to holders of its €600,000,000 4.250 per cent. Notes due 2016 guaranteed by Coca-Cola HBC Holdings B.V. and Coca-Cola HBC AG (the "Notes") to tender such Notes for purchase by the Company (the "Offer"), subject to applicable offer and distribution restrictions.
The Company today announces that it will (subject to satisfaction or waiver of the New Financing Condition) accept for purchase in cash an aggregate nominal amount of Notes validly tendered pursuant to the Offer equal to €214,619,000. The Purchase Price will be 102.903 per cent. of the nominal amount of the Notes. The Company will also pay an Accrued Interest Payment equal to 1.347 per cent. of the nominal amount of the Notes. A summary is set out below:
Description of the Notes | ISIN | Aggregate Nominal Amount Accepted for Purchase | Purchase Yield | Purchase Price |
€600,000,000 4.250 per cent. Notes due 2016 of Coca-Cola HBC Finance B.V. | XS0466300257 | €214,619,000 | 0.00 per cent. | 102.903 per cent. |
The Offer remains subject to the conditions and restrictions set out in a tender offer memorandum dated 3 March 2016 (the "Tender Offer Memorandum"). Capitalised terms used and not otherwise defined in this announcement have the meanings given in the Tender Offer Memorandum.
Subject to satisfaction of the New Financing Conditions, the expected Settlement Date for the Offer is 11 March 2016.
For Further Information
A complete description of the terms and conditions of the Offer is set out in the Tender Offer Memorandum. Further details about the transaction can be obtained from:
The Dealer Managers
Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited
One Cabot Square
Canary Wharf
London E14 4QJ
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 20 7883 8763
Attention: Liability Management Group
Email: [email protected]
Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch
Winchester House
1 Great Winchester Street
London EC2N 2DB
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 20 7545 8011
Attention: Liability Management Group
Email: [email protected]
Société Générale
10 Bishops Square
London E1 6EG
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 20 7676 7579
Attention: Liability Management
Email: [email protected]
The Tender Agent
Lucid Issuer Services Limited
Tankerton Works
12 Argyle Walk
London WC1H 8HA
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 20 7704 0880
Attention: Thomas Choquet
Email: [email protected]
A copy of the Tender Offer Memorandum is available to eligible persons upon request from the Tender Agent.
DISCLAIMER
The Dealer Managers do not take responsibility for the contents of this announcement. This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Tender Offer Memorandum. No offer to acquire any Notes is being made pursuant to this announcement.
The distribution of this announcement and the Tender Offer Memorandum in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this announcement and/or the Tender Offer Memorandum come into are required by each of the Company, the Guarantors, the Dealer Managers and the Tender Agent to inform themselves about and to observe any such restrictions.
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