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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Coca-Cola HBC AG
Results of Annual General Meeting of Coca-Cola HBC AG
Zug, Switzerland - 21 May 2024 - Coca-Cola HBC AG ("Coca-ColaHBC") today announces that all of the proposals of the Board of Directors (the "Board") set out in the notice of the annual general meeting ("AGM") dated 19 April 2024 were duly passed by the requisite majority of shareholders at its AGM held today, 21 May 2024. The final results are set out below. A copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM has also been
submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will | shortly | be available | for | inspection |
athttps://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanismand | on | Coca-Cola | HBC's | website |
at www.coca-colahellenic.com. |
As previously announced on 19 April 2024 Olusola (Sola) David-Borha and Alexandra Papalexopoulou would not be seeking re-election to the Board and retired from the Board as of the conclusion of the AGM. At the AGM, Coca-Cola HBC's shareholders elected Zulikat Wuraola Abiola and Glykeria Tsernou as new non- executive members of the Board. Their biographies can be found at www.coca-colahellenic.com.
The AGM approved a dividend of EUR 0.93 per share ("Dividend") out of the general capital contribution reserve, capped at an amount of CHF 375,000,000. Payment of the full amount of the Dividend will be made on 24 June 2024 to holders of ordinary shares on the record date of 31 May 2023. The shares are expected to be traded ex-dividend as of 30 May 2024, in which case the last day on which the shares may be traded with the entitlement to receive dividends will be 29 May 2024.
Final Ballot Results
Voting | ||||||||||
Votes | % | Votes | % | Abs- | % | Total Votes | Votes | Rights | ||
Proposal | tentions | not | Repre- | |||||||
for | (1) | Against | (1) | (1) | Cast | |||||
Cast | cast (2) | sented | ||||||||
% (3) | ||||||||||
1. | Receipt of the | 254,394,906 | 99.57% | 82,585 | 0.03% | 1,015,468 | 0.40% | 255,492,959 | 0 | 69.96% |
2023 Integrated | ||||||||||
Annual Report, as | ||||||||||
well as approval of | ||||||||||
the annual | ||||||||||
management | ||||||||||
report, the stand- | ||||||||||
alone financial | ||||||||||
statements and | ||||||||||
the consolidated | ||||||||||
financial | ||||||||||
statements | ||||||||||
2. | Approval of the | 254,354,546 | 99.55% | 121,944 | 0.05% | 1,016,469 | 0.40% | 255,492,959 | 0 | 69.96% |
non-financial | ||||||||||
report under | ||||||||||
Swiss statutory | ||||||||||
law for the | ||||||||||
financial year | ||||||||||
ended on 31 | ||||||||||
December 2023 |
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3.1. | Appropriation of | 255,490,156 | 100% | 375 | 0.00% | 2,428 | 0.00% | 255,492,959 | 0 | 69.96% |
available earnings | ||||||||||
3.2. | Declaration of | 255,490,406 | 100% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,553 | 0.00% | 255,492,959 | 0 | 69.96% |
dividend from | ||||||||||
reserves | ||||||||||
4. | Discharge of the | 249,161,398 | 97.93% | 4,177,657 | 1.64% | 1,102,218 | 0.43% | 254,441,773 | 500 | 69.96% |
members of the | ||||||||||
Board of Directors | ||||||||||
and the members | ||||||||||
of the Executive | ||||||||||
Leadership Team | ||||||||||
5.1.1 | Re-election of | 241,125,991 | 94.37% | 13,326,389 | 5.22% | 1,040,579 | 0.41% | 255,492,959 | 0 | 69.96% |
Anastassis G. | ||||||||||
David as a | ||||||||||
member of the | ||||||||||
Board of Directors | ||||||||||
and as the | ||||||||||
Chairman of the | ||||||||||
Board of Directors | ||||||||||
(in a single vote) | ||||||||||
5.1.2 | Re-election of | 251,296,489 | 98.36% | 4,185,402 | 1.64% | 10,568 | 0.00% | 255,492,959 | 500 | 69.96% |
Zoran Bogdanovic | ||||||||||
as a member of | ||||||||||
the Board of | ||||||||||
Directors | ||||||||||
5.1.3 | Re-election of | 245,765,839 | 96.20% | 9,715,023 | 3.80% | 10,897 | 0.00% | 255,492,959 | 1,200 | 69.96% |
Charlotte J. Boyle | ||||||||||
as a member of | ||||||||||
the Board of | ||||||||||
Directors and as a | ||||||||||
member of the | ||||||||||
Remuneration | ||||||||||
Committee (in a | ||||||||||
single vote) | ||||||||||
5.1.4 | Re-election of | 244,471,381 | 95.69% | 9,913,044 | 3.88% | 1,107,334 | 0.43% | 255,492,959 | 1,200 | 69.96% |
Henrique Braun as | ||||||||||
a member of the | ||||||||||
Board of Directors | ||||||||||
5.1.5 | Re-election of | 250,366,532 | 98.00% | 5,121,530 | 2.00% | 4,897 | 0.00% | 255,492,959 | 0 | 69.96% |
Anna | ||||||||||
Diamantopoulou | ||||||||||
as a member of | ||||||||||
the Board of | ||||||||||
Directors and as a | ||||||||||
member of the | ||||||||||
Remuneration | ||||||||||
Committee (in a | ||||||||||
single vote) | ||||||||||
5.1.6 | Re-election of | 252,095,742 | 98.67% | 3,365,068 | 1.32% | 30,449 | 0.01% | 255,492,959 | 1,700 | 69.96% |
William W. (Bill) | ||||||||||
Douglas III as a | ||||||||||
member of the | ||||||||||
Board of Directors | ||||||||||
5.1.7 | Re-election of | 240,927,490 | 94.30% | 13,898,369 | 5.44% | 667,100 | 0.26% | 255,492,959 | 0 | 69.96% |
Reto Francioni as | ||||||||||
a member of the | ||||||||||
Board of Directors | ||||||||||
and as a member | ||||||||||
of the | ||||||||||
Remuneration | ||||||||||
Committee (in a | ||||||||||
single vote) | ||||||||||
5.1.8 | Re-election of | 244,566,694 | 95.72% | 9,887,215 | 3.87% | 1,039,050 | 0.41% | 255,492,959 | 0 | 69.96% |
Anastasios I. | ||||||||||
Leventis as a | ||||||||||
member of the | ||||||||||
Board of Directors | ||||||||||
5.1.9 | Re-election of | 244,445,385 | 95.68% | 9,818,728 | 3.84% | 1,228,346 | 0.48% | 255,492,959 | 500 | 69.96% |
Christodoulos | ||||||||||
(Christo) Leventis | ||||||||||
as a member of | ||||||||||
the Board of | ||||||||||
Directors |
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5.1.10 | Re-election of | 248,099,074 | 97.11% | 6,291,351 | 2.46% | 1,101,334 | 0.43% | 255,492,959 | 1,200 | 69.96% |
George Pavlos | ||||||||||
Leventis as a | ||||||||||
member of the | ||||||||||
Board of Directors | ||||||||||
5.1.11 | Re-election of | 248,266,867 | 97.17% | 6,179,513 | 2.42% | 1,046,579 | 0.41% | 255,492,959 | 0 | 69.96% |
Evguenia | ||||||||||
Stoitchkova as a | ||||||||||
member of the | ||||||||||
Board of Directors | ||||||||||
5.2.1 | Election of Zulikat | 251,475,523 | 98.42% | 3,821,968 | 1.50% | 195,393 | 0.08% | 255,492,959 | 75 | 69.96% |
Wuraola Abiola as | ||||||||||
a new member of | ||||||||||
the Board of | ||||||||||
Directors | ||||||||||
5.2.2 | Election of | 251,770,498 | 98.55% | 3,716,989 | 1.45% | 4,897 | 0.00% | 255,492,959 | 575 | 69.96% |
Glykeria Tsernou | ||||||||||
as a new member | ||||||||||
of the Board of | ||||||||||
Directors | ||||||||||
6. | Election of the | 254,087,057 | 99.45% | 1,401,130 | 0.55% | 4,772 | 0.00% | 255,492,959 | 0 | 69.96% |
independent | ||||||||||
proxy | ||||||||||
7.1. | Re-election of the | 237,891,947 | 93.11% | 17,597,384 | 6.89% | 3,628 | 0.00% | 255,492,959 | 0 | 69.96% |
statutory auditor | ||||||||||
7.2. | Advisory vote on | 247,888,726 | 97.03% | 7,597,104 | 2.97% | 6,128 | 0.00% | 255,492,959 | 1,001 | 69.96% |
re-appointment | ||||||||||
of the | ||||||||||
independent | ||||||||||
registered public | ||||||||||
accounting firm | ||||||||||
for UK purposes | ||||||||||
8. | Advisory vote on | 248,551,498 | 97.28% | 5,896,635 | 2.31% | 1,043,825 | 0.41% | 255,492,959 | 1,001 | 69.96% |
the UK | ||||||||||
Remuneration | ||||||||||
Report | ||||||||||
9. | Advisory vote on | 243,042,676 | 95.12% | 12,150,434 | 4.76% | 298,649 | 0.12% | 255,492,959 | 1,200 | 69.96% |
the Remuneration | ||||||||||
Policy | ||||||||||
10. | Advisory vote on | 238,378,236 | 93.30% | 17,105,579 | 6.70% | 8,143 | 0.00% | 255,492,959 | 1,001 | 69.96% |
the Swiss | ||||||||||
Remuneration | ||||||||||
Report | ||||||||||
11.1. | Approval of the | 243,668,527 | 95.37% | 11,818,181 | 4.63% | 6,176 | n.a. | 255,492,959 | 75 | 69.96% |
maximum | ||||||||||
aggregate | ||||||||||
amount of | ||||||||||
remuneration for | ||||||||||
the Board of | ||||||||||
Directors until the | ||||||||||
next annual | ||||||||||
general meeting | ||||||||||
11.2. | Approval of the | 242,131,442 | 94.78% | 13,339,926 | 5.22% | 21,516 | n.a. | 255,492,959 | 75 | 69.96% |
maximum | ||||||||||
aggregate | ||||||||||
amount of | ||||||||||
remuneration for | ||||||||||
the Executive | ||||||||||
Leadership Team | ||||||||||
for the next | ||||||||||
financial year | ||||||||||
12. | Approval of share | 255,468,661 | 99.99% | 5,672 | 0.00% | 17,426 | 0.01% | 255,492,959 | 1,200 | 69.96% |
buy-back | ||||||||||
69.96% | ||||||||||
13.1 | Approval of | 255,310,597 | 99.93% | 173,985 | 0.07% | 6,176 | 0.00 | 255,492,959 | 2,201 | 69.96% |
amendments to | ||||||||||
the articles of | ||||||||||
association - | ||||||||||
alignment with | ||||||||||
mandatory | ||||||||||
provisions of the | ||||||||||
new Swiss | ||||||||||
corporate law | ||||||||||
(Articles 6, 11, 14, |
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15, 20, 25, 34, 36 | ||||||||||
and 37) | ||||||||||
13.2 | Approval of | 255,479,436 | 100.00 | 5,372 | 0.00% | 7,075 | 0.00% | 255,492,959 | 1,076 | 69.96% |
amendments to | % | |||||||||
articles of | ||||||||||
association - | ||||||||||
other voluntary | ||||||||||
changes (Articles | ||||||||||
4, 10, 13, 16, 18, | ||||||||||
19, 43 and 45) |
- Percentages refer to applicable majority. Proposals 1-10 and 12 require approval by an absolute majority of the votes validly cast (including consenting and dissenting votes and abstentions). Proposals 11.1 and 11.2 require approval by a relative majority of the votes validly cast (including consenting and dissenting votes without abstentions). Proposals 13.1 and 13.2 require approval by a qualified majority of at least two-thirds of the voting rights represented and an absolute majority of the nominal value of the shares represented.
- Votes represented at the AGM but not (or not validly) cast.
- Shares represented at the AGM for each proposal as a percentage of Coca-Cola HBC's outstanding voting rights, whether exercisable or not. As at the date of the AGM, Coca-Cola HBC's issued share capital consisted of 373,193,915 ordinary shares, of which 4,572,199 ordinary shares are held by Coca- Cola HBC AG and 3,430,135 shares are held by its subsidiary, COCA-COLA HBC SERVICES MEPE, in treasury. Accordingly, the total number of outstanding voting rights (whether exercisable or not) in Coca-Cola HBC AG was 365,191,581.
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About Coca-Cola HBC
Coca-Cola HBC is a growth-focused consumer packaged goods business and strategic bottling partner of The Coca-Cola Company. We open up moments that refresh us all, by creating value for our stakeholders and supporting the socio-economic development of the communities in which we operate. With a vision to be the leading 24/7 beverage partner, we offer drinks for all occasions around the clock and work together with our customers to serve 740 million consumers across a broad geographic footprint of 29 countries. Our portfolio is one of the strongest, broadest and most flexible in the beverage industry, with consumer-leading beverage brands in the sparkling, adult sparkling, juice, water, sport, energy, ready-to-drink tea, coffee, and premium spirits categories. These include Coca-Cola,Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, Fanta, Sprite, Schweppes, Kinley, Costa Coffee, Caffè Vergnano, Valser, FuzeTea, Powerade, Cappy, Monster Energy, Finlandia Vodka, The Macallan, Jack Daniel's and Grey Goose. We foster an open and inclusive work environment amongst our 32,000 employees and believe that building a more positive environmental impact is integral to our future growth. We rank among the top sustainability performers in ESG benchmarks such as the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, CDP, MSCI ESG, FTSE4Good and ISS ESG.
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