Coca-Cola HBC AG announced that Messrs. Irial Finan, Sir Michael Llewellyn Smith and Nigel Macdonald have informed the company of their intention to retire from the board of directors of the company at the time of the company's annual general meeting on 21 June 2016. As previously announced on 28 January 2016, Mr. George A. David will also retire from the Board at the time of the AGM. All retiring directors have served on the Board for more than nine years. Following such retirements, upon the recommendation of Coca-Cola HBC's Nomination Committee, the Board has proposed each of Messrs. Ahmet C. Bozer, William (Bill) W. Douglas III, Reto Francioni and Robert Ryan Rudolph for election at the AGM as non-executive members of the Board, with effect from the same date. The Board believes that Messrs. Bill Douglas and Reto Francioni qualify as independent under the criteria set out in the UK Corporate Governance Code. Nigel Macdonald has served as the chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee, and Sir Michael Llewellyn Smith has served as the chairman of the Nomination, Social Responsibility and Remuneration Committees. George A. David has served on the Social Responsibility Committee.
Coca-Cola HBC AG is is one of the world's leading producers and bottlers of non-alcoholic beverages (soft drinks and mineral waters). In 2023, the group provided 2,835.5 million beverage cases. Net sales break down by country as follows:
- emerging countries (46.5%): Nigeria, Romania, Bulgaria, Armenia, Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Russia, Serbia, Montenegro, Ukraine, etc.;
- industrialized countries (33%): Italy, Greece, Ireland, Austria, and Switzerland;
- developing countries (20.5%): Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Baltic States, Croatia, Slovenia and Slovakia.
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