DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS PROVIDED IN LAW 3556/2007
Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. ( "the Company") informs its shareholders and the investors regarding the disclosure requirements provided in Greek Law 3556/2007.
Law 3556/2007 provides that a shareholder who owns voting shares of a company listed on a market regulated by Greek law must notify said company and the Greek Capital Markets Committee (GCMC) when he
acquires or sells voting shares of the company, and, as a result of such acquisition or sale, the percentage of his voting rights equals, exceeds or falls below the following thresholds: 5%, 10%, 15%,
20%, 25%, 1/3, 50% and 2/3 of all voting rights in the company. A shareholder who owns shares representing more than 10% of the voting rights of a company is required to notify the Company and the GCMC
when he acquires or sells voting shares representing more than 3% of the total voting rights in the company.
The afore-mentioned disclosure must be made to the company and the GCMC as soon as possible and in any case within three (3) trading days, following the date on which said shareholder was informed or
should have been informed about such acquisition or sale of voting shares.
On February 29, 2008, the afore-mentioned thresholds were equal to the following number of voting shares of Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A :
| Total number of voting shares in Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A |
364,563,189 |
| Threshold |
Number of shares |
| 5% |
18,228,159 |
| 10% |
36,456,319 |
| 15% |
54,684,478 |
| 20% |
72,912,638 |
| 25% |
91,140,797 |
| 33,33% |
121,508,911 |
| 50% |
182,281,595 |
| 66,66% |
243,017,822 |
The disclosure shall be made to our Company and to the GCMC by submission of the disclosure form TR1 which is posted on our website.
The TR1 disclosure form shall be submitted to:
a) The Company's offices, by mail at 9 Fragkoklissias Str. GR151-25 Maroussi, Athens, Greece c/o Department of Investor Relations (+30 210 618 3208), by fax at +30 210 618 3274 or by email at investor.relations@cchellenic.com
b) The central registry of the GCMC, 1 Kolokotroni and Stadiou streets, 105 62 Athens, to the attention of the Directorate of Public Offerings and Supervision of Listed Companies, Department of Supervision and Monitoring of the behavior of listed companies, with the indication "disclosure of important changes to voting rights according to Law 3356/2007". Submission can also be made by fax at 210 3377243. Shareholders must see that the documents are successfully sent and received by the competent registry service of the GCMC.
It is the obligation of the shareholder to fill in the TR1 form properly. The shareholder shall be responsible for any mistakes or omissions. The TRI form must be properly signed by the shareholder himself or by another duly authorized person, and in the case of a legal entity, by its legal representative. Relevant proxies must be filed with the GCMC together with the TR1 form. Proxies will be valid until revoked.
The GCMC is the authority responsible for the supervision of the disclosure requirements. The TR1 form is posted on its web site as well.
For more information, our shareholders can visit our web site where they can find links to Law 3556/2007 (in Greek), decision nr 1/434/3.7.2007 of the Board of Directors of the GCMC (in Greek), circular nr 33 of the GCMC (in Greek) and the TR1 form (in Greek and in English).
Notification Form TR1 Download pdf (38kb)
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