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COCA-COLA EUROPEAN PARTNERS CELEBRATES FIRST DAY OF
TRADING ON EURONEXT
Amsterdam, London - 31 May 2016 – Coca-Cola European Partners (ticker symbol: CCE), a major European
fast-moving consumer goods company and the world’s largest independent Coca-Cola bottler based on net
sales, began trading today on the Amsterdam and London markets of Euronext.
After opening, the first market price was €34.15 per share. The total market capitalisation of Coca-Cola
European Partners at opening was approximately €16.5 billion.
Coca-Cola European Partners is a new company created by the merger of three Western European bottlers,
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc, Coca-Cola Iberian Partners SAU and Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetränke GmbH. The
company serves over 300 million consumers across 13 countries in Western Europe and has pro forma
annual net sales for 2015 of approximately € 11 billion, a volume of approximately 2.5 billion unit cases and
EBITDA of €1.8 billion.
John Brock, CEO of Coca-Cola European Partners, said: “We are very pleased to be in Amsterdam today to
celebrate the beginning of public trading for Coca-Cola European Partners. Europe represents a strong
platform for long-term sustainable growth and Coca-Cola European Partners has the portfolio, the customer
relationships and the innovation, flexibility, speed and scale needed to capture this opportunity. By listing on
Euronext in Amsterdam and London, we are able to reach new investors and harmonise our listing with our
operations.”
John Brock, CEO of Coca-Cola European Partners and Sol Daurella, Chairman of Coca-Cola European
Partners, celebrated the company’s listing by sounding the gong in Amsterdam which denotes the opening
of trading of Coca-Cola European Partners on Euronext.
CONTACTS : Euronext
Alice Jentink: +31 20 721 4488; [email protected]
Rosanne de Boer : + 31 20 721 4117; [email protected]
Coca-Cola European Partners
Arjanne Hoogstad (Netherlands) +31 102455400 [email protected]
Ros Hunt (Europe) +44 7528 251011 [email protected]
About Coca-Cola European Partners
Coca-Cola European Partners is a leading consumer packaged goods (CPG) company in Europe, producing, distributing and
marketing an extensive range of non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages and is the world’s largest independent Coca-Cola bottler
based on net sales. Coca-Cola European Partners serves a consumer population of over 300 million across Western Europe,
including Andorra, Belgium, continental France, Germany, Great Britain, Luxembourg, Monaco, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden
and the Netherlands. The company is listed on Euronext Amsterdam, the New York Stock Exchange, Euronext London and on the
Spanish stock exchanges and trades under the symbol CCE. For more information about CCEP, please visit www.ccep.com and
follow CCEP on Twitter at @CocaColaEP.
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