Athens, Greece - January 13, 2005 - Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. (Coca-Cola HBC, CCHBC) has been advised that on 12 January 2005 Mr. Leonidas Ioannou, a non-executive member of Coca-Cola HBC's Board of Directors, has sold 1,500,000 ordinary shares of Coca-Cola HBC, through a private placement, at a price of 18.46. The shares were placed with Greek and International institutional investors. Following this placement, Mr. Ioannou holds 3,199,053 Coca-Cola HBC shares representing 1.343% of the company's issued share capital.

Coca-Cola HBC is one of the world's largest bottlers of products of The Coca-Cola Company and has operations in 26 countries serving a population of more than 500 million people. CCHBC shares are listed on the Athens Exchange (ATHEX: EEEK), with secondary listings on the London (LSE: CCB) and Australian (ASX: CHB) Stock Exchanges. CCHBC?s American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CCH).