Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. (Coca-Cola Hellenic, the Company) announces resolutions of the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company's shareholders which was held today.
A total of 305 shareholders, representing 291,876,252 shares, out of a total number of 365,407,848 shares (i.e. 79.87% of the Company's share capital), were present or represented and voted at the Extraordinary General Meeting.
The following matters on the Agenda were discussed and the following decisions were made:
1. The increase of the Company's share capital by an amount of Euro five hundred forty eight million one hundred eleven thousand and seven hundred and seventy two (548,111,772), through the capitalization of reserves by increasing the nominal value of each share by Euro one and fifty cents (1.50) per share was approved. As a result, the nominal value of each share has been increased from Euro 0.50 to Euro two (2).
2. The decrease of the Company's share capital by an amount of Euro five hundred forty eight million one hundred eleven thousand and seven hundred and seventy two (548,111,772) through a reduction of the nominal value of the shares by an amount of Euro one and fifty cents (1.50) per share was approved. As a result, the nominal value of the shares has been decreased from Euro two (2) to Euro 0,50 per share, and an equal amount of capital will be returned to the shareholders in cash. The relevant authorizations were granted to the Board of Directors of the Company in relation to the return to the shareholders of the amount of the decrease of capital through payment in cash, the determination of the relevant record date, as well as the start date for the cash payment to shareholders.
3. The amendment of Article 3 of the Articles of Association of the Company, and the codification of the Articles of Association into a unified text were approved.
The above resolutions were taken by majority.