Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. ("Coca-Cola Hellenic" and, together with its subsidiaries, "the Group") announced today a successful offering by Coca-Cola HBC Finance B.V. (the "Issuer") of an additional EUR 300,000,000 4.25% Fixed Rate Notes due 16 November 2016 and guaranteed by Coca-Cola Hellenic (the "New Notes"). The New Notes shall be consolidated and form a single series with the existing EUR 300,000,000 4.25% Fixed Rate Notes due 16 November 2016 issued on 16 November 2009 (the "Existing Notes").
The New Notes will bring the total outstanding amount of the series to EUR 600,000,000. The issue was significantly oversubscribed and has been placed with a diversified investor base. The price for the orders was EUR 100.436, which represents a yield of 4.159%. The proceeds of the issue of the New Notes will be used to repay the outstanding balance of the EUR 500,000,000 4.375 per cent. Fixed Rate Guaranteed Notes issued by the Issuer and guaranteed by Coca-Cola Hellenic, which mature on 15 July 2011, and thereby extend the Group's overall debt maturity profile.
The transaction is expected to settle on 2 March 2011. The New Notes are expected to be admitted to the Official List of the Financial Services Authority of the United Kingdom and to trading on the Regulated Market of the London Stock Exchange plc.
Coca-Cola Hellenic is rated A (stable) by Standard & Poor's and A3 (stable) by Moody's Investor Services. Deutsche Bank, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and The Royal Bank of Scotland acted as joint lead managers of the issue.
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Eleni Tsigka
Treasury Finance Manager
0030 210 618 3222
e-mail: eleni.tsigka@cchellenic.com
Bart Jansen
Director of Treasury & Risk Management
0030 210 618 3123
e-mail: bart.jansen@cchellenic.com