Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. proposes amendment to article 3 of its Articles of Association
Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. (Coca-Cola Hellenic, Company) announces, according to article 19 para. 2 of Law 3556/2007 that the Board of Directors of the Company intends to propose to the Annual General Meeting that is scheduled for 6th May 2011 the amendment of article 3 of the Company's Articles of Association regarding the Company's share capital, with the insertion of the following paragraphs at the end of paragraph (a):
"By decision of the Annual General Meeting of the shareholders dated ........, the share capital of the company was increased by Euro 549,736,428 through the capitalization of reserves by an increase of the nominal value of each share by Euro 1.50 per share, i.e. from Euro 0.50 to Euro 2.00 per share.
After the above increase, the share capital of the Company amounted to Euro 732,981,904 divided into 366,490,952 shares of a nominal value of Euro 2.00 each.
By decision of the same Annual General Meeting of the shareholders, the share capital of the company was decreased by Euro 183,245,476 through a decrease of the nominal value of each share by Euro 0.50 per share, i.e. from Euro 2.00 to Euro 1.50 per share and the return to the shareholders in cash of the amount of the decrease.
After the above decrease, the share capital of the Company amounts to Euro 549,736,428, divided into 366,490,952 shares of a nominal value of Euro 1.50 each".