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Coca-Cola European Partners plc: Admission to listing and trading

CCEP | May 31, 2016

Coca-Cola European Partners plc: Admission to listing and trading

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OR REGULATIONS OF THAT JURISDICTION

This announcement is an advertisement for the purposes of the United Kingdom Prospectus Rules and not a prospectus and not an offer of securities for sale in any jurisdiction. Neither this announcement nor anything contained herein shall form the basis of, or be relied upon in connection with, any offer or commitment whatsoever in any jurisdiction. Investors should not purchase or subscribe for any shares referred to in this announcement except on the basis of information in the prospectus published by Coca-Cola European Partners plc (the Company) on 25 May 2016 (the Prospectus). This announcement does not constitute an offer of securities for sale, or an offer to acquire or exchange securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction.

Coca-Cola European Partners plc

Admission to listing and trading

Further to its announcement of 25 May 2016, the Company is pleased to announce that with effect from 9:30am (Eastern Time), 2:30pm (British Summer Time) and 3:30pm (Central European Time), 482,323,871 ordinary shares representing its entire €0.01 ordinary share capital have been today admitted to listing on the standard segment of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority, to listing and trading on Euronext Amsterdam and Euronext London, and to listing on the New York Stock Exchange.

Terms used in this announcement shall have the same meanings as set out in the Prospectus.

Important notice

This announcement has been issued by and is the sole responsibility of Coca-Cola European Partners plc.

This announcement is not intended to, and does not, constitute or form part of any offer, invitation or the solicitation of an offer to purchase, otherwise acquire, subscribe for, sell or otherwise dispose of, any securities pursuant to this announcement or otherwise. The distribution of this announcement in jurisdictions outside the United Kingdom may be restricted by law and therefore persons into whose possession this announcement comes should inform themselves about, and observe such restrictions. Any failure to comply with the restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities law of any such jurisdiction.

This announcement does not constitute an offer of securities for sale in the United States or an offer to acquire or exchange securities in the United States. No offer to acquire securities or to exchange securities for other securities has been made, or will be made, and no offer of securities has been made, or will be made, directly or indirectly, in or into, or by use of the mails, any means or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce or any facilities of a national securities exchange of, the United States of America or any other country in which such offer may not be made other than (i) in accordance with the requirements under the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), or the securities laws of such other country, as the case may be, or (ii) pursuant to an available exemption therefrom.

This announcement has been prepared for the purposes of complying with the applicable law and regulation of the United Kingdom (including the Listing Rules and the Disclosure and Transparency Rules) and the information disclosed may not be the same as that which would have been disclosed if this announcement had been prepared in accordance with the laws and regulations of any jurisdiction outside of the United Kingdom.

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