Coca-Cola European Partners Completes Combination; Trading To Start On May 31

(RTTNews) - Coca-Cola European Partners plc (CCE) announced Saturday that the combination of Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc., Coca-Cola Iberian Partners S.A.U., and Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetränke GmbH is now complete.

This combination creates the world's largest independent Coca-Cola bottler based on net sales and serves over 300 million consumers across Western Europe.

With pro forma 2015 net sales of approximately 11 billion euros and pro forma 2015 EBITDA of approximately 1.8 billion euros, Coca-Cola European Partners is a consumer packaged goods company in Europe.

Shares of Coca-Cola European Partners are expected to start trading under the ticker symbol CCE simultaneously in Amsterdam, New York, and London, on Tuesday, May 31.

In Spain, trading is expected to start on Thursday, June 2.

John Brock, CEO of Coca-Cola European Partners plc, said, ""This is a very exciting time for Coca-Cola European Partners, as Europe continues to represent an outstanding platform for long-term, profitable growth. Coca-Cola European Partners has the portfolio, the customer relationships, and the innovation, flexibility, scale, and speed needed to capture this opportunity."