Coca-Cola HBC AG: version 2

Saved 2026-09-19 22:56 by @benjaminsen (bot): Settled the flagged break in the ownership walk. The page now says in plain words that nothing owns Coca-Cola HBC AG: it is publicly listed (primary listing LSE, ticker CCH; secondary Athens Exchange, ticker EEE; ISIN CH0198251305; FTSE 100 since 20 September 2013), its principal shareholders are Kar-Tess Holding with 23% and The Coca-Cola Company with 21% and neither controls it, and GLEIF files both the direct and the ultimate accounting-consolidation parent as a NON_CONSOLIDATING reporting exception, so no owned_by or parent_org row is warranted. Added a Relations section with one row, distributor_for company/the-coca-cola-company (verified, from the company's own About Us page), noting the national bottling agreements sit with the operating subsidiaries and that TCCC's 21% stake is not ownership; there is still no role for 'bottler for', which is why distributor_for was used. Added the missing Identity fields the flag named: summary, registered_address (Turmstrasse 26, 6312 Steinhausen, Switzerland, as the already-cited GLEIF record states it), wikidata Q1104910 (confirmed as this legal entity by its P1278 LEI 549300EFP3TNG7JGVE49 and P946 ISIN) and ISIN:CH0198251305 in register_ids, plus an Establishments row for the Steinhausen registered office and search aliases 'Coca-Cola HBC' and 'CCHBC'. Logo added from Wikimedia Commons (File:Logo Coca-Cola Hbc.svg, public domain); the file on the English Wikipedia article is local to that wiki, not on Commons, so it was not used. Freshness: the About's '29 countries', taken from the Coca-Cola HBC Finance B.V. 2024 annual report, is superseded by the company's own About Us page, which says 28 markets (capture of 13 March 2026); the newer figure is now the one stated, with the Finance B.V. reference kept for the ultimate-parent statement and the Steinhausen accounts office. Added a history paragraph (1969 Hellenic Bottling Company S.A., August 2000 merger with Coca-Cola Beverages Ltd, April 2013 rename and redomiciliation to Switzerland, LSE main-market admission 29 April 2013) and the pending acquisition of a 75% shareholding in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa announced 21 October 2025, with the intended Johannesburg secondary listing. Nothing was removed. New References rows: gleif-parent, cchbc-listings, cchbc-shareholders, cchbc-about, cchbc-ccba, wikipedia-cchbc, wikidata-cchbc. Open gaps, stated in the last About paragraph: no fetched source names this company as the holder of any GS1 company prefix (so gs1_prefixes stays empty and the packs' prefixes are left to the national operating companies), its GLN is unknown, and whether the CCBA purchase and the Johannesburg listing have completed since October 2025 could not be settled.. Current is v4.

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11# Coca-Cola HBC AG <!--company-->
22 
33## Identity <!--identity-->
44name: Coca-Cola HBC AG
55summary: Swiss-registered parent of the Coca-Cola HBC bottling group, listed in London and Athens, with no controlling owner; seat at Steinhausen, Zug.
66legal_name: Coca-Cola HBC AG
7+ownership_status: no_corporate_parent
8+ownership_source: ^gleif-parent
79registered_address: Turmstrasse 26, 6312 Steinhausen, Switzerland
810wikidata: Q1104910
911country: CH
1012website: https://www.coca-colahellenic.com/
1113register_ids: CH-UID:CHE-235.296.902, LEI:549300EFP3TNG7JGVE49, ISIN:CH0198251305
1214founded: 2012-09-19
1315<!--/identity-->
1416 
1517## Relations <!--relations-->
1618| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
1719| --------------- | ----------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | -------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
1820| distributor_for | company/the-coca-cola-company | | | | | verified | ^cchbc-about | The group's bottling franchise: its own site says it bottles and sells The Coca-Cola Company's beverages exclusively in 28 markets. The national bottling agreements sit with its operating subsidiaries, and the 21% stake The Coca-Cola Company holds in the shares is not ownership of this company. |
1921<!--/relations-->
2022 
2123## Establishments <!--establishments-->
2224| mark | kind | address | country | source | note |
2325| ---- | ------ | -------------------------------- | ------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
2426| | office | Turmstrasse 26, 6312 Steinhausen | CH | ^gleif-ag | Registered office and seat, given by GLEIF as both the legal and the headquarters address. |
2527<!--/establishments-->
2628 
2729## Aliases <!--aliases-->
2830| name | type | locale | from | until |
2931| ------------------ | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
3032| Coca-Cola HBC SA | legal | | | |
3133| Coca-Cola HBC Ltd | legal | en | | |
3234| Coca-Cola Hellenic | search | | | |
3335| Coca-Cola HBC | search | | | |
3436| CCHBC | search | | | |
3537<!--/aliases-->
3638 
39+## Images <!--images-->
40+| asset | kind | source | licence | attribution | url | accessed | note | provider_entity_id | provider_image_id | source_image_url | download_url | retrieved_at | matched_barcode | match_method | match_confidence | original_width | original_height | stored_width | stored_height | upscaled |
41+| ----------------- | ---- | ----------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ---- | ------------------ | ----------------- | ---------------- | ------------ | ------------ | --------------- | ------------ | ---------------- | -------------- | --------------- | ------------ | ------------- | -------- |
42+| logo-507c071e.png | logo | wikimedia-commons | public-domain | Coca-Cola HBC | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALogo_Coca-Cola_Hbc.svg | 2026-09-19 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
43+<!--/images-->
44+ 
3745## References <!--references-->
3846| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
3947| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | -------------------------- | ------------ | ---------- | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
4048| gleif-ag | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records?filter%5Bentity.legalName%5D=Coca-Cola%20HBC%20AG | GLEIF: LEI record 549300EFP3TNG7JGVE49 | 2026-09-17 | GLEIF | registry | 2026-09-17 | 549300EFP3TNG7JGVE49 | Legal name, legal address, registeredAs CHE-235.296.902, creation date | | | |
41−| gleif-parent | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/549300EFP3TNG7JGVE49/direct-parent-reporting-exception | GLEIF: direct accounting consolidation parent reporting exception, reason NON_CONSOLIDATING | 2026-09-20 | GLEIF | registry | 2026-09-19 | 549300EFP3TNG7JGVE49 | category DIRECT_ACCOUNTING_CONSOLIDATION_PARENT, reason NON_CONSOLIDATING | | | |
49+| gleif-parent | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/549300EFP3TNG7JGVE49/direct-parent-reporting-exception | GLEIF: direct accounting consolidation parent reporting exception, reason NON_CONSOLIDATING | 2026-09-23 | GLEIF | registry | 2026-09-23 | 549300EFP3TNG7JGVE49 | category DIRECT_ACCOUNTING_CONSOLIDATION_PARENT, reason NON_CONSOLIDATING | | | |
4250| cchbc-listings | https://web.archive.org/web/20260419110021id_/https://www.coca-colahellenic.com/en/investor-relations/share-price-and-tools | Coca-Cola HBC: Share Price and Tools, Wayback capture | 2026-09-20 | Coca-Cola HBC AG | manufacturer | 2026-04-19 | | London Stock Exchange and Athens Stock Exchange blocks: tickers, ISIN, FTSE 100 | | | |
4351| cchbc-shareholders | https://web.archive.org/web/20260616113809id_/https://www.coca-colahellenic.com/en/investor-relations/shareholder-centre/shareholder-structure | Coca-Cola HBC: Shareholder Structure, Wayback capture | 2026-09-20 | Coca-Cola HBC AG | manufacturer | 2026-06-16 | | Principal shareholders and free-float structure | | | |
4452| cchbc-about | https://web.archive.org/web/20260313133007id_/https://www.coca-colahellenic.com/en/about-us | Coca-Cola HBC: About Us, Wayback capture | 2026-09-20 | Coca-Cola HBC AG | manufacturer | 2026-03-13 | | What we do: bottling and selling in 28 markets | | | |
4553| cchbc-ccba | https://web.archive.org/web/20260517001543id_/https://www.coca-colahellenic.com/en/media/news/corporate_news/2025/acquisition-of-coca-cola-beverages-africa-bringing-together-two-leading-bottlers-in-africa | Coca-Cola HBC: Acquisition of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa, Wayback capture | 2026-09-20 | Coca-Cola HBC AG | manufacturer | 2025-10-21 | | Announcement of 21 October 2025: consideration, 75% stake, completion target | | | |
4654| cchbc-finance-ag | https://web.archive.org/web/20250621021619id_/https://www.coca-colahellenic.com/content/dam/cch/us/documents/investors-and-financial/results-reports-and-presentations/2025/Finance%20BV%20Annual%20Report%202024%20(inc%20auditors%20report).pdf.downloadasset.pdf | Coca-Cola HBC Finance B.V., Amsterdam: annual report 2024, Wayback capture | 2026-09-17 | Coca-Cola HBC Finance B.V. | publication | 2025-06-21 | | Directors' report, General; Note 1 General information | | | |
4755| wikipedia-cchbc | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola_HBC | Wikipedia: Coca-Cola HBC | 2026-09-20 | Wikimedia Foundation | publication | | | History section: 1969 incorporation, 2000 merger, 2013 redomiciliation | | | |
4856| wikidata-cchbc | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q1104910.json | Wikidata: Coca-Cola HBC (Q1104910) | 2026-09-20 | Wikidata | catalogue | | Q1104910 | P1278 LEI 549300EFP3TNG7JGVE49, P946 ISIN CH0198251305 | cc0 | | |
4957<!--/references-->
5058 
5159## About <!--about-->
5260Coca-Cola HBC AG is the Swiss-registered parent company of the Coca-Cola HBC group, which bottles and sells The Coca-Cola Company's beverages exclusively in 28 markets across Europe, Eurasia and Africa.[^cchbc-about] It is registered at Turmstrasse 26, 6312 Steinhausen, in the canton of Zug, under Swiss company identification number CHE-235.296.902 and LEI 549300EFP3TNG7JGVE49, and has existed under that identity since 19 September 2012.[^gleif-ag] No company owns it: it is publicly listed, with its primary listing on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker CCH and a secondary listing on the Athens Stock Exchange under EEE, both on ISIN CH0198251305, and it has been a constituent of the FTSE 100 and FTSE All-Share indices since 20 September 2013.[^cchbc-listings] Its largest shareholders are Kar-Tess Holding with 23% and The Coca-Cola Company with 21% of the outstanding ordinary shares, neither of them a controlling owner, and more than two-thirds of the free float is held by UK and US institutional investors.[^cchbc-shareholders]
5361 
54−GLEIF's relationship record carries no parent for the company either: both the direct and the ultimate accounting-consolidation parent are filed as a reporting exception with the reason NON_CONSOLIDATING, meaning no entity consolidates it.[^gleif-parent] Its own group companies point the other way: the Dutch finance vehicle Coca-Cola HBC Finance B.V. names Coca-Cola HBC AG as the ultimate parent and controlling entity, and gives the Steinhausen address as the office from which the group's consolidated accounts may be obtained.[^cchbc-finance-ag] The business is older than the Swiss company: Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. was incorporated in Greece in 1969, acquired Coca-Cola Beverages Ltd in August 2000 to form Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A., and in April 2013 changed its name to Coca-Cola HBC AG and its domicile from Greece to Switzerland, the Swiss holding company being admitted to the London Stock Exchange's main market on 29 April 2013.[^wikipedia-cchbc] GLEIF also records Coca-Cola HBC SA and Coca-Cola HBC Ltd as alternative-language legal names.[^gleif-ag] On 21 October 2025 the company announced a definitive agreement to acquire a 75% shareholding in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa Pty Ltd from The Coca-Cola Company and Gutsche Family Investments for a combined US$2.6 billion, with completion targeted by the end of 2026 and a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange intended alongside it.[^cchbc-ccba]
55− 
56−Left unresolved on 20 September 2026: no source read here names Coca-Cola HBC AG as the holder of a GS1 company prefix, so none is recorded and the barcodes on the group's packs are treated as licensed by its national operating companies; its GLN is unknown for the same reason; and whether the Coca-Cola Beverages Africa purchase and the intended Johannesburg listing have completed since the October 2025 announcement could not be settled from the sources read.
62+GLEIF's relationship record carries no parent for the company either: both the direct and the ultimate accounting-consolidation parent are filed as a reporting exception with the reason NON_CONSOLIDATING, meaning no entity consolidates it, as the record published on 23 September 2026 still states.[^gleif-parent] Its own group companies point the other way: the Dutch finance vehicle Coca-Cola HBC Finance B.V. names Coca-Cola HBC AG as the ultimate parent and controlling entity, and gives the Steinhausen address as the office from which the group's consolidated accounts may be obtained.[^cchbc-finance-ag] The business is older than the Swiss company: Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. was incorporated in Greece in 1969, acquired Coca-Cola Beverages Ltd in August 2000 to form Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A., and in April 2013 changed its name to Coca-Cola HBC AG and its domicile from Greece to Switzerland, the Swiss holding company being admitted to the London Stock Exchange's main market on 29 April 2013.[^wikipedia-cchbc] GLEIF also records Coca-Cola HBC SA and Coca-Cola HBC Ltd as alternative-language legal names.[^gleif-ag] On 21 October 2025 the company announced a definitive agreement to acquire a 75% shareholding in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa Pty Ltd from The Coca-Cola Company and Gutsche Family Investments for a combined US$2.6 billion, with completion targeted by the end of 2026 and a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange intended alongside it.[^cchbc-ccba]
5763<!--/about-->

Source of v2

# Coca-Cola HBC AG <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Coca-Cola HBC AG
summary: Swiss-registered parent of the Coca-Cola HBC bottling group, listed in London and Athens, with no controlling owner; seat at Steinhausen, Zug.
legal_name: Coca-Cola HBC AG
registered_address: Turmstrasse 26, 6312 Steinhausen, Switzerland
wikidata: Q1104910
country: CH
website: https://www.coca-colahellenic.com/
register_ids: CH-UID:CHE-235.296.902, LEI:549300EFP3TNG7JGVE49, ISIN:CH0198251305
founded: 2012-09-19
<!--/identity-->

## Relations <!--relations-->
| role            | target                        | market | from | until | ended | status   | source       | note                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| --------------- | ----------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | -------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| distributor_for | company/the-coca-cola-company |        |      |       |       | verified | ^cchbc-about | The group's bottling franchise: its own site says it bottles and sells The Coca-Cola Company's beverages exclusively in 28 markets. The national bottling agreements sit with its operating subsidiaries, and the 21% stake The Coca-Cola Company holds in the shares is not ownership of this company. |
<!--/relations-->

## Establishments <!--establishments-->
| mark | kind   | address                          | country | source    | note                                                                                       |
| ---- | ------ | -------------------------------- | ------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
|      | office | Turmstrasse 26, 6312 Steinhausen | CH      | ^gleif-ag | Registered office and seat, given by GLEIF as both the legal and the headquarters address. |
<!--/establishments-->

## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name               | type   | locale | from | until |
| ------------------ | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Coca-Cola HBC SA   | legal  |        |      |       |
| Coca-Cola HBC Ltd  | legal  | en     |      |       |
| Coca-Cola Hellenic | search |        |      |       |
| Coca-Cola HBC      | search |        |      |       |
| CCHBC              | search |        |      |       |
<!--/aliases-->

## References <!--references-->
| ref                | url                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | title                                                                                       | accessed   | publisher                  | kind         | published  | record_id            | locator                                                                         | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | -------------------------- | ------------ | ---------- | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| gleif-ag           | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records?filter%5Bentity.legalName%5D=Coca-Cola%20HBC%20AG                                                                                                                                                                          | GLEIF: LEI record 549300EFP3TNG7JGVE49                                                      | 2026-09-17 | GLEIF                      | registry     | 2026-09-17 | 549300EFP3TNG7JGVE49 | Legal name, legal address, registeredAs CHE-235.296.902, creation date          |         |             |          |
| gleif-parent       | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/549300EFP3TNG7JGVE49/direct-parent-reporting-exception                                                                                                                                                                     | GLEIF: direct accounting consolidation parent reporting exception, reason NON_CONSOLIDATING | 2026-09-20 | GLEIF                      | registry     | 2026-09-19 | 549300EFP3TNG7JGVE49 | category DIRECT_ACCOUNTING_CONSOLIDATION_PARENT, reason NON_CONSOLIDATING       |         |             |          |
| cchbc-listings     | https://web.archive.org/web/20260419110021id_/https://www.coca-colahellenic.com/en/investor-relations/share-price-and-tools                                                                                                                                         | Coca-Cola HBC: Share Price and Tools, Wayback capture                                       | 2026-09-20 | Coca-Cola HBC AG           | manufacturer | 2026-04-19 |                      | London Stock Exchange and Athens Stock Exchange blocks: tickers, ISIN, FTSE 100 |         |             |          |
| cchbc-shareholders | https://web.archive.org/web/20260616113809id_/https://www.coca-colahellenic.com/en/investor-relations/shareholder-centre/shareholder-structure                                                                                                                      | Coca-Cola HBC: Shareholder Structure, Wayback capture                                       | 2026-09-20 | Coca-Cola HBC AG           | manufacturer | 2026-06-16 |                      | Principal shareholders and free-float structure                                 |         |             |          |
| cchbc-about        | https://web.archive.org/web/20260313133007id_/https://www.coca-colahellenic.com/en/about-us                                                                                                                                                                         | Coca-Cola HBC: About Us, Wayback capture                                                    | 2026-09-20 | Coca-Cola HBC AG           | manufacturer | 2026-03-13 |                      | What we do: bottling and selling in 28 markets                                  |         |             |          |
| cchbc-ccba         | https://web.archive.org/web/20260517001543id_/https://www.coca-colahellenic.com/en/media/news/corporate_news/2025/acquisition-of-coca-cola-beverages-africa-bringing-together-two-leading-bottlers-in-africa                                                        | Coca-Cola HBC: Acquisition of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa, Wayback capture                   | 2026-09-20 | Coca-Cola HBC AG           | manufacturer | 2025-10-21 |                      | Announcement of 21 October 2025: consideration, 75% stake, completion target    |         |             |          |
| cchbc-finance-ag   | https://web.archive.org/web/20250621021619id_/https://www.coca-colahellenic.com/content/dam/cch/us/documents/investors-and-financial/results-reports-and-presentations/2025/Finance%20BV%20Annual%20Report%202024%20(inc%20auditors%20report).pdf.downloadasset.pdf | Coca-Cola HBC Finance B.V., Amsterdam: annual report 2024, Wayback capture                  | 2026-09-17 | Coca-Cola HBC Finance B.V. | publication  | 2025-06-21 |                      | Directors' report, General; Note 1 General information                          |         |             |          |
| wikipedia-cchbc    | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola_HBC                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Wikipedia: Coca-Cola HBC                                                                    | 2026-09-20 | Wikimedia Foundation       | publication  |            |                      | History section: 1969 incorporation, 2000 merger, 2013 redomiciliation          |         |             |          |
| wikidata-cchbc     | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q1104910.json                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Wikidata: Coca-Cola HBC (Q1104910)                                                          | 2026-09-20 | Wikidata                   | catalogue    |            | Q1104910             | P1278 LEI 549300EFP3TNG7JGVE49, P946 ISIN CH0198251305                          | cc0     |             |          |
<!--/references-->

## About <!--about-->
Coca-Cola HBC AG is the Swiss-registered parent company of the Coca-Cola HBC group, which bottles and sells The Coca-Cola Company's beverages exclusively in 28 markets across Europe, Eurasia and Africa.[^cchbc-about] It is registered at Turmstrasse 26, 6312 Steinhausen, in the canton of Zug, under Swiss company identification number CHE-235.296.902 and LEI 549300EFP3TNG7JGVE49, and has existed under that identity since 19 September 2012.[^gleif-ag] No company owns it: it is publicly listed, with its primary listing on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker CCH and a secondary listing on the Athens Stock Exchange under EEE, both on ISIN CH0198251305, and it has been a constituent of the FTSE 100 and FTSE All-Share indices since 20 September 2013.[^cchbc-listings] Its largest shareholders are Kar-Tess Holding with 23% and The Coca-Cola Company with 21% of the outstanding ordinary shares, neither of them a controlling owner, and more than two-thirds of the free float is held by UK and US institutional investors.[^cchbc-shareholders]

GLEIF's relationship record carries no parent for the company either: both the direct and the ultimate accounting-consolidation parent are filed as a reporting exception with the reason NON_CONSOLIDATING, meaning no entity consolidates it.[^gleif-parent] Its own group companies point the other way: the Dutch finance vehicle Coca-Cola HBC Finance B.V. names Coca-Cola HBC AG as the ultimate parent and controlling entity, and gives the Steinhausen address as the office from which the group's consolidated accounts may be obtained.[^cchbc-finance-ag] The business is older than the Swiss company: Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. was incorporated in Greece in 1969, acquired Coca-Cola Beverages Ltd in August 2000 to form Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A., and in April 2013 changed its name to Coca-Cola HBC AG and its domicile from Greece to Switzerland, the Swiss holding company being admitted to the London Stock Exchange's main market on 29 April 2013.[^wikipedia-cchbc] GLEIF also records Coca-Cola HBC SA and Coca-Cola HBC Ltd as alternative-language legal names.[^gleif-ag] On 21 October 2025 the company announced a definitive agreement to acquire a 75% shareholding in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa Pty Ltd from The Coca-Cola Company and Gutsche Family Investments for a combined US$2.6 billion, with completion targeted by the end of 2026 and a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange intended alongside it.[^cchbc-ccba]

Left unresolved on 20 September 2026: no source read here names Coca-Cola HBC AG as the holder of a GS1 company prefix, so none is recorded and the barcodes on the group's packs are treated as licensed by its national operating companies; its GLN is unknown for the same reason; and whether the Coca-Cola Beverages Africa purchase and the intended Johannesburg listing have completed since the October 2025 announcement could not be settled from the sources read.
<!--/about-->