Athens, Greece – 8 March 2006 - Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. (Coca-Cola HBC, CCHBC) announced today that to date a total of 208,464,607 shares or approximately 83.4% of the outstanding share capital of Lanitis Bros Public Limited have either been tendered in response to the Public Offer launched by CCHBC's subsidiary, 3E (Cyprus) Limited on 27 January 2006, or purchased by 3E (Cyprus) Limited on the Cyprus Stock Exchange since 27 January 2006.
The acceptance period of the Public Offer ends at the end of this week, on 10 March 2006 at 12:30 pm.