Athens, Greece – 14 March 2006 - Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. (Coca-Cola HBC, CCHBC) announced today that to date a total of 229,051,240 shares or approximately 91.62% 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 ended on 12 March 2006 after the Board of the Cyprus Stock Exchange granted an extension of two additional days. 3E (Cyprus) Limited intends to continue purchasing shares through the Cyprus Stock Exchange with a medium term objective to acquire the majority of the remainder of the shares.