United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

March 22, 2019
COCA-COLA EUROPEAN PARTNERS PLC
Pemberton House, Bakers Road
Uxbridge, UB8 1EZ, United Kingdom
(Address of principal executive office)
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
(Check One) Form 20-F ý Form 40-F D ¨
(Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1))
(Check One) Yes ¨ No ý
(Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7))
(Check One) Yes ¨ No ý


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22 March 2019

COCA-COLA EUROPEAN PARTNERS PLC
(the “Company”)

Transactions in Own Shares

The Company announces that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of EUR 0.01 each through Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC. The purchased shares have all been cancelled.

These share purchases form part of the Company's existing buyback programme, as announced on 12 September 2018, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company’s Annual General Meeting on 31 May 2018 (the "Buyback Programme"). The Company will make further announcements in due course following the completion of any further purchases pursuant to the Buyback Programme.

USX purchases

Daily aggregated information by trading venue

Date of purchase
Aggregate number of ordinary shares of EUR 0.01 each purchased
Lowest price paid per share (USX)
Highest price paid per share (USX)
Volume weighted average price paid per share (USX)
Trading venue
15 March 2019
140,000
48.87
49.57
49.331398
New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”)
18 March 2019
200
49.66
49.66
49.660000
BATS Global Markets (“BATS”)
18 March 2019
100
49.66
49.66
49.660000
Boston Stock Exchange (“BSE”)
18 March 2019
300
49.66
49.66
49.660000
BATS Global Markets Secondary
Exchange (“BYX”)
18 March 2019
300
49.64
49.64
49.640000
IEX (“IEXG”)
18 March 2019
500
49.66
49.67
49.662000
NASDAQ (“NASDAQ”)
18 March 2019
100
49.66
49.66
49.660000
NYSE - National Exchange (“NSX”)
18 March 2019
82,887
49.32
49.69
49.528637
NYSE
18 March 2019
100
49.64
49.64
49.640000
OTC Markets (“OTC”)
18 March 2019
400
49.66
49.66
49.660000
NYSE Arca (“PSE”)
18 March 2019
213
49.66
49.67
49.665305
CBOE EDGX Equity Exchange (“XDEX”)
19 March 2019
145,000
49.38
49.77
49.588036
NYSE
20 March 2019
150,000
48.48
49.36
48.811765
NYSE
20 March 2019
50,000
49.22
49.27
49.245000
OTC
21 March 2019
100,000
48.5
49.53
49.096751
NYSE


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Transaction details

The table below contains detailed information of the individual USX trades made by Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as part of the Buyback Programme.

Schedule of purchases

Shares purchased:
Coca-Cola European Partners plc, (ISIN: GB00BDCPN049)
Dates of purchases:
15, 18, 19, 20 and 21 March 2019
Investment firm:
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

Individual transactions

A full breakdown of the individual transactions can be viewed at: https://www.ccep.com/system/file_resources/5161/190322_Weekly_Buyback_Programme_trade_details_calcs.pdf

COCA-COLA EUROPEAN PARTNERS PLC
Paul van Reesch
Deputy Company Secretary
+44 (0) 1895 231 313


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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


 
COCA-COLA EUROPEAN PARTNERS PLC
 
 
(Registrant)
Date: March 22, 2019
By:
/s/ Clare Wardle
 
Name:
Clare Wardle
 
Title:
General Counsel & Company Secretary


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