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

December 21, 2018
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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21 December 2018

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.


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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
14 December 2018
500
47.16
47.19
47.166000
BATS Global Markets
(“BATS”)
14 December 2018
21
47.16
47.19
47.175714
Boston Stock Exchange (“BSE”)
14 December 2018
201
47.16
47.19
47.175075
BATS Global Markets Secondary
Exchange (“BYX”)
14 December 2018
400
47.16
47.19
47.180000
NASDAQ (“NASDAQ”)
14 December 2018
160,513
47.16
47.74
47.367516
New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”)
14 December 2018
200
47.155
47.16
47.157500
OTC Markets
(“OTC”)
14 December 2018
565
47.16
47.19
47.169628
NYSE Arca (“PSE”)
14 December 2018
100
47.18
47.18
47.180000
CBOE EDGX Equity Exchange (“XDEX”)
17 December 2018
200
46.77
46.77
46.770000
BSE
17 December 2018
200
46.77
46.77
46.770000
BYX
17 December 2018
500
46.77
46.84
46.802000
NASDAQ
17 December 2018
100
46.77
46.77
46.770000
NYSE National Exchange (“NSX”)
17 December 2018
98,400
46.75
47.33
47.024301
NYSE
17 December 2018
3,464
46.80
46.84
46.819261
PSE
17 December 2018
136
46.83
46.84
46.837353
XDEX
18 December 2018
3,900
46.95
46.95
46.950000
NASDAQ
18 December 2018
131,100
46.54
47.12
46.898052
NYSE
19 December 2018
100
46.09
46.09
46.090000
BSE
19 December 2018
100
46.09
46.09
46.090000
BYX
19 December 2018
100
46.36
46.36
46.360000
IEX (“IEXG”)
19 December 2018
300
46.08
46.36
46.176667
NASDAQ
19 December 2018
100
46.09
46.09
46.090000
NSX
19 December 2018
134,000
46.02
47.04
46.593669
NYSE
19 December 2018
200
46.36
46.36
46.360000
PSE
19 December 2018
5,100
46.09
46.12
46.119412
XDEX
20 December 2018
109,000
45.67
46.34
46.097943
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:
14, 17, 18, 19 and 20 December
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/4831/181221_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: December 21, 2018
By:
/s/ Clare Wardle
 
Name:
Clare Wardle
 
Title:
General Counsel & Company Secretary


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