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 9, 2020

Commission File Number 001-37791
COCA-COLA EUROPEAN PARTNERS PLC
Pemberton House, Bakers Road
Uxbridge, UB8 1EZ, United Kingdom
(Address of principal executive office)
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9 March 2020

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 13 February 2020, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company’s Annual General Meeting on 29 May 2019 (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
2 March 2020
90,000
51.09
53.11
52.490475
New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”)
3 March 2020
300
53.51
53.51
53.510000
Boston Stock Exchange (“BSE”)
3 March 2020
2,457
53.345
53.44
53.430232
IEX (“IEXG”)
3 March 2020
3,062
53.25
53.38
53.341646
NASDAQ (“NASDAQ”)
3 March 2020
70,457
52.66
54.59
53.626345
NYSE
3 March 2020
8,224
53.32
54.04
53.502551
OTC Markets (“OTC”)
3 March 2020
1,500
53.53
53.53
53.530000
CBOE EDGA Equity Exchange (“XDEA”)
4 March 2020
109,800
53.4
54.71
54.085608
NYSE
5 March 2020
111,000
53.33
54.37
53.875477
NYSE
6 March 2020
112,500
51.98
53.7
52.766897
NYSE

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.


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Schedule of purchases

Shares purchased:
Coca-Cola European Partners plc, (ISIN: GB00BDCPN049)
Dates of purchases:
2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 March 2020
Investment firm:
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

Individual transactions

A full breakdown of the individual transactions can be viewed at: https://www.cocacolaep.com/assets/Governance_docs/Buyback-Announcements/7bb1d7303d/200309-Weekly-Buyback-Programme_indiv-trade-details.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 9, 2020
By:
/s/ Clare Wardle
 
Name:
Clare Wardle
 
Title:
General Counsel & Company Secretary


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