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

November 30, 2018

COCA-COLA EUROPEAN PARTNERS PLC

Pemberton House, Bakers Road
Uxbridge, UB8 1EZ, United Kingdom
(Address of principal executive office)

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30 November 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
26 November 2018
300
48.905
48.905
48.905000
BATS Global Markets (“BATS”)
26 November 2018
300
48.905
48.905
48.905000
Boston Stock Exchange (“BSE”)
26 November 2018
300
48.905
48.905
48.905000
BATS Global Markets Secondary
Exchange (“BYX”)
26 November 2018
1,300
48.905
48.905
48.905000
CFX Alternative Trading (“CFX”)
26 November 2018
1,000
48.905
48.905
48.905000
IEX (“IEXG”)
26 November 2018
300
48.905
48.905
48.905000
NASDAQ (“NASDAQ”)
26 November 2018
125,000
48.47
49.11
48.803424
New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”)
26 November 2018
900
48.905
48.905
48.905000
OTC Markets
(“OTC”)
26 November 2018
300
48.905
48.905
48.905000
NYSE Arca (“PSE”)
26 November 2018
300
48.905
48.905
48.905000
CBOE EDGA Equity Exchange
(“XDEA”)
27 November 2018
100,000
48.20
48.60
48.436799
NYSE
27 November 2018
5,000
48.4025
48.405
48.404850
OTC
27 November 2018
5,000
48.33
48.33
48.330000
PSE
28 November 2018
700
48.95
49.00
48.982857
BATS
28 November 2018
100
48.95
48.95
48.950000
BSE
28 November 2018
200
48.95
49.00
48.975000
BYX
28 November 2018
100
49.00
49.00
49.000000
CFX
28 November 2018
200
48.96
48.98
48.970000
IEXG
28 November 2018
1,015
48.95
49.00
48.974089
NASDAQ
28 November 2018
200
48.96
48.96
48.960000
NYSE - National Exchange (“NSX”)
28 November 2018
60,963
47.96
49.00
48.303098
NYSE
28 November 2018
300
48.95
49.00
48.983333
OTC
28 November 2018
819
48.95
49.00
48.983443
PSE
28 November 2018
200
48.95
49.00
48.975000
XDEA
28 November 2018
403
48.95
49.00
48.977519
CBOE EDGX Equity Exchange
(“XDEX”)
29 November 2018
140,000
48.65
49.24
49.011759
NYSE
29 November 2018
100,000
48.83
49.12
48.920000
OTC

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:
26, 27, 28 and 29 November
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/4641/181130_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: November 30, 2018
By:
/s/ Clare Wardle
 
Name:
Clare Wardle
 
Title:
General Counsel & Company Secretary


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