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 23, 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.)
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(Check One) Yes ¨ No ý




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23 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.

USX purchases

Daily aggregated information by trading venue


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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
16 November 2018
934
49.28
49.29
49.284647
BATS Global Markets (“BATS”)
16 November 2018
100
49.28
49.28
49.280000
Boston Stock Exchange (“BSE”)
16 November 2018
737
49.28
49.29
49.289498
BATS Global Markets Secondary Exchange (“BYX”)
16 November 2018
100
49.28
49.28
49.280000
CFX Alternative Trading (“CFX”)
16 November 2018
400
49.29
49.29
49.290000
IEX (“IEXG”)
16 November 2018
1,537
49.28
49.29
49.286994
NASDAQ
16 November 2018
300
49.28
49.29
49.286667
NYSE - National Exchange (“NSX”)
16 November 2018
169,668
48.6
49.415
49.062105
New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”)
16 November 2018
200
49.285
49.29
49.287500
OTC Markets (“OTC”)
16 November 2018
2,506
49.28
49.29
49.289362
NYSE Arca (“PSE”)
16 November 2018
200
49.28
49.29
49.285000
CBOE EDGA Equity Exchange (“XDEA”)
16 November 2018
318
49.28
49.29
49.286855
CBOE EDGX Equity Exchange (“XDEX”)
19 November 2018
300
48.87
48.9
48.880000
BATS
19 November 2018
700
48.79
48.79
48.790000
IEXG
19 November 2018
1,300
48.87
48.93
48.923077
NASDAQ
19 November 2018
241,558
48.73
49.37
48.980515
NYSE
19 November 2018
100
48.93
48.93
48.930000
OTC
19 November 2018
61,942
48.79
48.99
48.903733
PSE
19 November 2018
10,100
48.93
49.2
49.197327
XDEX
20 November 2018
200,000
47.915
48.64
48.119363
NYSE
21 November 2018
500
48.28
48.3
48.292000
BATS
21 November 2018
202
48.28
48.34
48.310297
BSE
21 November 2018
148
48.275
48.34
48.318919
BYX
21 November 2018
500
48.28
48.465
48.354000
CFX
21 November 2018
2,400
48.34
48.42
48.416667
IEXG
21 November 2018
8,775
48.28
48.475
48.406034
NASDAQ
21 November 2018
100
48.34
48.34
48.340000
NSX
21 November 2018
231,681
47.92
48.56
48.349111
NYSE
21 November 2018
900
48.42
48.42
48.420000
OTC
21 November 2018
200
48.3
48.3
48.300000
Nasdaq PSX (“PHLX”)
21 November 2018
22,794
48.25
48.34
48.284069
PSE
21 November 2018
600
48.3
48.34
48.306667
XDEX


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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:
16, 19, 20 and 21 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/4621/181123_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 23, 2018
By:
/s/ Clare Wardle
 
Name:
Clare Wardle
 
Title:
General Counsel & Company Secretary


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