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

October 26, 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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26 October 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

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
19 October 2018
3,025
44.89
45.26
45.034711
CBOE BZX Equity Exchange (“BATS”)
19 October 2018
2,296
44.895
45.13
44.969647
Boston Stock Exchange (“BSE”)
19 October 2018
499
44.92
45.15
45.003707
BATS Global Markets Secondary Exchange (“BYX”)
19 October 2018
4,700
44.91
45.31
45.050000
CFX Alternative Trading (“CFX”)
19 October 2018
5,400
44.955
44.995
44.987685
IEX (“IEXG”)
19 October 2018
154,929
44.85
45.3
45.082125
NASDAQ
19 October 2018
543
44.98
45.23
45.068711
NYSE National Exchange (“NSX”)
19 October 2018
7,342
44.89
45.25
45.043495
New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”)
19 October 2018
40,295
44.84
45.31
45.003743
OTC Markets (“OTC”)
19 October 2018
2,471
44.89
45.23
45.051170
NYSE Arca (“PSE”)
19 October 2018
2,600
44.86
45.19
45.014615
CBOE EDGA Equity Exchange (“XDEA”)
19 October 2018
1,900
44.89
45.23
45.016842
CBOE EDGX Equity Exchange (“XDEX”)
22 October 2018
300
44.64
44.64
44.640000
BATS
22 October 2018
402
44.67
44.67
44.670000
BSE

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22 October 2018
2,244
44.64
44.64
44.640000
NASDAQ
22 October 2018
206,354
44.505
45.19
44.685782
NYSE
22 October 2018
500
44.64
44.64
44.640000
PSE
22 October 2018
200
44.64
44.64
44.640000
XDEX
23 October 2018
2,300
43.98
44.8
44.420217
BATS
23 October 2018
400
44.05
44.81
44.572500
BSE
23 October 2018
900
44.07
44.615
44.245000
CFX
23 October 2018
400
43.98
44.78
44.382500
IEXG
23 October 2018
7,164
43.91
44.8
44.535417
NASDAQ
23 October 2018
100
44.8
44.8
44.800000
NSX
23 October 2018
107,436
43.92
44.8
44.338659
NYSE
23 October 2018
13,200
43.87
44.81
44.355379
OTC
23 October 2018
100
44.8
44.8
44.800000
Nasdaq PSX (“PHLX”)
23 October 2018
1,300
43.89
44.64
44.143077
PSE
23 October 2018
200
44.13
44.62
44.375000
XDEA
23 October 2018
1,500
43.97
44.8
44.344000
XDEX
24 October 2018
2,890
44.44
44.88
44.619711
BATS
24 October 2018
1,610
44.41
44.82
44.551429
BSE
24 October 2018
1,670
44.42
44.55
44.517006
BYX
24 October 2018
6,200
44.405
44.615
44.477258
CFX
24 October 2018
1,000
44.49
44.71
44.517000
IEXG
24 October 2018
13,529
44.39
44.89
44.574455
NASDAQ
24 October 2018
400
44.49
44.5
44.495000
NSX
24 October 2018
167,501
44.39
44.88
44.641911
NYSE
24 October 2018
31,690
44.41
44.86
44.590279
OTC
24 October 2018
400
44.49
44.71
44.555000
PHLX
24 October 2018
5,892
44.39
44.86
44.611052
PSE
24 October 2018
918
44.4
44.89
44.664292
XDEA
24 October 2018
1,300
44.42
44.74
44.504615
XDEX
25 October 2018
1,844
43.05
43.72
43.490347
BATS
25 October 2018
600
42.98
43.59
43.306667
BSE
25 October 2018
577
42.98
43.75
43.417244
BYX
25 October 2018
1,300
43
43.81
43.556923
CFX
25 October 2018
700
43.56
43.745
43.659286
IEXG
25 October 2018
162,325
43.03
43.9
43.624282
NASDAQ
25 October 2018
630
42.98
43.72
43.432381
NSX
25 October 2018
5,186
42.97
43.81
43.533039
NYSE
25 October 2018
13,124
43
43.85
43.586745
OTC
25 October 2018
5,100
42.99
43.81
43.503333
PSE
25 October 2018
500
43
43.72
43.400000
XDEA
25 October 2018
1,114
42.99
43.86
43.404847
XDEX

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:
19, 22, 23, 24 and 25 October 2018
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/4311/181026_Weekly_Buyback_Programme_trade_details_calcs_Cover_page.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: October 26, 2018
By:
/s/ Clare Wardle
 
Name:
Clare Wardle
 
Title:
General Counsel & Company Secretary


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