Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. (LSE:CCB) Inventories, Other : €550 Mil (As of Mar. 2013)

Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. was incorporated in Greece and founded in 1969. It took its current form in August 2000 through the acquisition of the Coca-Cola Beverages PLC by Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. The Company is headquartered in Athens. Its two major shareholders are the Kar-Tess Holding S.A., a private holding company, and The Coca-Cola Company. The Company and its subsidiaries are primarily engaged in the production, sales and distribution of non-alcoholic ready to drink beverages, under franchise from The Coca-Cola Company. The Company distributes its products in 27 countries in Europe and Nigeria. The Company has one business, being the production, sale and distribution of non-alcoholic, ready-to-drink beverages. The Company operates in 28 such as Austria, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and Switzerland, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, FYROM, Moldova, Montenegro, Nigeria, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Ukraine. The Company is licensed to produce, sell and distribute a range of beverages. The Coca-Cola Company owns the trademarks for most of these. It supplies the concentrates and is largely responsible for consumer marketing. The Company's product portfolio consists of the world-leading brands Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Light (diet Coke), Fanta and Sprite brands that it owns manufactures and distributes, including Amita, Avra, Deep RiverRock and Fruice brands licensed by other companies, such as Nestea and Monster. The Company produces, markets and sells its customers valuable brands, in addition to the 136 brands. In 2012, sparkling beverages of The Coca-Cola Company accounted for 62% of its sales volume, low calorie sparkling beverages accounted for 6%, while still and water beverages accounted for approximately 32% of its sales volume. With more than 30 water brands in its portfolio, it focuses on generating value through the 'on-the-go' or immediate consumption occasion.