Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. (Coca-Cola HBC, CCHBC) announced today that it has discontinued its discussions with C. Cardassilaris & Sons S.A. (a dry nuts company listed on the Athens Exchange).

On February 9, 2006 C. Cardassilaris & Sons S.A. and CCHBC confirmed that preliminary discussions were taking place to explore possible opportunities for co-operation. Following these discussions, CCHBC has concluded that an agreement in accordance with its investment criteria was not feasible. CCHBC has therefore decided to permanently discontinue talks with C. Cardassilaris & Sons S.A.

Coca-Cola HBC is one of the world's largest bottlers of products of The Coca-Cola Company and has operations in 26 countries serving a population of 540 million people. CCHBC shares are listed on the Athens Exchange (ATHEX: EEEK), with secondary listings on the London (LSE: CCB) and Australian (ASX: CHB) Stock Exchanges. CCHBC?s American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CCH).