Director/PDMR Shareholding

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

COCA-COLA EUROPEAN PARTNERS PLC

(the “Company”)

Notification of transactions of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities or persons closely associated with them

1.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them (“PCA”)
a)	Name	Damian Gammell
2.	Reason for notification
a)	Position / status	Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial Notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Coca-Cola European Partners plc
b)	LEI	549300LTH67W4GWMRF57
4.	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument, Identification code	Ordinary Shares of €0.01 in the Company (“Ordinary Shares”) GB00BDCPN049
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition following the automatic vesting of 39,000 Restricted Stock Units granted under the terms of the Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. 2010 Incentive Award, resulting in the issue of 39,000 Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			USD $0	39,000
d)	Aggregated information     Aggregated volume Price	Aggregated Volume: 39,000 Ordinary Shares Aggregated Price: USD $0 per share
e)	Date of the transaction	2018-10-12
f)	Place of the transaction	New York Stock Exchange (“XNYS”)

COCA-COLA EUROPEAN PARTNERS PLC
Paul van Reesch
Deputy Company Secretary
[phone]

Category Code: DSH

Sequence Number: 657458

Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20181015T143034+0100