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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, DC&nbsp;20549 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM S-8 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION
STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:20pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>COCA-COLA
EUROPEAN PARTNERS PLC </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>England and Wales</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>98-1267571</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Enterprises House </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Bakers Road, </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Uxbridge
UB8 1 EZ </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>+44 (0)20 7400 3333 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address and telephone number of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Coca-Cola European Partners plc Long-Term Incentive Plan 2016 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Coca-Cola Enterprises UK Employee Share Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Coca-Cola Enterprises Belgium/Coca-Cola Enterprises Services Belgian and Luxembourg Share Savings </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Plan with respect to shares of Coca-Cola European Partners plc </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plans) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Puglisi&nbsp;&amp; Associates </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>850 Library Avenue </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Suite
204 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Newark, DE 19711 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Attention: Service of Process Department </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and Address of Agent For Service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(302) 738-6680 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copies to: </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Harry
S. Pangas, Esq. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Sutherland Asbill&nbsp;&amp; Brennan LLP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>700 Sixth Street, NW, Suite 700 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, DC 20001 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Telephone: (202)&nbsp;383-0100 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Facsimile: (202)&nbsp;637-3593 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting
company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title of securities</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be registered</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title of Plan</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amount<BR></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be<BR>registered (1)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><B>Proposed<BR>maximum<BR>offering price<BR>per share (2)</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Proposed<BR>maximum<BR>aggregate</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>offering&nbsp;price (2)</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amount&nbsp;of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>registration&nbsp;fee</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ordinary Shares, nominal value &#128;0.01 per share</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Coca-Cola&nbsp;European</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Partners&nbsp;plc&nbsp;Long-Term</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Incentive&nbsp;Plan&nbsp;2016</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">12,000,000</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$38.62</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$463,440,000</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$46,668.41</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ordinary Shares, nominal value &#128;0.01 per share</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Coca-Cola&nbsp;Enterprises</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">UK&nbsp;Employee&nbsp;Share&nbsp;Plan</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">3,000,000</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$38.62</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$115,860,000</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$11,667.11</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ordinary Shares, nominal value &#128;0.01 per share</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Coca-Cola&nbsp;Enterprises</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Belgium/Coca-Cola</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Enterprises&nbsp;Services&nbsp;Belgian</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">and&nbsp;Luxembourg&nbsp;Share</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Savings&nbsp;Plan&nbsp;with&nbsp;respect&nbsp;to</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">shares&nbsp;of&nbsp;Coca-Cola</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">European&nbsp;Partners&nbsp;plc</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">1,000,000</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$38.62</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$38,620,000</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$3,889.04</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>TOTAL</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">16,000,000</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#151;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$617,920,000</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$62,225&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<U>Securities Act</U>&#148;), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional Ordinary Shares, nominal value
&#128;0.01&nbsp;per share (&#147;<U>Ordinary Shares</U>&#148;), of Coca-Cola European Partners plc, formerly known as Spark Orange Limited and Coca-Cola European Partners Limited (the &#147;<U>Registrant</U>&#148;), which may be offered and issued
to prevent dilution resulting from adjustments as a result of stock dividends, stock splits, reverse stock splits, recapitalizations, reclassifications, mergers, split-ups, reorganizations, consolidations and other capital adjustments.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.&nbsp;Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate
offering price have been determined on the basis of the average of the high and low market prices of the Ordinary Shares as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May&nbsp;31, 2016. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The information specified in Items 1 and 2 of Part I of Form S-8 will not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;<U>SEC</U>&#148;) either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements in accordance with the provisions of Rule 424 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents
containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to the respective participants in the plans covered by this Registration Statement and as required by Rule 428(b)(1). Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;3.&nbsp;Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We hereby incorporate, or will be deemed to have incorporated, herein by reference the following documents: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The final prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act on April&nbsp;11, 2016, as supplemented and
amended by the prospectus supplement filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act on May&nbsp;11, 2016, relating to the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;F-4, as amended (File No.&nbsp;333-208556); </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;<U>Exchange
Act</U>&#148;), since the date of the document referred to in (a) above; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The description of the Registrant&#146;s Ordinary Shares
contained in the Registrant&#146;s registration statement filed&nbsp;on Form 8-A with the SEC on May&nbsp;31, 2016, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement which indicates that all of the Ordinary Shares registered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all of such shares then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC
rules&nbsp;shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such earlier statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;4.&nbsp;Description of Securities. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not Applicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;5.&nbsp;Interests
of Named Experts and Counsel. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not Applicable. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item 6.&nbsp;Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the Registrant&#146;s Articles of Association (the &#147;<U>Articles</U>&#148;), and to the fullest extent permitted by the U.K.
Companies Act 2006, as amended (the &#147;<U>Companies Act</U>&#148;), and without prejudice to any indemnity to which he or she may otherwise be entitled, the Registrant may indemnify any director or former director of the Registrant or of any
associated company, against any liability and may purchase and maintain insurance against any liability for such director or former director, as applicable. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subject to certain exceptions, English law does not permit the Registrant to indemnify a director
against any liability attaching to him or her in connection with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the Registrant. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The exceptions allow the Registrant to: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) purchase and maintain director and officer insurance insuring its directors or the directors of an &#147;associated company&#148;
(<I>i.e.</I>, a company that is a parent, subsidiary or sister company of the Registrant) against any liability attaching in connection with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust owed to the company of which he or she is a
director; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) provide a qualifying third-party indemnity provision that permits the Registrant to indemnify its directors and directors of
an associated company in respect of proceedings brought by third parties (covering both legal costs and the amount of any adverse judgment), except for (i)&nbsp;the legal costs of an unsuccessful defense of criminal proceedings or civil proceedings
brought by the Registrant or an associated company, or the legal costs incurred in connection with certain specified applications by the director for relief where the court refuses to grant the relief, (ii)&nbsp;fines imposed in criminal
proceedings, and (iii)&nbsp;penalties imposed by regulatory bodies; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) loan funds to a director to meet expenditure incurred defending
civil and criminal proceedings against him or her (even if the action is brought by the Registrant itself), or expenditure incurred applying for certain specified relief, subject to the requirement that the loan must be on terms that it is repaid if
the defense or application for relief is unsuccessful; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(4) provide a qualifying pension scheme indemnity provision, that allows the
Registrant to indemnify a director of a company that is a trustee of an occupational pension scheme against liability incurred in connection with such director&#146;s activities as a trustee of the scheme (subject to certain exceptions). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant&#146;s directors, as well as certain senior management members, will be insured under a directors and officers insurance policy
to be obtained by the Registrant. The insurance policy will provide for wide coverage, but the directors and officers may incur uninsured liabilities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On August&nbsp;6, 2015, the Registrant, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. (&#147;<U>CCE</U>&#148;), Coca-Cola European Partners Holdings US, Inc.,
formerly known as Orange U.S. HoldCo, LLC, and Coca-Cola European Partners US, LLC, formerly known as Orange MergeCo, LLC (&#147;<U>MergeCo</U>&#148;), entered into a Merger Agreement (the &#147;<U>Merger Agreement</U>&#148;). The Merger Agreement
provided that CCE would merge with and into MergeCo (the &#147;<U>Merger</U>&#148;), with MergeCo continuing as the surviving company and an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant. The Merger was part of the combination of CCE and the
companies that own the Coca-Cola bottling operations in Germany, the Iberian region (i.e., Spain, Portugal and Andorra) and Iceland under the Registrant (such combination is referred to herein as the &#147;<U>Combination</U>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, following the completion of the Combination (the &#147;<U>Completion</U>&#148;), the Registrant is
required to honor and fulfill in all material respects the obligations of CCE under any and all indemnification agreements between CCE and any of its current or former directors and officers and any person who became a director or officer of CCE or
any of its subsidiaries prior to the Completion (such persons, &#147;<U>Indemnified Persons</U>&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, during the period
commencing at the Completion and ending on the sixth anniversary of the Completion, the Registrant is required to cause the limited liability company operating agreement (and other similar organizational documents) of MergeCo to contain provisions
with respect to indemnification, exculpation and the advancement of expenses that are at least as favorable as the indemnification, exculpation and advancement of expenses provisions set forth in the charters and bylaws (or other similar
organizational documents) of CCE as of the date of the Merger Agreement, and during such six-year period such provisions may not be repealed, amended or otherwise modified in any manner adverse to any Indemnified Person, except as required by
applicable law. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, during the period commencing at the Completion and ending on the sixth
anniversary of the Completion, the Registrant is required to cause MergeCo to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any losses in connection with any proceeding to the fullest extent that CCE would have been permitted to do so under
applicable law, to the extent such proceeding arises directly or indirectly out of or </P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">2 </P>


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pertains directly or indirectly to (i)&nbsp;any action or omission or alleged action or omission in such Indemnified Person&#146;s capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent of CCE or any
of its subsidiaries or other affiliates for such action or omission, or alleged action or omission, that occurred prior to or at the Completion. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Registrant is required to, as of the Completion, obtain and fully pay the premium (in each case,
at the Registrant&#146;s expense) for the extension of (i)&nbsp;the directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability coverage of CCE&#146;s or any of its subsidiaries&#146; existing directors&#146; and officers&#146; insurance policies and
(ii)&nbsp;CCE&#146;s or any of its subsidiaries&#146; existing fiduciary liability insurance policies (collectively, &#147;<U>D&amp;O Insurance</U>&#148;), in each case for a claims reporting or discovery period of at least six (6)&nbsp;years from
and after Completion with respect to any claim involving any Indemnified Person in respect of acts or omissions occurring prior to Completion and with a carrier and upon terms that were reasonably acceptable to CCE and that were, with respect to
coverage and amount, no less favorable than those of CCE&#146;s or any of its subsidiaries&#146; existing D&amp;O Insurance; provided that the limit on the aggregate cost of such policy that the Registrant must pay is 300% of CCE&#146;s annual
premium for D&amp;O Insurance for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2014. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">CCE&#146;s by-laws provided that CCE would indemnify each person
who is made a party to any action, suit or proceeding (civil, criminal, administrative or investigative) by reason of the fact that they were a former director, officer or employee or were serving at the request of CCE as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, to the fullest extent allowed by Delaware law for all expenses, liability and loss
(including attorneys&#146; fees, judgments, fines, ERISA, excise taxes or penalties and amounts to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;7.&nbsp;Exemption from Registration Claimed. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;8.&nbsp;Exhibits.
</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:51.70pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Exhibit&nbsp;Number</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Articles of Association of Coca-Cola European Partners plc (formerly known as Spark Orange Limited and Coca-Cola European Partners Limited)*</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Coca-Cola European Partners plc Long-Term Incentive Plan 2016*</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Trust Deed and Rules of the Coca-Cola Enterprises UK Employee Share Plan*</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Rules of the Coca-Cola Enterprises Belgium/Coca-Cola Enterprises Services Belgian and Luxembourg Share Savings Plan with respect to shares of Coca-Cola European Partners plc*</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Slaughter and May regarding legality*</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Slaughter and May (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5)*</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm of Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.*</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Deloitte, S.L., independent auditors of Coca-Cola Iberian Partners, S.A.U. (formerly known as Coca-Cola Iberian Partners, S.A.)*</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young GmbH Wirtschaftspr&uuml;fungsgesellschaft, independent registered public accounting firm of Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetr&auml;nke GmbH (formerly known as Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetr&auml;nke
Aktiengesellschaft)*</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Power of Attorney*</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Filed herewith. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
the SEC pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in
the effective Registration Statement; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report
pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Uxbridge, Middlesex, on this 1st day of June, 2016. </P>
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</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>L.&nbsp;Phillip Humann</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Orrin H. Ingram II</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>V&eacute;ronique Morali</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Garry Watts</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Francisco Ruiz de la Torre Esporr&iacute;n</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Mario Rotllant Sol&aacute;</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Irial Finan</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Javier Ferr&aacute;n</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Christine Cross</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Donald J. Puglisi</B></TD>
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Associates</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Suzanne N. Forlidas,</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Coca-Cola European Partners plc Long-Term Incentive Plan 2016</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Trust Deed and Rules of the Coca-Cola Enterprises UK Employee Share Plan</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Deloitte, S.L., independent auditors of Coca-Cola Iberian Partners, S.A.U. (formerly known as Coca-Cola Iberian Partners, S.A.)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young GmbH Wirtschaftspr&uuml;fungsgesellschaft, independent registered public accounting firm of Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetr&auml;nke GmbH (formerly known as Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetr&auml;nke
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 1, 2016
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
COCA-COLA
EUROPEAN PARTNERS PLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
England and Wales
98-1267571
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
Enterprises House
Bakers Road,
Uxbridge
UB8 1 EZ
+44 (0)20 7400 3333
(Address and telephone number of registrant's principal executive offices)
Coca-Cola European Partners plc Long-Term Incentive Plan 2016
Coca-Cola Enterprises UK Employee Share Plan
Coca-Cola Enterprises Belgium/Coca-Cola Enterprises Services Belgian and Luxembourg Share Savings
Plan with respect to shares of Coca-Cola European Partners plc
(Full title of the plans)
Puglisi & Associates
850 Library Avenue
Suite
204
Newark, DE 19711
Attention: Service of Process Department
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(302) 738-6680
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Harry
S. Pangas, Esq.
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
700 Sixth Street, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20001
Telephone: (202) 383-0100
Facsimile: (202) 637-3593
Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting
company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
¨
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
x
Smaller reporting company
¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
to be registered
Title of Plan
Amount
to be
registered (1)
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share (2)
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price (2)
Amount of
registration fee
Ordinary Shares, nominal value €0.01 per share
Coca-Cola European
Partners plc Long-Term
Incentive Plan 2016
12,000,000
$38.62
$463,440,000
$46,668.41
Ordinary Shares, nominal value €0.01 per share
Coca-Cola Enterprises
UK Employee Share Plan
3,000,000
$38.62
$115,860,000
$11,667.11
Ordinary Shares, nominal value €0.01 per share
Coca-Cola Enterprises
Belgium/Coca-Cola
Enterprises Services Belgian
and Luxembourg Share
Savings Plan with respect to
shares of Coca-Cola
European Partners plc
1,000,000
$38.62
$38,620,000
$3,889.04
TOTAL
16,000,000
—
$617,920,000
$62,225
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "
Securities Act
"), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional Ordinary Shares, nominal value
€0.01 per share ("
Ordinary Shares
"), of Coca-Cola European Partners plc, formerly known as Spark Orange Limited and Coca-Cola European Partners Limited (the "
Registrant
"), which may be offered and issued
to prevent dilution resulting from adjustments as a result of stock dividends, stock splits, reverse stock splits, recapitalizations, reclassifications, mergers, split-ups, reorganizations, consolidations and other capital adjustments.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate
offering price have been determined on the basis of the average of the high and low market prices of the Ordinary Shares as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May 31, 2016.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information specified in Items 1 and 2 of Part I of Form S-8 will not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"
SEC
") either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements in accordance with the provisions of Rule 424 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents
containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to the respective participants in the plans covered by this Registration Statement and as required by Rule 428(b)(1). Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
We hereby incorporate, or will be deemed to have incorporated, herein by reference the following documents:
(a) The final prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act on April 11, 2016, as supplemented and
amended by the prospectus supplement filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act on May 11, 2016, relating to the Registration Statement on Form F-4, as amended (File No. 333-208556);
(b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "
Exchange
Act
"), since the date of the document referred to in (a) above;
(c) The description of the Registrant's Ordinary Shares
contained in the Registrant's registration statement filed on Form 8-A with the SEC on May 31, 2016, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description; and
(d) All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement which indicates that all of the Ordinary Shares registered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all of such shares then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC
rules shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such earlier statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Interests
of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not Applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Pursuant to the Registrant's Articles of Association (the "
Articles
"), and to the fullest extent permitted by the U.K.
Companies Act 2006, as amended (the "
Companies Act
"), and without prejudice to any indemnity to which he or she may otherwise be entitled, the Registrant may indemnify any director or former director of the Registrant or of any
associated company, against any liability and may purchase and maintain insurance against any liability for such director or former director, as applicable.
1
Subject to certain exceptions, English law does not permit the Registrant to indemnify a director
against any liability attaching to him or her in connection with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the Registrant.
The exceptions allow the Registrant to:
(1) purchase and maintain director and officer insurance insuring its directors or the directors of an "associated company"
(
i.e.
, a company that is a parent, subsidiary or sister company of the Registrant) against any liability attaching in connection with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust owed to the company of which he or she is a
director;
(2) provide a qualifying third-party indemnity provision that permits the Registrant to indemnify its directors and directors of
an associated company in respect of proceedings brought by third parties (covering both legal costs and the amount of any adverse judgment), except for (i) the legal costs of an unsuccessful defense of criminal proceedings or civil proceedings
brought by the Registrant or an associated company, or the legal costs incurred in connection with certain specified applications by the director for relief where the court refuses to grant the relief, (ii) fines imposed in criminal
proceedings, and (iii) penalties imposed by regulatory bodies;
(3) loan funds to a director to meet expenditure incurred defending
civil and criminal proceedings against him or her (even if the action is brought by the Registrant itself), or expenditure incurred applying for certain specified relief, subject to the requirement that the loan must be on terms that it is repaid if
the defense or application for relief is unsuccessful; and
(4) provide a qualifying pension scheme indemnity provision, that allows the
Registrant to indemnify a director of a company that is a trustee of an occupational pension scheme against liability incurred in connection with such director's activities as a trustee of the scheme (subject to certain exceptions).
The Registrant's directors, as well as certain senior management members, will be insured under a directors and officers insurance policy
to be obtained by the Registrant. The insurance policy will provide for wide coverage, but the directors and officers may incur uninsured liabilities.
On August 6, 2015, the Registrant, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. ("
CCE
"), Coca-Cola European Partners Holdings US, Inc.,
formerly known as Orange U.S. HoldCo, LLC, and Coca-Cola European Partners US, LLC, formerly known as Orange MergeCo, LLC ("
MergeCo
"), entered into a Merger Agreement (the "
Merger Agreement
"). The Merger Agreement
provided that CCE would merge with and into MergeCo (the "
Merger
"), with MergeCo continuing as the surviving company and an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant. The Merger was part of the combination of CCE and the
companies that own the Coca-Cola bottling operations in Germany, the Iberian region (i.e., Spain, Portugal and Andorra) and Iceland under the Registrant (such combination is referred to herein as the "
Combination
").
Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, following the completion of the Combination (the "
Completion
"), the Registrant is
required to honor and fulfill in all material respects the obligations of CCE under any and all indemnification agreements between CCE and any of its current or former directors and officers and any person who became a director or officer of CCE or
any of its subsidiaries prior to the Completion (such persons, "
Indemnified Persons
").
In addition, during the period
commencing at the Completion and ending on the sixth anniversary of the Completion, the Registrant is required to cause the limited liability company operating agreement (and other similar organizational documents) of MergeCo to contain provisions
with respect to indemnification, exculpation and the advancement of expenses that are at least as favorable as the indemnification, exculpation and advancement of expenses provisions set forth in the charters and bylaws (or other similar
organizational documents) of CCE as of the date of the Merger Agreement, and during such six-year period such provisions may not be repealed, amended or otherwise modified in any manner adverse to any Indemnified Person, except as required by
applicable law.
Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, during the period commencing at the Completion and ending on the sixth
anniversary of the Completion, the Registrant is required to cause MergeCo to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any losses in connection with any proceeding to the fullest extent that CCE would have been permitted to do so under
applicable law, to the extent such proceeding arises directly or indirectly out of or
2
pertains directly or indirectly to (i) any action or omission or alleged action or omission in such Indemnified Person's capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent of CCE or any
of its subsidiaries or other affiliates for such action or omission, or alleged action or omission, that occurred prior to or at the Completion.
Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Registrant is required to, as of the Completion, obtain and fully pay the premium (in each case,
at the Registrant's expense) for the extension of (i) the directors' and officers' liability coverage of CCE's or any of its subsidiaries' existing directors' and officers' insurance policies and
(ii) CCE's or any of its subsidiaries' existing fiduciary liability insurance policies (collectively, "
D&O Insurance
"), in each case for a claims reporting or discovery period of at least six (6) years from
and after Completion with respect to any claim involving any Indemnified Person in respect of acts or omissions occurring prior to Completion and with a carrier and upon terms that were reasonably acceptable to CCE and that were, with respect to
coverage and amount, no less favorable than those of CCE's or any of its subsidiaries' existing D&O Insurance; provided that the limit on the aggregate cost of such policy that the Registrant must pay is 300% of CCE's annual
premium for D&O Insurance for the year ended December 31, 2014.
CCE's by-laws provided that CCE would indemnify each person
who is made a party to any action, suit or proceeding (civil, criminal, administrative or investigative) by reason of the fact that they were a former director, officer or employee or were serving at the request of CCE as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, to the fullest extent allowed by Delaware law for all expenses, liability and loss
(including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA, excise taxes or penalties and amounts to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit Number
Description
3
Articles of Association of Coca-Cola European Partners plc (formerly known as Spark Orange Limited and Coca-Cola European Partners Limited)*
4.1
Coca-Cola European Partners plc Long-Term Incentive Plan 2016*
4.2
Trust Deed and Rules of the Coca-Cola Enterprises UK Employee Share Plan*
4.3
Rules of the Coca-Cola Enterprises Belgium/Coca-Cola Enterprises Services Belgian and Luxembourg Share Savings Plan with respect to shares of Coca-Cola European Partners plc*
5
Opinion of Slaughter and May regarding legality*
23.1
Consent of Slaughter and May (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5)*
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm of Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.*
23.3
Consent of Deloitte, S.L., independent auditors of Coca-Cola Iberian Partners, S.A.U. (formerly known as Coca-Cola Iberian Partners, S.A.)*
23.4
Consent of Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, independent registered public accounting firm of Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetränke GmbH (formerly known as Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetränke
Aktiengesellschaft)*
24
Power of Attorney*
*
Filed herewith.
3
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in
the effective Registration Statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
4
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Uxbridge, Middlesex, on this 1st day of June, 2016.
COCA-COLA EUROPEAN PARTNERS PLC
By:
*
John F. Brock
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed
below by the following persons in the capacities indicated and on the dates indicated.
Name
Title
Date
*
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer); Director
June 1, 2016
John F. Brock
*
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
June 1, 2016
Manik H. Jhangiani
*
Chairman and Director
June 1, 2016
Sol Daurella Comadrán
*
Director
June 1, 2016
L. Phillip Humann
*
Director
June 1, 2016
Thomas H. Johnson
*
Director
June 1, 2016
Curtis R. Welling
*
Director
June 1, 2016
Jan Bennink
*
Director
June 1, 2016
Orrin H. Ingram II
*
Director
June 1, 2016
Véronique Morali
*
Director
June 1, 2016
Garry Watts
5
*
Director
June 1, 2016
José Ignacio Comenge Sánchez-Real
*
Director
June 1, 2016
Alfonso Líbano Daurella
*
Director
June 1, 2016
Francisco Ruiz de la Torre Esporrín
*
Director
June 1, 2016
Mario Rotllant Solá
*
Director
June 1, 2016
J. Alexander M. Douglas, Jr.
*
Director
June 1, 2016
Irial Finan
*
Director
June 1, 2016
Javier Ferrán
*
Director
June 1, 2016
Christine Cross
/s/ Donald J. Puglisi
Authorized Representative
in the United States
June 1, 2016
Donald J. Puglisi
Managing Director
Puglisi &
Associates
* By:
/S/ SUZANNE N. FORLIDAS
Suzanne N. Forlidas,
Attorney-in-Fact
6
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Description
3
Articles of Association of Coca-Cola European Partners plc (formerly known as Spark Orange Limited and
Coca-Cola
European Partners Limited)
4.1
Coca-Cola European Partners plc Long-Term Incentive Plan 2016
4.2
Trust Deed and Rules of the Coca-Cola Enterprises UK Employee Share Plan
4.3
Rules of the Coca-Cola Enterprises Belgium/Coca-Cola Enterprises Services Belgian and Luxembourg Share Savings Plan with respect to shares of Coca-Cola European Partners plc
5
Opinion of Slaughter and May regarding legality
23.1
Consent of Slaughter and May (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5)
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm of Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.
23.3
Consent of Deloitte, S.L., independent auditors of Coca-Cola Iberian Partners, S.A.U. (formerly known as Coca-Cola Iberian Partners, S.A.)
23.4
Consent of Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, independent registered public accounting firm of Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetränke GmbH (formerly known as Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetränke
Aktiengesellschaft)
24
Power of Attorney