June 1 2016
To all,Coca-Cola East Japan Co., Ltd.

Utilizing JOC top athlete job placement support navigation called “Athnavi”

CCEJ hires para powerlifting athlete
Hideki Odo and provide supports for the games
Coca-Cola East Japan Co., Ltd. (Representative Director & CEO: Calin Dragan, Head office: Akasaka,Minato-ku, Tokyo) is pleased to announce that we will hire the para powerlifting athlete Hideki Odo as apermanent employee as of June 16 and provide supports for the games. The job placement was madeby utilizing the top athlete job placement support navigation system called “Athnavi”, which is operated
by Japanese Olympic Committee (JPC) under an agreement with Japanese Paralympic Committee(JPC).

【Profile of athlete Odo Hideki】■ Type of sports： Para powerlifting■ Age： 41 years old■ Hometown： Aichi Prefecture■ Main records：
2008/8Peking Paralympic 75kg div. 8th place winner

2012/9London Paralympic 82.5kg div. 6th place winner

2014/10 Yingcheng 2014 Asia Para Games (Korea) 88kg div. 4th place winner
2015/9The 12th West Japan Para Powerlifting Championships 88kg div. 1stplace winner 191kg

2015/11 2015 IPC Europe Open 88kg div. 8th place winner 185kg
2016/1

The 16th Japan Para Powerlifting Championship 88kg div. 1st placewinner 170kg

2016/4

Rio 2016 Paralympic Powerlifting game 88kg div. Qualified torepresent Japan1

Photo： Fazza IPC Powerlifting World Cup Dubai 2016

■ Hire date： June 16, 2016 (to be affiliated with HR Administration, HR, CCEJ)【Comment from Mr. Odo】
This time, thanks to the opportunity, I was able to join Coca-Cola East Japan, Co., Ltd.
through the support of Athnavi. I feel very grateful that they will provide me with anenvironment where I can concentrate on the games.
I have been drinking Coca-Cola particularly as my favorite drink both during practiceand at matches, but from now on, I am very pleased that I will be able to appeal CocaCola East Japan with confidence and pride as an employee. For the Rio de Janeiro
Olympic in September, I extend my gratitude for being able to face it in the best
environment, and I will make efforts both in work and games so that I will be able to be
an athlete who can give dream and inspiration to the employees.

【For the job placement supporting the games】
Coca-Cola East Japan, which consistently leads the beverage industry, challenges
innovative initiatives to provide high-quality products and services, and aims to win trustfrom local people and be a company of choice. We feel very grateful that we will be able
to welcome Mr. Odo, who has continued to make challenges as a para powerlifting
player, and worked as a top athlete for many years.
We expect that Odo-san’s attitude of challenging in the games by exerting his full power
will strengthen the employees’ feeling of oneness further and give inspiration to them.

【JOC top athlete job placement support navigation called “Athnavi”】
It is a job placement support system operated by Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC),
which aims to promote “building a win-win relationship between the sports world andthe industry world by matching the athletes who hope to find a job in a company and thecompanies which show understanding to the sports activities, in order to stabilize thelife environment of the top athletes who aim tor the world and to create an environment
where they feel secure in continuing to play the sports”.

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【About Coca-Cola East Japan】

Coca-Cola East Japan（security code: Tokyo Stock Exchange, First Section2580） is the largest Coca-Cola bottler engaged in the manufacture and sales ofCoca-Cola products in Japan with the highest annual sales revenue.
We deliver to customers about 50 Coca-Cola beverage brands, including CocaCola, Coca-Cola Zero, Georgia and I LOHAS, across beverage categories fromcarbonated beverages, sports drinks, energy drinks and fruit juice to non-sugartea.
Coca-Cola East Japan was established on Jul 1, 2013 through the merger of 4
Coca-Cola bottlers (Coca-Cola Central Japan Co., Ltd., Mikuni Coca-Cola
Bottling Co., Ltd., Tokyo Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd., and Tone Coca-Cola
Bottling Co., Ltd.) in the Kanto and Tokai regions (Tokyo metropolitan area and12 prefectures). On Jan 1, 2016, with the integration of Sendai Coca-Cola
Bottling Co., Ltd., our sales area was expanded to include the Southern Tohoku
region (Miyagi, Fukushima, Yamagata), and currently we cover the Tokyo
metropolitan area and 15 prefectures. For more details, please go to the CocaCola East Japan website
HP page ： www.ccej.co.jp
Facebook ： https://www.facebook.com/cocacolaeastjapan

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