Transaction in Own Shares

C&C Group plc

Transaction in own shares

Pursuant to the authority given by its shareholders, C&C Group plc announces the purchase by the Group of its own ordinary shares of €0.01 each as follows:

Date of purchase: 21 January 2015

Number of ordinary shares purchased: 875,000

Highest price paid was €3.265 per share and the lowest price paid was €3.2297 per share.

The purchase represented an average price of €3.2508 per share.

The purchased shares will be held in treasury. Following this purchase, the total number of ordinary shares held in treasury, which do not carry voting rights, is 5,425,000. The total number of voting rights in C&C Group plc is 343,122,138.

Contact: 

David Johnston

Company Secretary

C&C Group plc

+353 1 5063959