Transaction in Own Shares

C&C Group plc

Transaction in own shares

10th May 2016

Pursuant to the authority given by its shareholders and in accordance with the irrevocable and non-discretionary arrangement in place with its broker, Investec Bank plc, C&C Group plc announces the purchase by the Group of its own ordinary shares of €0.01 each as follows:

Date of purchase: 9th May 2016

Number of ordinary shares purchased: 125,000

The Highest and lowest price paid was €4.02 per share

The purchase represented an average price of €4.02 per share.

The purchased shares will be cancelled. Following this purchase, the total number of ordinary shares held in treasury, which do not carry voting rights, is 9,025,000. The total number of voting rights in C&C Group plc is 317,998,664

Contact: 

David Johnston

Company Secretary