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: 11 February 2016

Number of ordinary shares purchased: 800,000

Highest price paid was €3.425 per share and the lowest price paid was €3.415 per share.

The purchase represented an average price of €3.4231 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 9,025,000. The total number of voting rights in C&C Group plc is 321,662,714

Contact: 

David Johnston

Company Secretary

C&C Group plc