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: 8 August 2016

Number of ordinary shares purchased: 100,000

Highest and the lowest price paid per share was €3.69.

The purchase represented an average price of €3.69 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 315,876,688.

Contact: 

David Johnston

Company Secretary