Holding(s) in Company

C&C Group Plc
24 May 2004

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.


1.    Name of company                               2.  Name of shareholder having a major interest

      C & C Group plc                                   CIE Management 11 Limited


3.    Please state whether notification indicates   4.  Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than
      that it is in respect of holding of the           one holder, the number of shares held by each of
      shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of     them
      a non-beneficial interest or in the case of
      an individual holder if it is a holding of
      that person's spouse or children under the
      age of 18                                         CIE Management 11 Ltd (as general partner of BC
                                                        European Capital VI - 1 to 12 and 14)  48,258,008
                                                        ordinary shares (including 6,894,206 overallotment
                                                        redeemable shares)
      CIE Management 11 Limited
                                                        CIE Management 11 Ltd (as general partner of BC
                                                        European Capital V - 1 to 10)  9,350,761 ordinary
                                                        shares

                                                        (including 1,335,862 overallotment redeemable
                                                        shares)

5.    Number of shares/    6.  Percentage of issued 7.  Number of shares/amount   8. Percentage of issued
      amount of stock          class                    of stock disposed            class
      acquired

      N/A                      N/A                      N/A                          N/A

9. Class of security                              10.    Date of transaction     11.   Date company
                                                                                       informed
                                                                                       
   Ordinary shares of E0.01 each                         19 May 2004                   21 May 2004


12.   Total holding following this notification     13.    Total percentage holding of issued class
                                                           following this notification

      57,608,769 (inc. 8,230,068 overallotment             17.95%
      redeemable shares of e0.01 each)


14.   Any additional information                    15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

      See attached letter                               Noreen O'Kelly
                                                        Group Secretary
                                                        + 353 1 616 1103

16.   Name and signature of authorised company official
      responsible for making this notification

      Noreen O'Kelly
      Group Secretary


Date of notification ______24 May _______________20 04_________



                           CIE Management II Limited
                                Trafalgar Court
                                  Les Banques
                                 St. Peter Port
                                    Guernsey

To:       The Company Secretary                              Date:   19 May 2004
          C&C Group plc
          Kylemore Park
          Dublin 10


C&C Group plc (the "Company")

Dear Sirs


In fulfilment of the obligations imposed by Sections 67 to 71 of, and otherwise
by, Chapter 2 of Part IV of the Companies Act, 1990, we hereby give you notice
of the subsistence, immediately after the time when the obligation to make this
notification arose, of our interest in 57,608,769 ordinary shares of €0.01 each
(including, for these purposes, 8,230,068 overallotment redeemable shares of
€0.01 each) in the capital of the Company.  These shares are registered in the
following names:

48,258,008 ordinary shares (including 6,894,206 overallotment redeemable shares)
registered in the name of CIE Management II Limited (as general partner of BC
European Capital VI LP1, LP2, LP3, LP4, LP5, LP6, LP7, LP8, LP9, LP10, LP11,
LP12 and LP14)

9,350,761 ordinary shares (including 1,335,862 overallotment redeemable shares)
registered in the name of CIE Management II Limited (as general partner of BC
European Capital V LP1, LP2, LP3, LP4, LP5, LP6, LP7, LP8, LP9 and LP10)

Please record the above particulars in the register maintained by you for the
purposes of Sections 67 to 71 of the Companies Act, 1990, as required by Section
80 of the Companies Act, 1990.


Yours faithfully


.......................................

For and on behalf of

CIE Management II Limited (as general partner of BC European Capital VI LP1,
LP2, LP3, LP4, LP5, LP6, LP7, LP8, LP9, LP10, LP11, LP12 and LP14 and as general
partner of BC European Capital V LP1, LP2, LP3, LP4, LP5, LP6, LP7, LP8, LP9 and
LP10)


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