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: 8th April 2016
Number of ordinary shares purchased: 250,000
Highest price paid was €3.90 per share and lowest price paid was €3.87 per share.
The purchase represented an average price of €3.883 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 319,403,914.
Contact:
David Johnston
Company Secretary