C&C : s) in Company

RNS Number : 6973Y

C&C Group Plc

03 January 2020

Standard Form TR-1

Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuerandto the Central Bank of Ireland)i

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedii:

C & C Group Plc

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

[ ] An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

• ] An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments [ü] An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
• ] Other (please specify)iii:

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation iv :

Name:	City and country of registered office (if applicable):
FMR LLC	Wilmington, USA

1. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v:
2. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached vi:

01 January 2020

6. Date on which issuer notified:

02 January 2020

1. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
2. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

	% of voting rights	% of voting rights		Total number of
	through financial
	attached to	Total of both in %
	instruments	voting rights of
	shares (total of	(9.A + 9.B)
	(total of 9.B.1 +	issuervii
	9.A)
	9.B.2)
Resulting
situation on the
date on which	8.82%	0.00%	8.82%	310,328,021
threshold was
crossed or
reached
Position of
previous	8.24%	0.00%	8.24%
notification (if
applicable)

9. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of	Number of voting rightsix	% of voting rights
shares
ISIN code (if
possible)	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
IE00B010DT83		27,379,497		8.82%
SUBTOTAL A		27,379,479		8.82%

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation 17(1)(a) of the Regulations

Type of	Expiration	Exercise/
financial	datex	Conversion Periodxi
instrument

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is

• of voting rights

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exercised/converted.

SUBTOTAL B.1

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Regulation 17(1)(b) of the Regulations

Type of	Expiration	Exercise/	Physical or	Number of	% of voting
financial	Conversion	cash
instrument	datex	Period xi	settlementxii	voting rights	rights

SUBTOTAL

B.2

10. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please tick the applicable box):

• ] Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly

an interest in the (underlying) issuer.xiii

[ü] Fullchain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural

person or legal entityxiv:

	% of voting rights	% of voting rights
	through financial	Total of both if it
	if it equals or is
Namexv	instruments if it	equals or is higher
higher than the
equals or is higher	than the notifiable
	notifiable	than the notifiable	threshold
	threshold
	threshold
FMR LLC
FIAM Holdings LLC
FIAM LLC
FMR LLC
FIAM Holdings LLC

Fidelity Institutional

Asset Management Trust

Company

FMR LLC
Fidelity Management &	5.77%	5.77%
Research Company LLC

1. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [% and number] voting rights as of [date]
2. Additional informationxvi:

With effect from 1st January 2020, Fidelity Management & Research Company has changed name to Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC . In addition, FMR Co., Inc, FIMM, and SelectCo have also merged into Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC .

Done at Dublin 02 January 2020

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