C&C : s) in Company

RNS Number : 5085Z

C&C Group Plc

10 January 2020

Standard Form TR-1

Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer andto 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):

[X] An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

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

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv :

Name:	City and country of registered office (if applicable):
BlackRock, Inc.	Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.

1. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v:
2. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi: 9th January 2020
3. Date on which issuer notified: 10th January 2020
4. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

Voting rights attached to shares for BlackRock, Inc. have gone below 4%.

8. 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	3.997%	0.01%	4.00%	310,328,021
threshold was
crossed or
reached
Position of
previous	4.00%	N/A	4.00%
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			12,404,498			3.997%
SUBTOTAL A		12,404,498		3.997%

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

			Number of voting
Type of	Expiration	Exercise/	rights that may be	% of voting
financial	datex	Conversion Periodxi	acquired if the	rights
instrument	instrument is
			exercised/converted.

SUBTOTAL B.1

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Regulation

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17(1)(b) of the Regulations

Type of	Expiration	Exercise/	Physical or cash	Number of	% of voting
financial	Conversion	voting
instrument	datex	Period xi	settlementxii	rights	rights
CFD	N/A	N/A	Cash settlement	19,216	0.01%
			SUBTOTAL B.2	19,216	0.01%

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

1. 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 if	% of voting rights	Total of both if it
	through financial
Namexv	it equals or is higher	instruments if it	equals or is higher
than the notifiable	equals or is higher	than the notifiable
	threshold	than the notifiable	threshold
		threshold

See attachment

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:

Done at 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K. on 10th January 2020.

	% of voting	% of voting
	rights through	Total of both
	rights if it	financial
	if it equals or
Namexv	equals or is	instruments if it
is higher than
higher than	equals or is
	the notifiable	higher than the	the notifiable
	threshold
	threshold	notifiable
		threshold
BlackRock, Inc.
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.
BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.
BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC
BlackRock Cayman 1 LP
BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco
Limited
BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV
Limited
BlackRock Group Limited

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BlackRock Finance Europe Limited

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited

BlackRock, Inc.

BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.

BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.

BlackRock Australia Holdco Pty. Ltd.

BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited

BlackRock, Inc.

BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC

BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC

BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc.

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association

BlackRock, Inc.

BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC

BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC

BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc.

BlackRock Fund Advisors

BlackRock, Inc.

BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.

BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.

BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC

BlackRock Canada Holdings LP

BlackRock Canada Holdings ULC

BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited

BlackRock, Inc.

BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc.

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock, Inc.

BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.

BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.

BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC

BlackRock Cayman 1 LP

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BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco

Limited

BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV

Limited

BlackRock Group Limited

BlackRock Finance Europe Limited

BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited

BlackRock, Inc.

BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.

BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.

BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC

BlackRock Cayman 1 LP

BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco

Limited

BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV

Limited

BlackRock Group Limited

BlackRock Finance Europe Limited

BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.

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