C&C Group PLC has announced the purchase of its own ordinary shares on the London Stock Exchange from J&E Davy. The company purchased 90,000 ordinary shares at prices ranging from 154.80p to 156.20p, with a volume-weighted average price of 155.38p. These shares will be cancelled as part of C&C's intention to buy back ordinary shares of a total value of up to €15 million in the period up to 30 June 2024.
Following the settlement of these transactions and the subsequent share cancellation, C&C will have 392,306,412 ordinary shares in issue, excluding treasury shares. The buyback program was announced on 21 February 2024 and formally commenced on 1 March 2024.
The company has provided detailed information on the individual trades made by J&E Davy as a riskless principal on behalf of C&C on the London Stock Exchange as part of the buyback program for subsequent repurchase by the company. This information is in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation.
For further information, the company secretary and general counsel, Mark Chilton, can be contacted at [email protected]. The company's LEI is 635400LNUHA2LDXXV850, and its ISIN is IE00B010DT83. J&E Davy acted as the intermediary for these transactions, with the intermediary code DAVYIE21. The transactions took place in the GMT time zone and were denominated in GBp.
The aggregated information provided includes the trading venue, currency, volume-weighted average price, and aggregated volume of the shares purchased.
This announcement provides a comprehensive overview of C&C Group PLC's recent share buyback activities and the subsequent cancellation of purchased shares, in line with the company's previously announced buyback program.