Company Secretary Change

Company Secretary Change

C&C Group PLC

C&C Group plc appoints Paul Walker as Group Company Secretary

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Dublin, London, 29 June 2011: C&C Group plc (“C&C” or the “Group”), a manufacturer, marketer and distributor of branded beverages in Ireland and the UK, is pleased to announce that Paul Walker, who was appointed in June 2011 as General Counsel with responsibility for the Group’s corporate governance, legal and regulatory affairs, has been appointed to a new combined role of Group General Counsel and Company Secretary with immediate effect.

Sinead Gillen, the previous Company Secretary, has stepped down from the role and will leave the Group in due course to pursue other interests.

Sir Brian Stewart, Chairman of C&C Group plc said: “I would like to thank Sinead Gillen for the contribution that she has made to the Group in her time as Company Secretary. We have decided to combine the roles of Group General Counsel and Group Company Secretary into one position. We consider that this will enable us to coordinate the governance and business issues of the Group under a single direction.”

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About C&C Group plc

C&C Group plc is a leading manufacturer, marketer and distributor of branded beverages in Ireland and the UK. C&C manufactures the leading Irish cider brand, Bulmers, and the premium international cider brand, Magners, for export to the United Kingdom, the United States and Continental Europe. C&C also manufactures the Tennent's beer brand and Gaymers range of branded and own label cider for the on and off-trade in the UK. The Company also distributes a number of beer brands in the Scottish, Irish and Northern Irish markets.

About Paul Walker

Paul Walker was appointed in June 2011 as General Counsel to the C&C Group with responsibility for the Group’s corporate governance, legal and regulatory affairs. He joined from private practice where he was a partner at London law firm Lawrence Graham LLP, where he handled many of the firm's largest and most complex transactions, across all industries.