Director/PDMR Shareholding
C&C Group plc announced that on October 29, 2025, Karen Bates, the newly appointed Chief People Officer, was granted a nil cost option award under the 2024 Long-Term Incentive Plan to acquire 79,806 ordinary shares of €0.01 nominal value each. This award is subject to continuous employment and performance conditions assessed over the three financial years ending in February 2028, with no holding period required after vesting.
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C&C, the vertically integrated premium branded drinks group and leading drinks distributor to the UK and Ireland hospitality sectors, announces that on 29 October 2025, it granted an award under and subject to the rules of the Group's 2024 LTIP (the 'Award') to Karen Bates, appointed as the Group's Chief People Officer ('CPO') with effect from 23 June 2025. The Award is in the form of a nil cost option to acquire shares in C&C with a nominal value of €0.01 per share.
In line with the awards granted to PDMRs, as announced on 10 June 2025, the Award will vest subject to continuous employment and the satisfaction of certain performance conditions assessed over the three financial years ending in February 2028. The Award will not be subject to a holding period and will be exercisable following the vesting date.
Details of the Award made to Karen Bates are provided in the below table.
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |
| a) | Name | Karen Bates |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |
| a) | Position/status | Person discharging managerial responsibilities (CPO) |
| b) | Initial Notification Amendment | Initial Notification |
| a) | Name | C&C Group plc |
| b) | LEI | 635400LNUHA2LDXXV850 |
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Ordinary Shares of €0.01 each ISIN: IE00B010DT83 |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of Award under C&C Group plc 2024 LTIP. |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 79,806 |
| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A - single transaction |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 29 October 2025 |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue |
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