BKIR.L Regulatory News (BKIR)

30 Jul 2008 16:36

Bank of Ireland Group

Re-Issue from Treasury Stock to Trustees of Staff Stock Schemes

Bank of Ireland announces that it has re-issued 91,375 units of Ordinary Stock, of nominal value of €0.64 each, from Treasury Stock to the Trustees of the Stock Incentive Plan (UK) at €5.23 per unit.

Following the re-issue, Bank of Ireland holds 22,138,118 units of Ordinary Stock as Treasury Stock. The number of units of Ordinary Stock in issue following this transaction is 1,004,087,561 excluding Treasury Stock.

The number of units of Euro Preference stock in issue is 3,026,598 and the number of units of Sterling Preference Stock in issue is 1,876,090.

30 July 2008

Enquires:

John Clifford, Group Secretary

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