Irish Cont. Regulatory News (ICGC)

25 May 2007 11:28

Cantor Fitzgerald Europe25 May 2007 FORM 8.1/8.3 IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL Lodge with the Stock Exchange (which may publicise) and with the Panel.Use separate form for each class of securities in which dealings havebeen made. Date of disclosure 25th May 2007 DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.1(a), 8.1(b)(i) and 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2001 Date of Dealing 24th May 2007 Dealing in Irish Continental Group Plc (1) Class of securities: Ordinary Shares (2) Amount bought Amount sold Price per unit4,000 21.022 3,600 21.012762 (3) Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled(and percentage of class) 4,304,250 18.21% *In addition, Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (and affiliates) are party to certain CFDs ( see below) (4) Party making disclosure Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (5) EITHER (a) Name of purchaser/vendor (Note 1) OR (b) If dealing for discretionary client(s), name of fund management organisation ................................................................................ (6) Reason for disclosure (Note 2) (a) (i) offeror or associate of offeror (Note 3) NO (ii) offeree or associate of offeree YES Specify which category or categories of associate ((a) to (l) page 3/4) ...(i).. If category (l), explain........................................................ (b) Rule 8.3 (i.e. disclosure because of ownership or control of 1% or more theclass of relevant securities dealt in) YES Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (4) above.................................................. (Also print name of signatory) Ross Tanton Telephone and extension number: 0207 894 7214 / rtanton@cantor.co.uk Date of Disclosure: 25th May 2007 Form 8 Enclosure Cantor Fitzgerald Europe is the beneficial owner of 4,304,250 Irish ContinentalGroup plc ordinary shares. 4,303,850 of these shares are held to hedge Contractfor Difference ("CFD") positions for clients. There is a written agreement entered into on 13 April 2007 between One51 CapitalLimited, Doyle Group Ltd and Cantor Fitzgerald Europe under which One51 CapitalLimited and Doyle Group Ltd (1) control Cantor Fitzgerald Europe's voting rightsin relation to the underlying Irish Continental Group shares owned by CantorFitzgerald Europe to hedge the CFDs entered into with One51 Capital Limited andDoyle Group Ltd. and (2) are entitled to acquire the beneficial interest in suchIrish Continental Group shares. This agreement of 13 April 2007 replaces thewritten agreement of 3 April 2007 between One51 Capital Limited and CantorFitzgerald Europe. The number of underlying shares to which the agreementrelates is currently 2,642,189 Irish Continental Group shares for One51 CapitalLimited and 1,492,217 Irish Continental Group shares for Doyle Group Ltd. Thisagreement is open-ended and the prices at which One51 Capital Limited and DoyleGroup Ltd are entitled to acquire the underlying shares to which the agreementrelates are the reference prices per Irish Continental Group shares as set outin the table below. This arrangement does not apply to the other 169,844 sharesheld by Cantor Fitzgerald Europe. A Long CFD is a product where the client to whom the product is sold is taking along economic interest in the underlying share price such that the client canrealise a gain if the price of the underlying securities rises above thereference price. The holder of a Long CFD contract will realise a gain if the price of theunderlying security goes up. The holder of a Short CFD contract will realise again if the price of the underlying security goes down. Other than as set out above, there are no written or oral agreements betweenCantor Fitzgerald Europe and any clients concerning the control of voting rightsin relation to the underlying shares used to hedge Long CFDs and/or Spread bets. The CFD contracts are open-ended and there is no rollover into new contracts. Contracts for Differences Disclosure Date: 25/05/07 Irish Continental Group Plc Cantor Underlying Reference Fitzgerald Number PriceProduct Name Date Executed Buy/Sell Of Shares EUR Irish Continental Group Plc Long 12/04/07 Sell 99603 20.75CFD Irish Continental Group Plc Long 13/04/07 Sell 21998 20.75CFD Irish Continental Group Plc Long 13/04/07 Sell 43996 20.75CFD Irish Continental Group Plc Long 30/04/07 Sell 4134406 20.8002CFD Irish Continental Group Plc Long 14/05/07 Sell 3847 20.51CFD 4303850 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange