Irish Cont. Regulatory News (ICGC)

15 Oct 2007 11:35

Davy Corporate Finance Ltd15 October 2007 FORM 8.1/8.3 IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL Lodge with the Irish Stock Exchange (Company Announcements Office) (which will publicise) and the Panel. Use separate form for each class of securities in which dealings have been made. Date of Disclosure: 15 October 2007 DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.1(a), 8.1(b)(I) and 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT 1997, (TAKEOVER) RULES, 1997 Date of Dealing: 12 October 2007 Dealing in Irish Continental Group plc (1) Class of Securities (e.g. ordinary shares) Units (ComprisingRedeemable Shares) (2)Amount bought Amount sold Price per unit •144,000 - 25.40 (3) Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled (and percentageof class) 946,510 Units, representing 4% of the existing issued share capital of IrishContinental Group plc (4) Party making disclosure Davy Corporate Finance (5) EITHER (a) Name of purchaser Moonduster Limited Note: One Fifty One Capital Limited has an interest in 3,010,443 Units (via CFD'swhereby One Fifty One Capital Limited have voting rights over these Units andhave an option, in certain circumstances, to purchase the underlying Units)representing 12.70% of the existing issued share capital of ICG. Doyle Group Limited has an interest in 2,177,217 Units (of which 1,492,217 areheld via CFD's whereby Doyle Group Limited have voting rights over these Unitsand have an option, in certain circumstances, to purchase the underlying Units)representing 9.19% of the issued share capital of ICG. In aggregate, Moonduster Limited, One Fifty One Capital Limited and Doyle GroupLimited have an interest in 6,134,170 Units representing 25.89% of the issuedshare capital of ICG. OR (b) If dealing for discretionary client(s), name of fund management Organisation (6) Reason for disclosure (a) (I) offeror or associate of offeror YES (delete as approp) (b) Rule 8.3 (i.e. disclosure because of ownership or control of 1% or more of the class of relevant securities dealt in) YES Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (4) above___________________________ (Also print name of signatory) Brian Garrahy Telephone and extension number +353 1 679 63 63 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange