31 Oct 2008 12:00
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 have been made. | |
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 Disclosure: | 31 October 2008 |
Date of Dealing: | 30 October 2008 |
Dealing in: | Irish Continental Group plc |
(1) Class of Securities: | Ordinary Shares |
(2) | Amount Bought | Amount Sold | Price Per Unit (Euro) | ||||
1 | 300 | 16.35 | |||||
2 | 400 | 15.90 | |||||
(3) | Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled 449,117 (1.82%) | ||||||
(4) | Party making disclosure: Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. and subsidiaries | ||||||
(5) | (a) Name of purchaser/vendor: - Goodbody Stockbrokers Own Account Deals No. 1 - 2 above. | ||||||
(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) (ii) associate of offeree | |||||||
Specify which category or categories of associate ((a) to (f) page 3/4): e If category (f), explain: | |||||||
(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
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Tanya Barry
Assistant Secretary
Office of the Secretary
Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. - Telephone 6412348