Irish Cont. Regulatory News (ICGC)

22 May 2007 11:26

Buchanan Holdings Ltd22 May 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: 22 May 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: 18 May, 2007 Dealing in IRISH CONTINENTAL GROUP PLC (1) Class of Securities (e.g. ordinary shares) Units(Comprising Redeemable Shares) (2) Amount bought Amount sold Price per unit •344,783 - 20.9927 (3) Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled (andpercentage of class) 953,108 or 4.05% (4) Party making disclosureBuchanan Holdings Limited (5) EITHER (a) Name of purchaser/vendor Buchanan HoldingsLimited (*See Note) OR (b) If dealing for discretionary client(s),name of fund management Organisation (6) Reason for disclosure (a) (I) offeror or associate of offeror N (delete as approp) (II) offeree or associate of offeree N (delete as approp) Specify which category or categories of associate ((a) to (l)page 3/4) Y If category (l) explain (b) Rule 8.3 (i.e. disclosure because of ownership orcontrol of 1% or more of the class of relevant securities dealt in) Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (4) above DermotKilleen (Also print name of signatory) DERMOT KILLEEN (ARKAGA) Telephone and extension number +353 1 649 00 00 www.arkagafund.com Note: Buchanan Holdings are owned and controlled by: Bankhill Trustees Ltd. on behalf of Trustees of Arkaga Settlement. This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of The Irish Stock Exchange This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange