Irish Cont. Regulatory News (ICGC)

27 Sep 2007 13:10

Davy Corporate Finance Ltd27 September 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: 27 September 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: 26 September 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 • 100,000 - 25.40 25,598 - 25.30 172 - 25.25 253 - 25.00 (3) Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled (and percentageof class) 802,510 Units*, representing 3.39% of the existing issued share capital ofIrish Continental Group plc (see also Box (5) below) (4) Party making disclosure Davy Corporate Finance (5) EITHER (a) Name of purchaser Note: One Fifty One Capital Limited has transferred an interest in 676,487 Units(being the interests announced on 24 September, 25 September and 26 September2007) to Moonduster Limited and these now represent a direct ownership of theUnits rather than an interest via CFDs as previously disclosed. Accordingly OneFifty One Capital Limited now has an interest in 3,010,443 Units (via CFDswhereby 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 representing 9.19% of theissued share capital of ICG. In aggregate, Moonduster Limited, One Fifty One Capital Limited and Doyle GroupLimited have an interest in 5,990,170 Units representing 25.28% of the issuedshare capital of ICG. OR (b) If dealing for discretionary client(s), name offund 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 controlof 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) Des Carville Telephone and extension number+353 1 679 63 63 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