Irish Cont. Regulatory News (ICGC)

13 Apr 2007 12:35

Davy Corporate Finance Ltd13 April 2007 DISCLOSURE FORM FORM SAR 6 IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL Lodge with the Stock Exchange (which may publicise) and with the Panel. A copymust also be sent to the company the voting securities of which (or the rightsover the voting securities of which) are acquired. Date of disclosure: 13 April 2007.......... DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 6 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITION RULES, 2001 ("SARs") Date of Acquisition: ....12 April 2007....... Acquisition in......... Irish Continental Group plc..... (Name of company) (1) Class of voting securities e.g. Number of voting securities/ If rights over voting securities ordinary shares) rights over voting securities acquired as opposed to the acquired securities themselves specify nature of rights ..................securities ICG Units * 460,000......rights (2) Resultant total holding of rights Resultant total holding of Total percentage securities (and % of total voting voting over voting securities securities in issue) (and % of total voting securities in issue) 1,109,896 (4.72 %) 4,068,412 (17.30%) 5,178,308 (22.02%) (3) Party making disclosure: ....Davy Corporate Finance Limited ................ (4) (a)Name of person acquiring securities or rights over securities: Doyle Group Limited & One Fifty One Capital Limited............................ and, if different, beneficial owner:........................................... (b) Names of any other persons acting in concert (see SAR 3) J&E Davy (Holding 424,896 units for discretionary clients and own book.......................................... Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above: .....Des Carville... (Also print name of signatory): ...............Des Carville..................... Telephone and extension number: .......... +353 1 679 6363...................... Notes Note 1. Under SAR 3, the holdings of and acquisitions by persons acting inconcert must be aggregated and treated as a holding of or acquisition by oneperson. SAR 8(b) requires persons who must aggregate holdings to disclosecertain disposals. Note 2. "Stock Exchange": see definition in Rule 2.1(a) of Part A of theTakeover Rules. For full details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see Rules 4, 6 and 8(b) ofthe SARs. If in doubt, consult the Panel. * Right to control the voting rights and an option to purchase underlying unitsin certain circumstances. 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