Re: RULE 9.6.4

31 Mar 2006 16:40

FBD Holdings PLC31 March 2006 FBD Holdings plc 31st March 2006 RE: RULE 9.6.4 ANNOUNCEMENT FBD Holdings plc wishes to announce that on the 30th March 2006, it transferred90,000 treasury shares to employees who exercised share options. The shares were transferred at a price of €4.60. After the transaction, the Company holds 1,099,000 treasury shares and the totalnumber of shares in issue, less the total number of treasury shares held by theCompany, amounts to 38,161,306. Yours faithfully, ________________ David J. Flynn Secretary 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