Rule 8.1 Irish Continental

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F&C Asset Management PLC21 March 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: 21 Mar 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: 20 Mar 2007 Dealing in Irish Continental Units NPV (1) Class of Securities (e.g. ordinary shares) Units(Comprising 1 Ord + 8 Redeemable Shares) (2) Amount bought Amount sold Price per unit • 0 164,119 20.00 (3) Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled (andpercentage of class) 173,179 units (0.74%) (4) Party making disclosure F&C Asset Management plc (5) EITHER (a) Name of purchaser/vendor OR (b) If dealing for discretionary client(s),name of fund management Organisation F&C IrelandLimited (6) Reason for disclosure (a) (I) offeror or associate of offeror YES/NO (delete as approp) (II) offeree or associate of offeree YES/NO (delete as approp) Specify which category or categories of associate ((a) to (l)page 3/4) 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) YES Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (4) above (Also print name of signatory) Peter J Taylor, Manager, Edinburgh Client Services Telephone and extension number Completed by/enquiries to: Mike Bassi +44 131 718 1093 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