Rule 8.3- (Irish Continental)

21 Jun 2007 16:39

Credit Suisse Securities (Eur) Ltd21 June 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 June 2007 DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT 1997, (TAKEOVER) RULES, 2001 Date of Dealing: 20 June 2007 Dealing in IRISH CONTINENTAL GROUP (1) Ordinary Shares (2)Amount bought Amount sold Price per unit • 6900 22.8281 128100 22.455 (3) Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled (and percentageof class): 210,433 shares (0.9012%) (4) Party making disclosure: Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limitedand Credit Suisse International *Positions are all held in client books and are not proprietary positions. (5) EITHER (a) Name of purchaser/vendor OR (b) If dealing for discretionary client(s), name of fund management Organisation (6) Reason for disclosure (b) Rule 8.3 (i.e. disclosure because of ownership or controlof 1% or more of the class of relevant securities dealt in) Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (4) above___________________________ William Dawson Vice President, Compliance Telephone and extension number: +44 207 888 5416 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange