Rule 8.3- Irish Continental

4 Jun 2007 13:01

Credit Suisse Securities (Eur) Ltd04 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: 4 June 2007 DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT 1997, (TAKEOVER) RULES, 2001 Date of Dealing: 1 June 2007 Dealing in IRISH CONTINENTAL GROUP (1) Ordinary Shares (2)Amount bought Amount sold Price per unit • 2540 20.5465 197300 20.9685 746 20.52 840 20.6 954 20.52 (3) Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled (and percentage of class): 644,656 shares (2.7607%) (4) Party making disclosure: Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited and 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 control of 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