Rule 9.6.4 Announcement

3 Jan 2007 17:09

FBD Holdings PLC03 January 2007 3rd January 2007 FBD Holdings plc RE: RULE 9.6.4 ANNOUNCEMENT Dear Sir/Madam, FBD Holdings plc wishes to announce that on the 3rd January 2007, it transferred87,918 treasury shares to employees who exercised share options. The shares were transferred at a price of €8.99 per share. After the transaction, the Company holds 453,857 treasury shares and the totalnumber of ordinary shares in issue, less the total number of treasury sharesheld by the Company, amounts to 35,007,349. 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