Rule8.1/8.3 Irish Continental

4 Apr 2007 11:05

J & E Davy04 April 2007 FORM 8.1/8.3 IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL Lodge with the Irish Stock Exchange (Company Announcements Office) (which willpublicise) and the Panel. Use separate form for each class of securities in which dealings have been made. Date of Disclosure: 4 April 2007 DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.1(a), 8.1(b)(I) and 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2001 Date of Dealing: 3 April, 2007 Dealing in IRISH CONTINENTAL GROUP PLC (1) Class of Securities (e.g. ordinary shares) Units(Comprising Redeemable Shares) (2) Amount bought Amount sold Price per unit Amount bought Amount sold Price per unit • 226 - 19.00 1,226 - 19.25 - 8,000 19.30 735 - 19.31 - 10,762 19.50 (3) Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled (andpercentage of class) 417,222 or 1.77% (4) Party making disclosure J&E Davy (5) EITHER (a) Name of purchaser/vendor J&E Davy OR (b) If dealing for discretionary client(s), name of fund management Organisation discretionary clients of J&E Davy (6) Reason for disclosure (a) (I) offeror or associate of offeror N (delete as approp) (II) offeree or associate of offeree N (delete as approp) Specify which category or categories of associate ((a) to (l) page 3/4) Y If category (l) explain (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 Paula Downey (Also print name of signatory) Compliance Officer Telephone and extension number 614 9146 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