Rule8.1/8.3 Irish Continental

16 Apr 2007 11:30

Davy Corporate Finance Ltd16 April 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: 16 April 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: 13 April 2007 Dealing in Irish Continental Group plc (1) Class of Securities (e.g. ordinary shares) Units (ComprisingRedeemable Shares) (2)Amount bought Amount sold Price per unit •21,998 - 20.75 (3) Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled (and percentageof class) 2,642,189 Units*, representing 11.24% of the existing issued share capital ofIrish Continental Group plc * via Contracts For Difference (One Fifty One Capital Limited have voting rightsover these Units and have an option, in certain circumstances, to purchase theunderlying Units) (4) Party making disclosure Davy Corporate Finance (5) EITHER (a) Name of purchaser: One Fifty One Capital Limited Note: One Fifty One Capital Limited and Doyle Group Limited announced on 4 April2007 that they are in discussions regarding a possible offer to acquire theentire issued and to be issued share capital of ICG (please see announcementissued on 4 April 2007 for further details). Doyle Group Limited has an interestin 2,177,217 Units representing 9.26% of the issued share capital of ICG. Inaggregate, One Fifty One Capital Limited and Doyle Group Limited have aninterest in 4,819,406 Units representing 20.50% of the issued share capital ofICG. OR (b) If dealing for discretionary client(s), name offund management Organisation (6) Reason for disclosure (a) (I) offeror or associate of offeror YES (II) offeree or associate of offeree N0 Specify which category or categories of associate ((a) to (l) page 3/4) If category (l) explain Category (f)- director of possibleofferor (b) Rule 8.3 (i.e. disclosure because of ownership or controlof 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) Des Carville Telephone and extension number+353 1 679 63 63 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