Rule8.1/8.3 Irish Continental

10 Apr 2007 12:36

Davy Corporate Finance Ltd10 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: 10 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: 5 and 10 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 • 1,028,152 - 20.50 113,402 - 20.50 (3) Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled (and percentageof class) 2,466,858 Units*, representing 10.49% 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 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 1,826,554 Units representing 7.77% of the issued share capital of ICG. Inaggregate, One Fifty One Capital Limited and Doyle Group Limited have aninterest in 4,293,412 Units representing 18.26% 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 (delete as approp) (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 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 ofDisclosure: 10 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: 5 and 10 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 • 1,028,152 - 20.50 113,402 - 20.50 (3) Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled (and percentageof class) 1,826,554 Units*, representing 7.77% of the existing issued share capital ofIrish Continental Group plc * of which 1,141,554 are held via Contracts For Difference (Doyle Group Limitedhave voting rights over these Units and have an option, in certaincircumstances, to purchase the underlying Units) (4) Party making disclosure Davy Corporate Finance (5) EITHER (a) Name of purchaser Doyle Group Limited Note: Doyle Group Limited and One Fifty One Capital 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). One Fifty One Capital Limited hasan interest in 2,466,858 Units representing 10.49% of the issued share capitalof ICG. In aggregate, Doyle Group Limited and One Fifty One Capital Limited havean interest in 4,293,412 Units representing 18.26% of the issued share capitalof ICG. OR (b) If dealing for discretionary client(s), name offund management Organisation (6) Reason for disclosure (a) (I) offeror or associate of offeror YES (delete as approp) (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