Rule8.1/8.3 Irish Continental

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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 (Comprising Redeemable Shares) (2)Amount bought Amount sold Price per unit •43,996 - 20.75 (3) Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled (and percentage of class) 2,177,217 Units*, representing 9.26% of the existing issued share capital ofIrish Continental Group plc * of which 1,492,217 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 2,642,189 Units representing 11.24% of the issued share capitalof ICG. In aggregate, Doyle Group Limited and One Fifty One Capital Limited havean interest in 4,819,406 Units representing 20.50% of the issued share capitalof ICG. OR (b) If dealing for discretionary client(s), name of fund 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 possible offeror (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