Total Voting Rights

3 Jul 2007 12:52

Bank of Ireland(Governor&Co)03 July 2007 Bank of Ireland Group (The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland) Total Voting Rights In conformity with Rule 13.1 of the Interim Transparency Rules of the FinancialRegulator, Bank of Ireland announces that its issued share capital (with votingrights) as at 3 July 2007 consists of 985,285,020 units of Ordinary Stock ofnominal value €0.64 each. Bank of Ireland also holds 40,430,155 units ofOrdinary Stock in treasury, which do not carry voting rights. The figure which should be used by stockholders as the denominator for thecalculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify theirinterest in, or a change to their interest in, Bank of Ireland under theTransparency (Directive 2004/109/EC) Regulations 2007 and the InterimTransparency Rules is, therefore, 985,285,020. Ends. Contacts: John Clifford, Group Secretary +353 1 6043400 Geraldine Deighan, Head of Investor Relations +353 1 6043501 Dan Loughrey, Head of Corporate Communications +353 1 6043833 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange