Holding(s) in Company

FBD Holdings PLC
03 December 2007




Standard Form TR-1

Voting rights attached to shares- Article 12(1) of directive 2004/109/EC
Financial instruments - Article 11(3) of the Commission Directive 2007/14/EC(i)

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
   voting rights are attached (ii):

   FBD HOLDINGS PLC

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

   ( ) In compliance with Regulation 79(7)
   ( ) an acquisition or disposal of voting rights
   ( ) an acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in
       the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are
       attached
   (X) an event changing the breakdown of voting rights

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation(iii):

   FARMER BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS PLC

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(iv):

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or
   reached (v):

6. Date on which issuer notified;

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
   25%

8. Notified details:
   Share purchase activity by the issuer has caused threshold notified at 7 to
   be crossed.

A) Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type   Situation previous to   Resulting situation after the triggering
of shares    the Triggering          transaction
(if possible transaction
using the
ISIN CODE)

             Number of Number of     Number    Number of        % of voting
             Shares    Voting rights of        voting           rights
                                     shares    rights
                                     Direct    Direct Indirect  Direct Indirect

ORDINARY
IE0003290289                         8,531,948 8,531,948        25.7%

SUBTOTAL A                           8,531,948 8,531,948        25.7%
(based on
aggregate
voting
rights)

B) Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of      Expiration  Exercise/       Number of voting rights    % of voting
financial    Date(1)     Conversion      that may be acquired if    rights
instrument               Period/ Date(1) the instrument is
                                         exercised/converted

                         SUBTOTAL B (in
                         relation to all
                         expiration
                         dates)


Total (A+B)              number of voting rights            % of voting rights

                         8,531,948                          25.7%

9.  Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
    financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable(vi):

10. In case of proxy voting: (name of the proxy holder) will cease to hold
    (number) voting rights as of (date).

11. Additional information:

Done at Dublin on 3 December 2007.






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