Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company
11th December  2009
Pursuant to its obligations under the Transparency (Directive
2004/109/EC) Regulations 2007 ("The Regulations"), Irish Continental
Group plc sets out below details of two notifications received under
The Regulations.
Tom Corcoran
Company Secretary

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
1.         Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of
existing shares to which voting rights are attached :
Irish Continental Group plc
2.         Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate
box or boxes):
[x]      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
[ ]      an event changing the breakdown of voting rights
3.         Full name of person(s) subject to the notification
obligation:
            Mr. Eamonn Rothwell
4.         Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5.         Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is
crossed or reached:
            10 December 2009
6.         Date on which issuer notified;
            10 December 2009
7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
            16%, 15%, 14%, 13%, 12%, 11%, 10% ,9%.


8.         Notified details:


+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A) Voting rights attached to shares                                                     |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|Class/type of shares   |Situation previous|Resulting situation after the triggering     |
|(if possible using the |to the Triggering |transaction                                  |
|ISIN CODE)             |transaction       |                                             |
|                       |------------------+---------------------------------------------|
|                       |Number of |Number |Number of|Number of voting|% of voting rights|
|                       |Shares    |of     |shares   |rights          |                  |
|                       |          |Voting |---------+----------------+------------------|
|                       |          |rights |Direct   |Direct |Indirect|Direct  |Indirect |
|-----------------------+----------+-------+---------+-------+--------+--------+---------|
|ICG Unit (ISIN         |3,938,771 |       |2,188,571|       |        |8.9%    |         |
|IE0033336516)          |          |       |         |       |        |        |         |
|-----------------------+----------+-------+---------+-------+--------+--------+---------|
|                       |          |       |         |       |        |        |         |
|-----------------------+----------+-------+---------+----------------+------------------|
|SUBTOTAL A (based on   |3,938,771 |       |2,188,571|                |8.9%              |
|aggregate voting       |          |       |         |                |                  |
|rights)                |          |       |         |                |                  |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+



+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|B) Financial Instruments                                                       |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                           |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|Type of   |Expiration|Exercise/Conversion |Number of voting rights that |% of  |
|financial |Date      |Period/ Date        |may be acquired if the       |voting|
|instrument|          |                    |instrument is                |rights|
|          |          |                    |exercised/converted          |      |
|----------+----------+--------------------+-----------------------------+------|
|          |          |                    |                             |      |
|----------+----------+--------------------+-----------------------------+------|
|          |          |                    |                             |      |
|---------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------+------|
|                     |SUBTOTAL B (in      |                             |      |
|                     |relation to all     |                             |      |
|                     |expiration dates)   |                             |      |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+



+------------------------------------------------------------+
| Total (A+B) | number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
|-------------+-------------------------+--------------------|
|             | 2,188,571               | 8.9%               |
+------------------------------------------------------------+


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

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

11.       Additional information:

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
1.         Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of
existing shares to which voting rights are attached :
Irish Continental Group plc
2.         Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate
box or boxes):
[x]      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
[ ]      an event changing the breakdown of voting rights
3.         Full name of person(s) subject to the notification
obligation:
            Rokeby Investments Limited
4.         Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5.         Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is
crossed or reached:
            10 December 2009
6.         Date on which issuer notified;
            11 December 2009
7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
            3%, 4%, 5%, 6%, 7%.


8.         Notified details:


+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A) Voting rights attached to shares                                                  |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|Class/type of shares   |Situation      |Resulting situation after the triggering     |
|(if possible using the |previous to the|transaction                                  |
|ISIN CODE)             |Triggering     |                                             |
|                       |transaction    |                                             |
|                       |---------------+---------------------------------------------|
|                       |Number |Number |Number of|Number of voting|% of voting rights|
|                       |of     |of     |shares   |rights          |                  |
|                       |Shares |Voting |---------+----------------+------------------|
|                       |       |rights |Direct   |Direct |Indirect|Direct  |Indirect |
|-----------------------+-------+-------+---------+-------+--------+--------+---------|
|ICG Unit (ISIN         |0      |       |1,750,300|       |        |7.1%    |         |
|IE0033336516)          |       |       |         |       |        |        |         |
|-----------------------+-------+-------+---------+-------+--------+--------+---------|
|                       |       |       |         |       |        |        |         |
|-----------------------+-------+-------+---------+----------------+------------------|
|SUBTOTAL A (based on   |0      |       |1,750,300|                |7.1%              |
|aggregate voting       |       |       |         |                |                  |
|rights)                |       |       |         |                |                  |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+



+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|B) Financial Instruments                                                       |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                           |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|Type of   |Expiration|Exercise/Conversion |Number of voting rights that |% of  |
|financial |Date      |Period/ Date        |may be acquired if the       |voting|
|instrument|          |                    |instrument is                |rights|
|          |          |                    |exercised/converted          |      |
|----------+----------+--------------------+-----------------------------+------|
|          |          |                    |                             |      |
|----------+----------+--------------------+-----------------------------+------|
|          |          |                    |                             |      |
|---------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------+------|
|                     |SUBTOTAL B (in      |                             |      |
|                     |relation to all     |                             |      |
|                     |expiration dates)   |                             |      |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+



+------------------------------------------------------------+
| Total (A+B) | number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
|-------------+-------------------------+--------------------|
|             | 1,750,300               | 7.1%               |
+------------------------------------------------------------+


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

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

11.       Additional information:
Rokeby Investments Limited is wholly owned and controlled by Eamonn
Rothwell.

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