Irish Continental Group plc : Director/PDMR Sha...

Irish Continental Group plc : Director/PDMR Shareholding

Notification of Transactions of (1) Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility and (2) Persons closely associated with Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility

 This form is intended for use by an issuer making a notification required by Rules 7.2 and 7.3 of the Central Bank of Ireland's Market Abuse Rules in relation to a person falling within either of the above categories of individual. These categories are defined in Regulation 12 (8) of the Market Abuse (Directive 2003/6/EC) Regulations 2005 and are detailed as part of this form.
All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

1 Name of the Issuer

Irish Continental Group
2Name of person discharging managerial responsibilities
Mr. Thomas Corcoran
3State whether notification relates to a person closely associated with a person discharging managerial responsibilities named in 2 and identify the connected person
N/A
4Indicate whether the notification is in respect of a holding of the person referred to in 2 or 3 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest

As per 2 above
5Description of shares or derivatives or other financial instruments linked to them

ICG Units
6Name of registered shareholder(s) and, if more than one, number of shares or derivatives or other financial instruments linked to them, held by each shareholder
As per 2 above
7 State the nature of the transaction

Exercise of Options
8Number of shares, derivatives or other financial instruments linked to them acquired
500 ICG Units
9Number of shares, derivatives  or other financial instruments linked to them  disposed of10Price per share or derivative or other financial instrument linked to them or value of transaction

€10.67
11Date and place of transaction

17 May 2013, Dublin
12Date issuer informed of transaction

17 May 2013
13Any additional information14Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Thomas Corcoran +353 1 6075700
Person authorised on behalf of the issuer responsible for making the notification_________Thomas Corcoran
Date of notification ____20 May 2013

Information required under Irish Stock Exchange Listing Rule 6.10

The following additional information is required to be disclosed under ISE Listing Rule 6.10 in respect of interests in securities of a director or secretary or their connected persons.  An issuer is not being required to submit the information below to the Central Bank in respect of any PDMR who is also a director/secretary/connected persons.

15Name of director or secretary (if not required to be stated in box 2)

As per 2 above
16State whether the notification relates to a single
transaction being notified in accordance with the Market Abuse Rules and ISE LR 6.10

Yes
17Description of class of share

ICG Units
18Percentage of issued class acquired (treasury shares of that class should not be taken into account when calculating  percentage)

< 0.1%
19Percentage of issued class disposed (treasury shares of that class should not be taken into account when calculating  percentage)20Total holding following notification and total percentage holding following notification (any treasury shares should not be taken into account when calculating percentage)

500 ICG Units

If a person whose interests are required to be disclosed under ISE Listing Rule 6.10 has been granted options by the issuer, please complete the following boxes:

21Date of grant22Period during which or date on which it can be exercised
23Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option24Description of shares involved (class and number)
25Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that the price is to be fixed at the time of exercise26Total number of shares over which options are held following notification
Name and signature of duly designated officer of issuer responsible for making notification

                                      Thomas Corcoran

Date of notification       20 May 2013

The duly designated officer of the issuer responsible for making this notification acknowledges and confirms that he/she is aware that the information as has been provided in response to the questions 15 to 26 above is not information which has been required by or which has been requested by the Central Bank, and is information which is required to be provided to the Irish Stock Exchange only.




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