Irish Continental Group plc : Holding(s) in Com...

18 March 2016

Pursuant to its obligations under the Transparency (Directive 2004/109/EC) Regulations 2007 ("The Regulations"), Irish Continental Group plc sets out below details of a notification received under The Regulations.

Tom Corcoran

Company Secretary

Standard Form TR-1

Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the Central Bank of Ireland)
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: Irish Continental Group
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): [ ] An acquisition or disposal of voting rights [ ] An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments [ ] An event changing the breakdown of voting rights [X] Other (please specify): In-specie transfer
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation:
Name: Marathon Asset Management LLP		City and country of registered office (if applicable): London, UK
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): See attached breakdown
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached: 17 March 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified: 18 March 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 7%
8. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 9.A)		% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 9.B.1 + 9.B.2)	Total of both in % (9.A + 9.B)	Total number of voting rights of issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	7.03		0	7.03	186,471,890
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	6.99		0	6.99

9. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)	Number of voting rights					% of voting rights
	Direct			Indirect		Direct		Indirect
Ordinary Shares (IE00BLP58571)	15,404,583			13,110,693		8.26		7.03
SUBTOTAL A				13,110,693				7.03
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation 17(1)(a) of the Regulations
Type of financial instrument		Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period			Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.			% of voting rights
None
			SUBTOTAL B.1
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Regulation 17(1)(b) of the Regulations
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion Period		Physical or cash settlement		Number of voting rights			% of voting rights
None
					SUBTOTAL B.2

10. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please tick the applicable box):

[ ] Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer.

[ ] Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity:

Name

% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

William Arah

Jeremy Hosking

Neil Ostrer

Marathon Asset Management LLP

7.03

0

7.03

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

12. Additional information:

Breakdown of Holdings:

Custodian	Nominal
Bank of New York Mellon	2,433,297
BNP Paribas Securities Services	107,003
Brown Brothers Harriman	164,164
JP Morgan Chase	744,350
MEHF	1,374,150
Northern Trust	6,558,685
Royal Bank of Canada	19,922
State Street Bank & Trust Company, Boston	4,003,012
Total	15,404,583

Done at London on 18^th March 2016.

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Source: Irish Continental Group plc via Globenewswire

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