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Bank of Ireland(Governor&Co)

28 April 2016

The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland ("Bank of Ireland")

Results of Annual General Court

28 April 2016

All of the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Court of Bank of Ireland held on 28 April 2016 were duly passed.

The results of the voting on each resolution are as follows:

Resolution 1

To consider the Report of the Directors, the Auditors' Report and the Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2015.

 
 RESOLUTION       VOTES          %       VOTES      %       VOTES         VOTES 
                    FOR                 AGAINST            WITHHELD        TOTAL 
-----------  ---------------  ------  ----------  -----  ----------  --------------- 
     1        21,538,024,736   99.97   7,374,661   0.03     172,044   21,545,399,397 
-----------  ---------------  ------  ----------  -----  ----------  --------------- 
 

Resolution 2

To consider the Report on Directors' Remuneration for the year ended 31 December 2015.

 
 RESOLUTION       VOTES          %        VOTES       %       VOTES         VOTES 
                    FOR                  AGAINST             WITHHELD        TOTAL 
-----------  ---------------  ------  ------------  -----  ----------  --------------- 
     2        21,399,204,487   99.34   141,515,434   0.66   4,850,685   21,540,719,921 
-----------  ---------------  ------  ------------  -----  ----------  --------------- 
 

Resolution 3

(i) To elect Fiona Muldoon a Director of the Court.

 
 Resolution     Votes For        %       Votes       %       Votes      Votes Total 
                                         Against            Withheld 
-----------  ---------------  ------  -----------  -----  ----------  --------------- 
    3(i)      21,460,980,891   99.61   83,816,198   0.39     772,689   21,544,797,089 
-----------  ---------------  ------  -----------  -----  ----------  --------------- 
 

(ii) To re-elect the following Directors, by separate resolutions:

(a) Kent Atkinson

(b) Richie Boucher

(c) Pat Butler

(d) Patrick Haren

(e) Archie G Kane

(f) Andrew Keating

(g) Patrick Kennedy

(h) Davida Marston

   (i)   Brad Martin 
   (j)   Patrick Mulvihill 
 
 Resolution      Votes For        %        Votes       %       Votes       Votes Total 
                                          Against             Withheld 
------------  ---------------  ------  ------------  -----  -----------  --------------- 
  3(ii)(a)     21,442,032,384   99.52   102,983,493   0.48      553,526   21,545,015,877 
------------  ---------------  ------  ------------  -----  -----------  --------------- 
  3(ii)(b)     21,432,374,688   99.48   112,619,841   0.52      342,319   21,544,994,529 
------------  ---------------  ------  ------------  -----  -----------  --------------- 
  3(ii)(c)     21,391,559,944   99.59    89,085,775   0.41   64,924,059   21,480,645,719 
------------  ---------------  ------  ------------  -----  -----------  --------------- 
  3(ii)(d)     21,459,585,473   99.60    85,346,962   0.40      512,648   21,544,932,435 
------------  ---------------  ------  ------------  -----  -----------  --------------- 
  3(ii)(e)     21,437,916,783   99.50   107,094,145   0.50      560,513   21,545,010,928 
------------  ---------------  ------  ------------  -----  -----------  --------------- 
  3(ii)(f)     21,367,616,510   99.18   176,911,880   0.82      513,883   21,544,528,390 
------------  ---------------  ------  ------------  -----  -----------  --------------- 
  3(ii)(g)     21,460,304,031   99.61    84,802,968   0.39      461,959   21,545,106,999 
------------  ---------------  ------  ------------  -----  -----------  --------------- 
  3(ii)(h)     21,460,155,566   99.61    84,900,236   0.39      495,639   21,545,055,802 
------------  ---------------  ------  ------------  -----  -----------  --------------- 
  3(ii)(i)     21,303,487,048   99.19   174,046,106   0.81   68,036,624   21,477,533,154 
------------  ---------------  ------  ------------  -----  -----------  --------------- 
  3(ii)(j)     21,458,612,643   99.60    86,469,326   0.40      478,176   21,545,081,969 
------------  ---------------  ------  ------------  -----  -----------  --------------- 
 

Resolution 4

To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the Auditors.

 
 RESOLUTION       VOTES          %     VOTES AGAINST    %       VOTES         VOTES 
                    FOR                                        WITHHELD        TOTAL 
-----------  ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ----------  --------------- 
     4        21,436,007,079   99.50     108,335,627   0.50     994,342   21,544,342,706 
-----------  ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ----------  --------------- 
 

Resolution 5

To authorise purchases of Ordinary Stock by the Bank or subsidiaries.

 
 RESOLUTION       VOTES          %       VOTES      %       VOTES         VOTES 
                    FOR                 AGAINST            WITHHELD        TOTAL 
-----------  ---------------  ------  ----------  -----  ----------  --------------- 
     5        21,533,850,161   99.99   2,135,369   0.01   9,585,736   21,535,985,530 
-----------  ---------------  ------  ----------  -----  ----------  --------------- 
 

Resolution 6

To determine the re-allotment price range for Treasury Stock.

 
 RESOLUTION       VOTES          %        VOTES       %     VOTES WITHHELD       VOTES 
                    FOR                  AGAINST                                  TOTAL 
-----------  ---------------  ------  ------------  -----  ---------------  --------------- 
     6        21,165,199,172   98.24   378,724,769   1.76          591,420   21,543,923,941 
-----------  ---------------  ------  ------------  -----  ---------------  --------------- 
 

Resolution 7

To authorise the Directors to issue stock.

 
 RESOLUTION       VOTES          %     VOTES AGAINST    %       VOTES         VOTES 
                    FOR                                        WITHHELD        TOTAL 
-----------  ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ----------  --------------- 
     7        20,022,909,870   92.93   1,522,169,292   7.07     492,104   21,545,079,162 
-----------  ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ----------  --------------- 
 

Resolution 8

To renew the Directors' authority to issue Ordinary Stock on a non-pre-emptive basis for cash.

 
 RESOLUTION       VOTES          %     VOTES AGAINST    %     VOTES WITHHELD       VOTES 
                    FOR                                                             TOTAL 
-----------  ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ---------------  --------------- 
     8        19,770,215,871   94.59   1,130,199,229   5.41      645,149,859   20,900,415,100 
-----------  ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ---------------  --------------- 
 

Resolution 9

To authorise the Directors to issue contingent equity conversion notes, and Ordinary Stock on the conversion of such notes.

 
 RESOLUTION       VOTES          %        VOTES       %     VOTES WITHHELD       VOTES 
                    FOR                  AGAINST                                  TOTAL 
-----------  ---------------  ------  ------------  -----  ---------------  --------------- 
     9        20,816,994,380   98.34   351,220,817   1.66      377,356,139   21,168,215,197 
-----------  ---------------  ------  ------------  -----  ---------------  --------------- 
 

Resolution 10

To authorise the Directors to issue for cash on a non-pre-emptive basis, contingent equity conversion notes, and Ordinary Stock on the conversion of such notes.

 
 RESOLUTION       VOTES          %        VOTES       %        VOTES          VOTES 
                    FOR                  AGAINST              WITHHELD         TOTAL 
-----------  ---------------  ------  ------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
     10       20,341,851,031   96.10   826,092,363   3.90   377,604,857   21,167,943,394 
-----------  ---------------  ------  ------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 

Resolution 11

To maintain the existing authority to convene an EGC by 14 days' notice.

 
 RESOLUTION       VOTES          %     VOTES AGAINST    %       VOTES         VOTES 
                    FOR                                        WITHHELD        TOTAL 
-----------  ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ----------  --------------- 
     11       20,154,733,224   93.55   1,390,604,253   6.45     233,964   21,545,337,477 
-----------  ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ----------  --------------- 
 

Resolution 12

To adopt amended Bye-Laws of the Bank.

 
 RESOLUTION       VOTES          %       VOTES      %       VOTES         VOTES 
                    FOR                 AGAINST            WITHHELD        TOTAL 
-----------  ---------------  ------  ----------  -----  ----------  --------------- 
     12       21,542,833,748   99.99   1,879,429   0.01     858,264   21,544,713,177 
-----------  ---------------  ------  ----------  -----  ----------  --------------- 
 

The "Vote Withheld" option is provided to enable abstention on any particular resolution. However, it should be noted that a "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "For" and "Against" a resolution.

The full text of each resolution was set out in the Governor's Letter to holders of Ordinary Stock and Notice of the Annual General Court which was posted to stockholders on 14 March 2016.

In accordance with Irish Listing Rule 6.6.2 and UK Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of the resolutions will be submitted to the Irish Stock Exchange and the UK's National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at the following locations:

Company Announcements Office

The Irish Stock Exchange

28 Anglesea Street

Dublin 2

and at

http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

28 April 2016

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