RNS Number : 7085U
Bank of Ireland(Governor&Co)
16 May 2008
TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares
* Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting
rights are attached:
Bank of Ireland
2. Reason for the notification
(please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s):
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: ( )
Other (please specify) : ( x ) - See 13 below
* Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:
Capital Group Companies Inc.
* Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3) :
* Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if
different):
01 November 2007 - See 13 below
* Date on which issuer notified:
15 May 2008
* Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
3%
8. Notified Details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares Situation previous to the triggering transaction
if possible use ISIN
CODE
Number of shares Number of voting rights
30,326,137 30,326,137
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Class/type of shares Number of shares Number of voting rights % of voting rights
if possible use ISIN
CODE
Direct Indirect Direct
Indirect
Non- notifiable Non- notifiable
Holdings Holdings
B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of Expiration Exercise/ No. of voting rights % of voting
Financia date Conversion that may be rights
l period/ acquired (if the
instrume date instrument
nt exercised/
converted)
Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights % of voting rights
N/A
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial
instruments are effectively held, if
applicable
N/A
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:
N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:
Bank of Ireland is making this notification on receipt of a notification from Capital
Group Companies Inc. under the Transparency
(Directive 2004/109/EC) Regulations 2007.
Based on authorisation received by Capital Group Companies Inc. from the Irish Financial
Services Regulatory Authority in November 2007,
Capital Group Companies Inc. will no longer report ownership of securities, however, Capital
Research and Management Company "CRMC" and
Capital Group International, Inc "CGII" , will separately notify reportable ownership of
securities.
14. Contact name: John B. Clifford - Group Secretary
15. Contact telephone number: +353 1 6043400
For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.
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