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Bank of Ireland(Governor&Co)
01 September 2009
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Bank of Ireland Group
(The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland)
Total Voting Rights
In conformity with Regulation 20 of the Transparency (Directive 2004/109/EC)
Regulations 2007, the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland ("Bank of
Ireland") announces that, as at 31 August 2009:
1. Bank of Ireland has in issue 1,004,216,989 units of Ordinary Stock, of
nominal value EUR0.64 each, with voting rights (the "Ordinary Stock"). Bank of
Ireland holds 22,008,690 units of Ordinary Stock in treasury which do not carry
voting rights; and
2. Bank of Ireland has in issue 3,500,000,000 units of preference stock of EUR0.01
each (the "2009 Preference Stock") with certain voting rights exercisable in
certain circumstances. Specifically, the 2009 Preference Stock carries voting
rights only in respect of resolutions at a general court of the Bank of Ireland
for the appointment or removal of directors and certain matters relating to a
proposed change of control of the Bank of Ireland, in each case the voting
rights attaching to the Preference Stock being equivalent to 25% of all votes
capable of being cast by stockholders on a poll at a general court of the Bank
of Ireland. The voting rights are more particularly set out in the Bye-Laws of
the Bank of Ireland.
Bank of Ireland has in issue warrants which enable the holder to acquire
334,737,148 units of Ordinary Stock. The units of Ordinary Stock issued pursuant
to the exercise of these warrants entitle a Government Preference Stockholder
(currently the National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission) to exercise no more
than 50 per cent. of the voting rights attaching to such units of Ordinary
Stock, although this restriction does not apply to a holder of such Ordinary
Stock that is not a Government Preference Stockholder.
The Ordinary Stock in issue figure of 1,004,216,989 should, therefore, be used
by stockholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will
determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their
interest in, Bank of Ireland, under the Transparency (Directive 2004/109/EC)
Regulations 2007 and the Interim Transparency Rules of the Financial Regulator.
1 September 2009
Helen Nolan
Group Secretary
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