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Ardent Group PLC
19 December 2006


19 December 2006


                                Ardent Group Plc
                                        
                          ('Ardent' or 'the Company')


                                 Result of AGM


The Board of Ardent is pleased to announce that, at the Annual General Meeting 
held earlier today, the Resolutions which were set out in the Notice of Annual 
General Meeting included in the circular dated 27 November 2006 in relation to, 
amongst other things, the acquisition of the entire share capital of SHIP 
Property Trading Company (One) Limited and the change of name of the Company to 
Finance Ireland plc, were duly passed.

The change of name of the Company to Finance Ireland Plc is expected to become 
effective later today and the trading of the Ordinary Shares on the London Stock 
Exchange under the ticker 'FIRE' is expected to commence on 22 December 2006.


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For further information, please contact:

Ardent Group Plc                                              +353 (0)1 664 9333
Billy Kane, Chairman & Chief Executive


MRPA Kinman:                                                  +353 (0)1 703 8619
Ray Gordon                                                   +353 (0)87 241 7373






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