TIDMICGC 
 
27 August 2010 
 
As received on 26 August 2010 and 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 
    Voting rights attached to shares- Article 12(1) of directive 2004/109/EC 
Financial instruments - Article 11(3) of the Commission Directive 2007/14/EC[i] 
 
1.     Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to 
which voting rights are attached [ii]: IRISH CONTINENTAL GROUP PLC 
2.     Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
        [X]    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 
 
3.     Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation[iii]: 
       Ameriprise Financial Inc 
4.     Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)[iv]: 
       Threadneedle Asset Management Holding Ltd 
 
5.      Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or 
reached[v]: 
       25/8/2010 
6.     Date on which issuer notified; 26/08/2010 
7.      Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 7% 
 
8.      Notified details: 
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
|A) Voting rights attached to shares                                                      | 
+------------+-----------------------+----------------------------------------------------+- 
|Class/type  |Situation previous to  |Resulting situation after the triggering            | 
|of shares   |the Triggering         |transaction[vii]                                    | 
|(if possible|transaction [vi]       |                                                    | 
|using the   +------------+----------+---------+--------------------------+---------------+- 
|ISIN CODE)  |Number of   |Number of |Number of|Number of voting          |% of voting    | 
|            |Shares[viii]|Voting    |shares[x]|rights[xi]                |rights         | 
|            |            | ights[ix]+---------+-----------+--------------+------+--------+- 
|            |            |          |Direct   |Direct[xii]|Indirect[xiii]|Direct|Indirect| 
+------------+------------+----------+---------+-----------+--------------+------+--------+- 
|IE0033336516|1,555,450   |1,555,450 |         |           |1,751,406     |      |7.009%  | 
+------------+------------+----------+---------+-----------+--------------+------+--------+- 
|            |            |          |         |           |              |      |        | 
+------------+------------+----------+---------+-----------+--------------+------+--------+- 
|SUBTOTAL A  |            |          |         |                 1,751,406|               | 
|(based on   |            |          |         |                          |7.009%         | 
|aggregate   |            |          |         |                          |               | 
|voting      |            |          |         |                          |               | 
|rights)     |            |          |         |                          |               | 
+------------+------------+----------+---------+--------------------------+---------------++ 
|B) Financial Instruments                                                                  | 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[xiv]                                 | 
+------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------------------+---------------+ 
|Type of     |Expiration   |Exercise/Conversion |Number of voting rights   |% of voting    | 
|financial   |Date[xv]     |Period/ Date[xvi]   |that may be acquired if   |rights         | 
|instrument  |             |                    |the instrument is         |               | 
|            |             |                    |exercised/converted       |               | 
+------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------------------+---------------+ 
|            |             |                    |                          |               | 
+------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------------------+---------------+ 
|            |             |                    |                          |               | 
+------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------------------+---------------+ 
                           |SUBTOTAL B (in      |                          |               | 
                           |relation to all     |                          |               | 
                           |expiration dates)   |                          |               | 
                           +--------------------+--------------------------+---------------+ 
 
+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+ 
| Total (A+B) | number of voting rights | % of voting rights | 
+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+ 
|             | 1,751,406               | 7.009%             | 
+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+ 
 
9.     Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable[xvii]: 
Ameriprise Financial Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls 
the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC, Columbia 
Wanger Asset Management LLC, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and 
Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting 
rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and 
Threadneedle Pensions Ltd. 
 
Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd - 1,751,406 Shares 
 
10.    In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold 
[number] voting rights as of [date]. 
11.    Additional information: 
Done at Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, Holbrook House, Station 
Road, Swindon SN1 HH on 26/08/2010 
 
Annex to the standard form TR-1 [xviii] 
a)     Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification 
obligation: 
Full name (including legal form for legal           Ameriprise Financial Inc 
 entities) 
 
 Contact address (registered office for legal         1099 Ameriprise Financial 
Centre 
entities)                                      Minneapolis, MN 55474,USA 
 
Phone number 
 
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons) 
b)      Identity of the notifier, if applicable[xix]: 
Full name    Stacey Dryburgh 
 
Contact      Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, Holbrook House, Station 
address      Road, Swindon, Wiltshire, England SN1 1HH 
 
 
Phone number +44 (0)1793 363 751 
             ..................................................................... 
 
Other useful Threadneedle is a UK based asset management subsidiary of Ameriprise 
information 
(e.g. 
functional 
relationship 
with the 
person or 
legal entity 
subject to 
the 
notification 
obligation) 
c)    Additional information 
 
 
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Source: Irish Continental Group plc via Thomson Reuters ONE 
 

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