TIDMICGC 
 
13 April 2011 
 
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 
 
 
 
1.        Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to 
which voting rights are attached : 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: 
Ameriprise Financial Inc 
4.Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): 
Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd 
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or 
reached: 
08/04/11 
6.Date on which issuer notified; 
11/04/11 
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 7% 
 
 
 
8. Notified details: 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
|A) Voting rights attached to shares                                           | 
+-------------+---------------------+------------------------------------------+ 
|Class/type of|Situation previous to|Resulting situation after the triggering  | 
|shares (if   |the Triggering       |transaction                               | 
|possible     |transaction          |                                          | 
|using the    +----------+----------+-------+-----------------+----------------+ 
|ISIN CODE)   |Number of |Number of |Number |Number of voting |% of voting     | 
|             |Shares    |Voting    |of     |rights           |rights          | 
|             |          |rights    |shares |                 |                | 
|             |          |          +-------+------+----------+------+---------+ 
|             |          |          |Direct |Direct|Indirect  |Direct|Indirect | 
+-------------+----------+----------+-------+------+----------+------+---------+ 
|IE0033336516 |1,733,374 |1,733,374 |   0   |  0   |1,766,781 |  0%  | 7.071%  | 
+-------------+----------+----------+-------+------+----------+------+---------+ 
|SUBTOTAL A   |          |          |   0   |    1,766,781    |     7.071%     | 
|(based on    |          |          |       |                 |                | 
|aggregate    |          |          |       |                 |                | 
|voting       |          |          |       |                 |                | 
|rights)      |          |          |       |                 |                | 
+-------------+----------+----------+-------+-----------------+----------------+ 
 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
|B) Financial Instruments                                                      | 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          | 
+------------+------------+---------------------+---------------------+--------+ 
|Type of     |Expiration  |Exercise/Conversion  |Number of voting     |% of    | 
|financial   |Date        | Period/ Date        |rights that may be   |voting  | 
|instrument  |            |                     |acquired if the      |rights  | 
|            |            |                     |instrument is        |        | 
|            |            |                     |exercised/converted  |        | 
+------------+------------+---------------------+---------------------+--------+ 
|            |            |                     |                     |        | 
+------------+------------+---------------------+---------------------+--------+ 
|            |            |                     |                     |        | 
+------------+------------+---------------------+---------------------+--------+ 
                          |SUBTOTAL B (in       |                     |        | 
                          |relation to all      |                     |        | 
                          |expiration dates)    |                     |        | 
                          +---------------------+---------------------+--------+ 
 
+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+ 
| Total (A+B) | number of voting rights | % of voting rights | 
+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+ 
|             |        1,766,781        | 7.071%             | 
|             |                         |                    | 
+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+ 
 
9.Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the 
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
 
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 - 1,766,781 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 1HH on 11/04/11 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Source: Irish Continental Group plc via Thomson Reuters ONE 
 
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