RNS Number:1694U
IRF European Fin Investments Ltd 
02 April 2007





IRF European Finance Investments Ltd



2 April 2007





                     IRF European Finance Investments Ltd.



                                   Announces



                commencement of electronic trading of its shares



Common Shares



IRF European Finance Investments Ltd. ("IRF" or the "Company") today announced
that CREST members will now be able to hold and transfer interests in IRF's
common shares of par value $.0015 (ISIN BMG493831058) (the "Common Shares")
within CREST, pursuant to a depositary interest facility (the "DI Facility")
established by IRF with Capita IRG Trustees Limited ("Capita").  The Common
Shares will not themselves be admitted to CREST.



Pursuant to the DI Facility, Capita has issued depositary interests for IRF's
Common Shares which will today be admitted to trading on AIM.  These depositary
interests may be held and transferred within CREST, enable the transfer and
settlement of trades in respect of the Common Shares electronically.



If CREST members wish to use the DI Facility, they can do so by inputting a
stock deposit in the usual way pursuant to standard CREST procedures.  They will
also be required to submit a deposit certification form to Capita, certifying
compliance with the relevant transfer restrictions imposed by U.S. securities
law.  The deposit certification form must be submitted to Capita no later than 6
hours after submission of a stock deposit to CREST.



Holders of Common Shares wishing to continue holding Common Shares in
certificated form and trade such shares can continue to do so.



Unlike transfers of certificated Common Shares, transfers of the depositary
interests will be subject to stamp duty reserve tax at the rate of 0.5%.



For further details, please refer to CREST operational bulletin number 1281,
issued on 19 March 2007, for the special procedures contained therein.



Warrants


The Company has arranged for Capita to issue depositary interests for IRF's
warrants (ISIN BMG493831132) (the "Warrants").  These depositary interests will
not be admitted to AIM until after the expiration of the offer made on 28 March
2007 to holders of Warrants to exercise their Warrants on modified terms.

About IRF

IRF was formed to invest in the financial services industry throughout Europe
with a primary focus on credit institutions and insurance companies in South
Eastern Europe.  IRF's current strategy is the acquisition of financial
institutions having valuations which do not reflect their potential and where
marketing and operational efficiencies are possible.  IRF owns a 20.16% interest
in Proton Bank S.A. ("Proton") and a 5.36% interest in Marfin Popular Bank
("MPB").

Proton is a full service financial services institution, including retail and
investment banking as well the provision of specialized corporate advisory and
investment services.   Proton is listed on the Athens Shares Exchange under the
symbol 'PRO'. For more information about Proton, please see www.proton.gr. MPB
is full-services financial institution that was created through the recent
merger of Marfin Financial Group, Laiki Hellas and Egnatia Bank.  As a result,
MPB is a regional financial institution with 312 branches in 12 countries.  MPB
is listed on the Athens Shares Exchange under the symbol 'MARFB'. For more
information about MPB, please see www.laiki.com.











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