30 Mar 2007

Bank of Ireland Re-Issue From Treasury Stock; Sharesave Scheme (SAYE)

Bank of Ireland announces that it has today re-issued from Treasury Stock 28,549 units of Ordinary Stock of nominal value of €0.64 each (Ordinary Stock). The re-issue comprised of 26,378 units of Ordinary Stock at €7.84 per unit arising under the 2003 scheme and 2,171 units of Ordinary Stock at €5.40 per unit arising under the 2000 scheme.

Following the re-issue, Bank of Ireland holds 43,143,370 units of Ordinary Stock as Treasury Stock. The number of units of Ordinary Stock in issue is now 982,405,856 excluding Treasury Stock.

The number of units of euro Preference Stock in issue is 3,026,598 and the number of units of Sterling Preference Stock in issue is 1,876,090.

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Enquiries:

Dan Loughrey, Head of Group Corporate Communications 00-353-1-604-3833