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Allied Irish Banks PLC01 September 2006 FORM 8.1 DEALINGS BY OFFERORS, OFFEREE COMPANIES OR THEIR ASSOCIATES FOR THEMSELVES OR FOR DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS (Rules 8.1(a) and (b)(i) of the Takeover Code) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of person dealing (Note 1) ALLIED IRISH BANKS PLC ON BEHALF OF GOODBODY STOCKBROKERS Company dealt in UTV PLC Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) ORDINARY SHARES GBP 0.5P EACH Date of dealing 31ST AUGUST 2006 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevantsecurity dealt in (Note 3) Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities ORDINARY SHARES GBP 0.5P EACH (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 2,291,515 (4.20%) (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, otherthan the class dealt in (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3) Class of relevant Details security: 3. DEALINGS (Note 4) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of Price per unit securities (Note 5) Purchase 1,550 €5.09 EURO (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product Long/short Number of Price per name, e.g. (Note 6) securities (Note unit (Note 5)CFD 7) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, Expiry Option name,e.g. selling, securities price e.g. date money call purchasing, to which American, paid/ option varying the option European received etc. relates etc. per unit (Note 7) (Note 5) (ii) Exercising Product name, Number of Exercise price per unit e.g. call securities (Note 5) option (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4) Nature of transaction Details Price per unit (Note 8) (if applicable) (Note 5) 4. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. NONE .............................................................................. .............................................................................. Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO Date of disclosure 1 SEPTEMBER 2006 Contact name JOHN BURNS Telephone number 353-1-6412348 Name of offeree/offeror with which associated UTV PLC (BOTH THE OFFEREE AND THE OFFEROR) Specify category and nature of associate status (Note 10) ASSOCIATE (STOCKBROKER) TO UTV PLC (BOTH THE OFFEREE AND THE OFFEROR) Notes The Notes on Form 8.1 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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