16th Jan 2007 17:13
Bank of Ireland(Governor&Co)16 January 2007 16 January 2007 BANK OF IRELAND STOCK ALTERNATIVE SCHEME; RE-ISSUE FROM TREASURY STOCK Bank of Ireland announces that it has today re-issued from Treasury Stock2,139,653 units of Ordinary Stock of nominal value of €0.64 each (OrdinaryStock) at €16.37 each to satisfy the requirements of Stockholders who haveelected to take units of Ordinary Stock in lieu of all or part of their InterimDividend for 2006/2007 under the Bank's Stock Alternative Scheme. The Stock Alternative Scheme offer was taken up by 28% of Stockholders,representing 19% of the net dividend. Following the re-issue, Bank of Ireland holds 46,648,752 units of Ordinary Stockas Treasury Stock. The number of units of Ordinary Stock is now 978,597,381excluding Treasury Stock. The number of units of euro Preference Stock in issue is 3,026,598 and thenumber of units of Sterling Preference Stock in issue is 1,876,090. /ends Enquiries:- Dan Loughrey, Head of Group Corporate Communications 00-356-1-604-3833 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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