15th Jan 2008 12:00
Bank of Ireland(Governor&Co)15 January 2008 15 January 2008 BANK OF IRELAND STOCK ALTERNATIVE SCHEME; RE-ISSUE FROM TREASURY STOCK Bank of Ireland announces that it has today re-issued from Treasury Stock9,148,760 units of Ordinary Stock of nominal value of €0.64 each (OrdinaryStock) at €9.28 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 2007/2008 under the Bank's Stock Alternative Scheme. The Stock Alternative Scheme offer was taken up by 37% of Stockholders,representing 39% of the net dividend. Following the re-issue, Bank of Ireland holds 26,218,832 units of Ordinary Stockas Treasury Stock. The number of units of Ordinary Stock is now 999,989,142excluding 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:- John Clifford, Group Secretary's Office +353 1 6043400 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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