Irish Continental Irish Continental Group Plc : Holding(s) In Company

Share Name	Share Symbol	Market	Type	Share ISIN	Share Description
Irish Continental Group Plc	LSE:ICGC	London	Ordinary Share	IE00BLP58571	UTS (COMP 1 ORD EUR0.065 & 10 RED) (CDI)

	Price Change	% Change	Share Price	Bid Price	Offer Price	High Price	Low Price	Open Price	Shares Traded	Last Trade
	-4.00	-0.90%	439.00	420.00	458.00				2,170	16:35:06

Industry Sector	Turnover	Profit	EPS - Basic	PE Ratio	Market Cap
Transportation Services, Nec	572M	61.6M	0.3605	14.73	907.28M

TIDMICGC

15 September 2016

Pursuant to its obligations under the Transparency (Directive
2004/109/EC) Regulations 2007 ("The Regulations"), Irish Continental
Group plc sets out below details of a notification received under The
Regulations.

Tom Corcoran

Company Secretary

Standard Form TR-1

Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the
relevant issuer and to the Central Bank of Ireland)

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:
Irish Continental Group PLC
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate
box or boxes):
[ ] An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
[X] An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
[ ] An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
[ ] Other (please specify):
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation
:
Name: City and country of registered office (if applicable):
BlackRock, Inc. Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from
3.):
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached:
14(th) September 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified: 15(th) September
2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
Total holdings for BlackRock, Inc. has gone below
3%
8. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification
obligation:
% of voting
rights
attached to
shares (total % of voting rights through financial instruments Total of both in
of 9.A) (total of 9.B.1 + 9.B.2) % (9.A + 9.B) Total number of voting rights of issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold
was crossed or reached Below 3% Below 3% Below 3% 188,250,890
Position of previous notification (if applicable) 2.99% 0.06% 3.06%

9. Notified details of the resulting situation on
the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of Number of voting rights % of voting rights
shares
ISIN code (if possible)

Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
IE00BLP58571 Below 3% Below 3%
SUBTOTAL A Below 3% Below 3%

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation
17(1)(a) of the Regulations
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the % of voting rights
instrument date Conversion Period instrument is exercised/converted.

SUBTOTAL B.1

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect
according to Regulation 17(1)(b) of the Regulations
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Physical or cash settlement Number of % of voting rights
instrument date Conversion Period voting
rights
CFD N/A N/A Cash Settlement Below 3% Below 3%
SUBTOTAL B.2 Below 3% Below 3%

10. Information in relation to the person subject
to the notification obligation (please tick the applicable
box):
[ ] Person subject to the notification obligation
is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity
and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding
directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying)
issuer.
[X] Full chain of controlled undertakings through
which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held starting
with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal
entity:
Name(xv) % of voting rights if it equals or is higher than % of voting rights through financial instruments if Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable
the notifiable threshold it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold threshold
See
attachment

11. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder]
will cease to hold [% and number] voting rights as
of [date]

12. Additional information:

Done at 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K. on 15(th)
September 2016

Name % of voting rights if it equals or is higher than % of voting rights through financial instruments if Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable
the notifiable threshold it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold threshold
BlackRock,
Inc.
BlackRock
Holdco 2,
Inc.
BlackRock
Financial
Management,
Inc.
BlackRock
International
Holdings,
Inc.
BR Jersey
International
Holdings
L.P.
BlackRock
Group
Limited
BlackRock
Investment
Management
(UK) Limited

BlackRock,
Inc.
BlackRock
Holdco 2,
Inc.
BlackRock
Financial
Management,
Inc.
BlackRock
Holdco 4,
LLC
BlackRock
Holdco 6,
LLC
BlackRock
Delaware
Holdings
Inc.
BlackRock
Fund
Advisors

BlackRock,
Inc.
BlackRock
Holdco 2,
Inc.
BlackRock
Financial
Management,
Inc.
BlackRock
Holdco 4,
LLC
BlackRock
Holdco 6,
LLC
BlackRock
Delaware
Holdings
Inc.
BlackRock
Fund
Advisors
BlackRock
Institutional
Trust
Company,
National
Association

BlackRock,
Inc.
BlackRock
Holdco 2,
Inc.
BlackRock
Financial
Management,
Inc.
BlackRock
International
Holdings,
Inc.
BR Jersey
International
Holdings
L.P.
BlackRock
Group
Limited
BlackRock
Advisors (UK)
Limited

This announcement is distributed by Nasdaq Corporate Solutions on behalf
of Nasdaq Corporate Solutions clients.

The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely
responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information
contained therein.

Source: Irish Continental Group plc via Globenewswire

http://www.icg.ie/

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September 15, 2016 12:15 ET (16:15 GMT)

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