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21 Feb 2008 16:01

Bank of Ireland(Governor&Co)21 February 2008 TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: Bank of Ireland 2. Reason for the notification (please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s): An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( X ) An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in theacquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: ( ) An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( ) Other (please specify) : ( ) 2. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation: UBS Global Asset Management - IFS 3. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3) : UBS Fund Services (Luxembourg) SA UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG 4. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): 18 February 2008 5. Date on which issuer notified: 20 February 2008 6. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 3% 8. Notified Details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of shares Situation previous to the triggering transactionif possible use ISINCODE Number of shares Number of voting rights Non- notifiable Holdings Non- notifiable Holdings Resulting situation after the triggering transactionClass/type of Number of shares Number of voting rights % of voting rightssharesif possible useISINCODE Direct Indirect Direct Indirect 30,104,858 3.01% B: Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Expiration Exercise/ No. of voting rights % of votingFinancial date Conversion that may be rightsinstrument period/date acquired (if the instrument exercised/ converted) Total (A+B)Number of voting rights % of voting rights 30,104,858 3.01% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable UBS Fund Services (Luxembourg) SA - 26,586,464 - 2.66% UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG - 3,518,394 - 0.35% : Proxy Voting: 10. Name of proxy holder: UBS GAM on behalf of a number of asset management clients 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: 13. Additional information: 14. Contact name: John B. Clifford - Group Secretary 15. Contact telephone number: +353 1 6043400 For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange