Announcement relating to despatch of Rule 15 Proposal

BY

BLUEFIN BIDCO LIMITED

Announcement relating to despatch of Rule 15 Proposal

In accordance with Rule 15 of the Irish Takeover Panel Act, 1997, Takeover Rules, 2022 (the “Irish Takeover Rules”), Bluefin Bidco Limited (“Bidco”) and Irish Continental Group, plc (“ICG”) announce that letters dated 5 August 2026 containing details of the proposal to holders of subsisting awards or options granted under the ICG Performance Share Plan (the “Proposal”) have been despatched to such holders in connection with the proposed acquisition of ICG by Bidco (the “Acquisition”).

The Proposal will be published on ICG’s website at (https://icg.ie/offer/). For the avoidance of doubt, the content of such website is not incorporated into, and does not form part of, this Announcement.

Request for Proposal

If you are an ICG Awardholder and did not receive the Proposal, please contact investor.relations@icg.ie.

Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalised terms used but not defined in this announcement have the same meanings as given to them in the Scheme Document published by ICG on 5 August 2026.

Statements Required by the Takeover Rules

The ICG Directors accept responsibility for the information contained in this Announcement relating to ICG, the ICG Group and the ICG Directors and members of their immediate families, related trusts and persons connected with them, except for the recommendation and related opinions of the Independent ICG Board. The Independent ICG Board accept responsibility for the recommendation and related opinions of the Independent ICG Board contained in this Announcement. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the ICG Directors and the Independent ICG Directors (who, in each case, have taken all reasonable care to ensure such is the case), the information contained in this Announcement for which they accept responsibility is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information.

The BidCo Directors and the MBO Team accept responsibility for the information contained in this Announcement, other than information relating to ICG, the ICG Group, the ICG Board and members of their immediate families, related trusts and persons connected with them, save to the extent a BidCo Director or member of the MBO Team has accepted responsibility for such matters in their capacity as an ICG Director. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the BidCo Directors and the MBO Team (who, in each case, have taken all reasonable care to ensure that this is the case), the information contained in this Announcement for which they accept responsibility is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information.

Disclosure requirements of the Takeover Rules

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