Holding in Company

FBD Holdings PLC
27 October 2004

FDB Holdings



27 Oct 2004



Re: Holding in Company



A Letter from Bank of Ireland Asset Management Limited dated the 26 October 2004
  to the Irish Stock Exchange, received by the Irish Stock Exchange on the 27
October 2004







October 26, 2004









       Notification of Transactions in Shares of Public Limited Companies







I refer to Chapter 2 of Part IV of the Companies Act 1990 which requires
disclosure, by a person who acquires an interest in 5% or more of the issued
Share Capital of a public limited company, to that company of the holding.
Subsequent transactions which change the percentage holding by a whole number
must also be notified.



Bank of Ireland Asset Management Limited now holds 5,209,745 units in FDB
Holdings Plc. Of this holding 63,820 units are registered in the name of
Citibank Nominees Limited, 32,754 units are registered in the name of Nortrust
Nominees Limited and 5,113,171 units are registered in the name of Bank of
Ireland Nominees Limited, as registered owner only, on behalf of a range of
clients each of whom is the beneficial owner of a portion of the holding.



Our interest is being calculated using an issued share capital figure of
41,736,855 which is obtained by us from an FTI feed direct from the Irish Stock
Exchange.



Yours sincerely,







_______________________
Gary Rahill

Assistant Manager, Compliance



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