Notice of EGM

RNS Number : 7115P

FBD Holdings PLC

30 March 2009

FBD Holdings plc

30 March 2009

Approval of Waiver of Offer Obligations under

Rule 37 of the Irish Takeover Rules

Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting

FBD Holdings plc ('FBD' or the 'Company') announces that a Circular containing a Notice convening an Extraordinary General Meeting ('EGM') of the Company is being posted to shareholders with the Annual Report and Accounts for 2008 today. The EGM is to be held on 29 April 2009 at 1.00 p.m. or as soon as the Annual General Meeting of the Company, which is to be held at 12.00 noon on the same date, has concluded. These meetings will be held at FBD House, Bluebell, Dublin 12, Ireland.

The purpose of the EGM is to propose an ordinary resolution for the approval of shareholders on a poll vote pursuant to a waiver of the requirements of Rule 37(a) of the Irish Takeover Rules which has been granted by the Irish Takeover Panel in recent weeks and which is subject to such approval.

The Circular (containing the Notice of EGM) will also be made available today on the Company's website www.fbdgroup.com.

Copies of the Circular (containing the Notice of EGM) have been submitted to the Irish Stock Exchange and the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at:

Companies Announcements Office

The Irish Stock Exchange

28 Anglesea Street

Dublin 2

and

Document Viewing Facility

UK Listing Authority

Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonnade

Canary Wharf

London E14 5HS

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