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Version date: 18 May 2006 - onwards

Schedule

In this Schedule, a reference to a Rule shall be construed as a reference
to a Rule contained in the Irish Takeover Panel Act, 1997, Takeover Rules,
2001 (as amended by the Irish Takeover Panel Act, 1997, Takeover (Amendment)
Rules, 2002 and the Irish Takeover Panel Act, 1997, Takeover (Amendment)
Rules, 2005) and, unless otherwise indicated, shall be construed as a
reference to a Rule in Part B of those Rules.

1. Rule 2.1 in
Part A is amended as follows:

(a) by the
deletion from paragraph (a) of that Rule of the definitions of "acting in
concert", "General Principles", "Member State", "offer", "offeree",
"offeror" and "relevant company";

(b) by the
insertion into paragraph (a) of that Rule, in alphabetical order, of the
following definitions:

"affiliated
person", in relation to another person (the "Parent"), means any undertaking
in respect of which the Parent:

(a) has a majority
of the shareholders' or members' voting rights; or

(b) is a
shareholder or member and at the same time has the right to appoint or
remove a majority of the members of its board of directors; or

(c) is a
shareholder or member and alone controls a majority of the shareholders' or
members' voting rights pursuant to an agreement entered into with other
shareholders or members;