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A letter from Bank of Ireland Asset Management to Waterford Wedgwood Plc dated 15th October 2008, received by the Irish Stock Exchange on 16th October 2008.

15th October 2008

Mr. Mark Downie, 

Company Secretary, 

Waterford Wedgwood Plc,

Embassy House

Herbert Park Lane

Ballsbridge

Dublin 4

Notification of Transactions in Shares of Public Limited Companies

Dear Mark,

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.

Name of Stock	Waterford Wedgwood Plc
Reason for disclosure	Decrease in percentage holding from 4.61% to 0.29%
Issued Share Capital	84,974,567,495 units
BIAM Ltd holding*	246,624,595 units / 0.29% of ISC

*Of this holding, the units are registered in nominee company names, as listed below, as registered owner only. This is on behalf of a range of clients each of who are the beneficial owners. 

Bank of Ireland Nominees Ltd	231,471,832 units
Nortrust Nominees Ltd	6,819,341 units
Mellon Nominees Ltd	5,751,566 units
BNY Custodial Nominees Ltd	2,581,856 units

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind regards,

_____________________
Penny Marrow| Compliance 

Compliance Manager

Bank of Ireland Asset Management
40 Mespil Road, Dublin 4
T: +353 1 637 8118  F: +353 1 637 8038
www.biam.ie     

16th October 2008

This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of

the Irish Stock Exchange.

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