文档介绍：9929 BOI AR COVER 09 2009:Layout 1 20/05/2009 12:40 Page 1
Report & Accounts
for the year ended 31 March 2009
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Forward-Looking Statement
This document contains certain forward-looking statements
within the meaning of Section 21E of the US Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 27A of the US Securities Act
of 1933 with respect to certain of the Bank of Ireland Group’s
(the Group) plans and its current goals and expectations relating
to its future financial condition and performance and the markets
in which it operates. These forward-looking statements can be
identified by the fact that they do not relate only to historical or
current facts. Forward-looking statements sometimes use words
such as ‘aim’, ‘anticipate’, ‘target’, ‘expect’, ‘estimate’, ‘intend’,
‘plan’, ‘goal’, ‘believe’, or other words of similar meaning.
Examples of forward-looking statements include among others,
statements regarding the Group’s future financial position,
e growth, business strategy, projected costs, estimates of
capital expenditures, and plans and objectives for future
operations. Because such statements are inherently subject to
risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from
those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks
and uncertainties relating to profitability targets, prevailing
interest rates, the performance of the Irish and UK economies
and the performance and volatility of the international c