Bristol & West PLC 01 March 2005 BRISTOL & WEST PLC ANNOUNCES CHANGES TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Bristol & West plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank of Ireland, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Brian Goggin to succeed Mr. Maurice Keane as Chairman of the Bristol & West Board of Directors with effect from 28 February 2005. Mr. Goggin is Group Chief Executive of Bank of Ireland. Mr. Maurice Keane is retiring from his position as Chairman, having been a member of the Board since 1997 and Chairman since 2002. Mr. Geoffrey Matthews, Non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director who has been a member of the Board since 1996, has been appointed to the position of Vice-Chairman. Mr David McGowan has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Bristol & West as an Executive Director with effect from 28 February 2005. Mr McGowan is Managing Director of Business Banking UK, part of the Bank of Ireland UK Financial Services Division and was a Director of Bank of Ireland UK Holdings plc from September 2001 to June 2002. Save for the information disclosed above there is no other information required to be disclosed pursuant to paragraph 16.4 of the Listing Rules. Ends/ 1 March 2005 For further information: Anne Mathews Group Corporate Communications Tel:00 3531 604 3836 Sara Holland UK Financial Services Division Tel: 00 44 117 943 2614 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange