ANNOUNCEMENT

For Immediate Release                                                                                                                                 13 June 2012

DIAMOND FINANCE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

(the "Issuer")

Announcement in respect of Series 2006-2 EUR 40,000,000 CDO of CDO Credit-Linked Synthetic Portfolio Premium Notes due 2016 (the "Notes")

The Directors of the Issuer hereby announce that a settlement agreement in relation to the Notes and the Swap Transactions relating to the Notes was entered into on 13 June 2012 between, amongst others, the Issuer, Lehman Brothers Special Financing Inc., the noteholder, and BNY Mellon Corporate Trustee Services Limited (in its capacity as Trustee of the Notes and acting pursuant to a written resolution of the holders of the Notes).

Enquiries:

McCann FitzGerald Listing Services Limited                                                        Deirdre Barnicle

Phone: +353 1 607 1323

This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of

the Irish Stock Exchange.