DAA Finance plc Statement

EUR549,650,000 6.5872 per cent notes due 2018 of DAA Finance plc, guaranteed by Dublin Airport Authority plc (ISIN:XS0375220588)

Appointment of Chairman

The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Dr Leo Varadkar TD, has appointed Mr Pádraig Ó Rí­ordáin as chairman designate of Dublin Airport Authority plc.

Mr Ó Rí­ordáin is a partner in Arthur Cox, the Irish law firm, and was formerly Managing Partner of the firm. He is also a non-executive director of Paddy Power plc and TVC Holdings plc.

Mr Ó Rí­ordáin is also a member of the European Commission’s Insolvency Law Expert Group (ILEG), the advisory body to the European Commission on the development of an EU cross-border crisis management regime and resolution for the banking sector.

He is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the American Bar Association, the International Bar Association and the Harvard Law School Association.

21 December 2011

Enquiries: Ray Gray, Director, DAA Finance plc
Telephone number: +353 1 814 5265
ray.gray@daa.ie

Richard Commins, Group Financial Controller, Dublin Airport Authority plc
Telephone number: +353 1 814 5294
richard.commins@daa.ie