Ardagh Glass Finance plc - Irish Stock Exchange

Coulson is Chairman of the board of directors of Ardagh Glass Group S.A. and individually owns
approximately 21% of the share capital of Ardagh Glass Group S.A. Through his investment in the
Yeoman group of companies he has an interest in a further approximately 39% of the outstanding
shares of Ardagh Group S.A. He is also a member of the board of directors of various Yeoman group
companies. A further approximately 9.5% of such shares is owned by Niall Wall, our Chief Executive
Officer.
Directors and members of our senior management team, other than Paul Coulson and Niall Wall,
currently own approximately 12.1% of the share capital of Ardagh Glass Group S.A.
Paul Coulson, Wolfgang Baertz, Brendan Dowling and Herman Troskie are members of the board
of directors of Ardagh Glass Group S.A. and directors of member companies of the Yeoman group of
companies. As a result of their ownership and positions, Yeoman and Messrs. Coulson, Baertz, Dowling
and Troskie are each able to significantly influence, through Ardagh Glass Group S.A., all matters
requiring shareholder approval, including the election of directors and approval of significant corporate
transactions. See ‘‘Management’’ and ‘‘Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions’’.
We have established several committees, including an audit committee and a remuneration
committee, in order to ensure that the control exercised by our major shareholders is exercised through
appropriate corporate governance structures.
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