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CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20070716
FILED AS OF DATE:		20070716
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20070716

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ICON PLC  /ADR/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001060955
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-COMMERCIAL PHYSICAL & BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH [8731]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000

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		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-08704
		FILM NUMBER:		07981229

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		BANK OF NEW YORK
		STREET 2:		48 WALL ST
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10286
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    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">Exhibit
      99.1</div>
    <div><br>&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>THIS
      DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE
      ATTENTION.</strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>If
      you are in any doubt as to the action to be taken, you should consult with
      your
      independent financial adviser who, if you are taking advice in Ireland, is
      authorised or exempted under the Stock Exchange Act, 1995 or the Investment
      Intermediaries Act, 1995.</strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>If
      you have sold or transferred your entire holding of ordinary shares in ICON
      plc
      (&#8220;ICON&#8221; or &#8220;the Company&#8221;), please pass this document, together with the attached
      proxy form, to the purchaser or transferee, or to the stockbroker, bank or
      other
      agent through whom the sale was effected, for transmission to the purchaser
      or
      transferee as soon as possible.</strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>ICON
      has a secondary listing on The Irish Stock Exchange. For this reason, ICON
      is
      not subject to the same ongoing regulatory requirements as those which would
      apply to an Irish company with a primary listing on the Irish Stock Exchange
      including the requirement that certain transactions require the approval of
      shareholders. For further information, shareholders should consult their own
      financial adviser.</strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">ICON
      PLC</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><em>(Incorporated
      in Ireland with limited liability under the Companies Acts, 1963 to 1986.
      Registered No. 145835)</em></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Directors:</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Dr.
      John
      Climax, (Chairman)</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Peter
      Gray, (Chief Executive Officer)</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Dr.
      Ronan
      Lambe*,</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Thomas
      Lynch, *</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Edward
      Roberts, *</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Shuji
      Higuchi, *</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Bruce
      Given, *</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><em>*</em>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Non-Executive</font></div>
    <div>
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              <div>&#160;</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">South
                County Business Park, </font></div>
              <div align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Leopardstown,</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 387pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Dublin
      18,</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 396pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Ireland.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 342pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;"><sup>&#160;</sup></font>25<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;"><sup>th</sup></font>
      June,
      2007</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">To
      all
      ICON Shareholders</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NOTICE
      OF
      ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">OF</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">ICON
      PLC</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Dear
      Shareholder,</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">I
      am
      writing to you to outline the background to the Resolutions to be proposed
      at
      the forthcoming Annual General Meeting of ICON plc (&#8220;AGM&#8221;), each of which the
      Board of Directors (&#8220;Board&#8221; or the &#8220;Directors&#8221;) is recommending you
      approve.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Your
      attention is drawn to the notice of AGM set out on page 4 of this document,
      which will be held at The Pavilion, Leopardstown Racecourse, Leopardstown,
      Dublin 18 on the<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;"><sup>&#160;</sup></font>23rd day
      of
      July, 2007 at 10.00 a.m.</font></div><br>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>AGM</strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Resolutions
      1-4 in the enclosed notice set out the usual business to be transacted at the
      AGM.&#160;&#160;In addition, your Board proposes, as special business,
      Resolutions 5-7, which are summarised below.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Resolution
      5 - General Authority to allot shares</strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Resolution
      5 proposes to give the Directors a general authority under Section 20 of the
      Companies (Amendment) Act, 1983 for a period of 1 year to allot shares up to
      an
      amount equal to the present authorised but unissued share capital of the
      Company.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Resolution
      6 &#8211; The dis-application of statutory pre-emption rights</strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Resolution
      6 will give the Directors power under Section 24 of the Companies (Amendment)
      Act, 1983 to allot shares for cash without first offering them to holders of
      Ordinary Shares pro-rata to their respective
      shareholdings.&#160;&#160;Resolution 6 is conditional upon the passing of
      Resolution 5 and follows the established best practice of renewing such
      authority on an annual basis.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Resolution
      7 &#8211; Authorisation of Market Purchases of the Company&#8217;s Shares and Re-issue of
      Treasury Shares</strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Resolution
      7 proposes to authorise the Company or any of its subsidiaries to purchase
      up to
      10% of the Company&#8217;s shares on the market.&#160;&#160;This authority will expire
      on the earlier of the date of the Annual General Meeting for 2007 or 18 months
      from the date of the passing of the Resolution.&#160;&#160;The Directors do not
      have any current intention of exercising the Company&#8217;s authority to purchase its
      own shares and would only do so following careful consideration and at price
      levels which the Directors consider to be in the best interests of Shareholders
      generally.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Under
      the
      terms of Resolution 7, the minimum price which may be paid for any of the
      Company&#8217;s own shares is an amount equal to the nominal value of the shares and
      the maximum price which may be paid is up to an amount equal to 105% of the
      then
      average market price of the shares.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Resolution
      7 also provides that where the Company shares have been purchased or redeemed
      and are held as Treasury Shares these shares may be re-issued off market at
      a
      maximum price of 120% of the Market Price (as defined in the Resolution) and
      the
      minimum price of 95% of the Market Price.&#160;&#160;The determination of the
      re-issued price range will expire on the earlier of the date of the Annual
      General Meeting 2007 or 18 months from the date of the passing of the
      Resolution.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>FURTHER
      ACTION</strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">A
      Form of
      Proxy for use at the AGM is attached.&#160;&#160;You are requested to complete,
      sign and return the Form of Proxy as soon as possible whether or not you propose
      to attend the meeting in person.&#160;&#160;To be valid the Form of Proxy must
      be deposited with the Company&#8217;s Registrars, <strong>Computershare Investor
      Services (Ireland) Limited, Heron House, Corrig Road, Sandyford Industrial
      Estate, Dublin 18</strong> not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for
      the meeting.&#160;&#160;The completion and lodging of the Form of Proxy will not
      prevent you from attending and voting in person at the meeting should you so
      wish.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>&#160;RECOMMENDATION</strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Your
      Board believes that the Resolutions to be proposed at the AGM are in the best
      interests of the Company and its Shareholders as a
      whole.&#160;&#160;Accordingly, your Directors unanimously recommend that you
      vote in favour of the Resolutions as they intend to do so themselves in respect
      of all the Ordinary Shares held or beneficially owned by them amounting in
      total
      to 3,167,168 Ordinary Shares on 31st<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;"><sup>&#160;</sup></font>March 2007,
      representing approximately 11.1% of issued ordinary share capital of the
      Company.</font></div>
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            <td width="100%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Yours
              sincerely,</font></td>
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            <td width="100%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td width="100%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;<u>/s/
              Dr. John Climax</u></font></td>
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            <td width="100%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Dr.
              John Climax,</font></td>
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            <td width="100%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Chairman</font></td>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>NOTICE
      OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING</strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>NOTICE
      </strong>is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will
      be
      held at The Pavilion, Leopardstown Racecourse, Leopardstown, Dublin 18 on
      23<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;"><sup>rd</sup></font> day of
      July, 2007 at 10.00 a.m.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>ORDINARY
      BUSINESS</strong></font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">1.</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">To
                receive and consider the accounts for the year ended 31<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;"><sup>st</sup></font>
                December,
                2006 and the reports of the Directors and auditors
                thereon.</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">2.&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">To
                re-elect Mr. Thomas Lynch who retires as a Director in accordance
                with the
                Articles of Association of the Company and, being eligible, offers
                himself
                for re-election.</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">3.</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">To
                re-elect Mr. Bruce Given who retires as a Director in accordance
                with the
                Articles of Association of the Company and, being eligible, offers
                himself
                for re-election.</font></div>
            </td>
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            </td>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">To
                authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the
                auditors.</font></div>
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    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>SPECIAL
      BUSINESS</strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">To
      consider and, if thought fit, pass the following Resolutions</font></div>
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            </td>
            <td>
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">As
                an ordinary resolution:</font></div>
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      </table>
    </div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">&#8220;That
      the
      Directors be and are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised to exercise
      all the powers of the Company to allot relevant securities (within the meaning
      of Section 20 of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 1983) up to an aggregate nominal
      amount not exceeding the present authorised unissued capital of the Company;
      provided that this authority shall expire at the conclusion of the next annual
      general meeting of the Company, save that the Company may before such expiry
      make an offer or agreement which would or might require relevant securities
      to
      be allotted after such expiry and the Directors may allot relevant securities
      pursuant to such offer or agreement as if the authority conferred hereby had
      not
      expired.&#8221;</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">6.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;As
      a special resolution:</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>
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          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div>&#160;</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">&#8220;That,
                subject to the passing of Resolution 5, the Directors be and are
                hereby
                empowered pursuant to Section 24 of the Companies (Amendment) Act,
                1983 to
                allot equity securities (as defined in Section 23 of that Act) as
                if the
                provisions of sub-section (1) of the said Section 23 did not apply
                to any
                such allotment; provided that this exclusion of the applicability
                of
                section 23(1) of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 1983 shall expire
                at the
                conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company save
                that if
                before such expiry the Company has offered or agreed to allot equity
                securities, those equity securities may be allotted pursuant to such
                offer
                or agreement as if the exclusion contained herein had not
                expired.&#8221;</font></div>
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      </table>
    </div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>
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          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">7.</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">As
                a special resolution:</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
    </div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">&#8220;That
      subject to and for the purposes of the Companies Act, 1990, the Company and/or
      any of its subsidiaries be and are hereby generally authorised to make market
      purchase of Shares of any class of the Company on such terms and conditions
      and
      in such manner as the Directors may from time to time determine, but so
      that:</font></div><br>
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        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">4</font></div>
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              <div>&#160;</div>
            </td>
            <td style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(1)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">the
                maximum number of shares authorised to be purchased under this resolution
                shall be such number of shares whose aggregate nominal value shall
                not
                exceed 10 per cent of the aggregate nominal value of the issued share
                capital of the Company as at the commencement of business on the
                day of
                the passing of this resolution;</font></div>
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          </tr>

      </table>
    </div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>
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              <div>&#160;</div>
            </td>
            <td style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(2)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">the
                minimum price which may be paid for any share is an amount equal
                to its
                nominal value; and</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
    </div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>
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            <td style="WIDTH: 35.4pt">
              <div>&#160;</div>
            </td>
            <td style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(3)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">the
                maximum price which may be paid for any share is an amount equal
                to 105
                per cent of the Market Price (as hereafter defined) on the day of
                purchase</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
    </div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">and
      the
      price range within which any shares purchased or redeemed and held as treasury
      shares, within the meaning of Section 209 of the Companies Act, 1990, may be
      re-issued off-market is from 95 to 120 per cent of the Market Price on the
      day
      of re-issue.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">For
      the
      purpose of this resolution:</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">the
      Market Price of any shares on a particular day means the higher of:</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">the
      average middle market price (if there is one) derived from the List
      (as</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">hereafter
      defined); and</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">the
      average Current Price (as hereafter defined) on the immediately preceding five
      business days;</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">the
      Current Price on a particular day means the closing quotation price as published
      in the List or (for a day on which there was no dealing in such shares on the
      Stock Exchange) the mid-point between the high and low market guide prices
      as
      published in the List or (if there is only one such market guide price
      published) the market guide price so published whether it is the high or the
      low
      market guide price;</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">the
      List
      means the Irish Stock Exchange Daily Official List; and</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">the
      Stock
      Exchange means The Irish Stock Exchange Limited.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      authority hereby conferred shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual
      General Meeting of the Company or (if earlier) on the<strong>&#160;</strong>23rd
      January, 2009<strong>, </strong>unless previously varied, revoked or renewed.
      The Company or any subsidiary may before such expiry make a contract for the
      purchase of shares which would or might be wholly or partly executed after
      such
      expiry and may make a purchase of shares pursuant to any such contract as if
      the
      authority hereby conferred had not expired.&#8221;</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">By
      the
      Order of the Board.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Ciaran
      Murray</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Secretary</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Registered
      Office:</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">South
      County Business Park,</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Leopardstown,</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Dublin
      18</font></div><br>
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    <div><br></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 324pt;"></font>25<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;"><sup>th</sup></font>
      June,
      2007</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NOTES</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">1</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">A
                member entitled to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting
                is
                entitled to appoint a proxy as an alternative to attend, speak and
                vote
                instead of him/her. A proxy need not be a member of the Company.
                The
                deposit of an instrument of proxy will not preclude a member from
                attending and voting in person at the meeting or at any adjournment
                thereof.</font></div>
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      </table>
    </div>
    <div><br></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">2.</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">A
                Form of Proxy is enclosed with this notice. To be effective, the
                Form of
                Proxy duly completed and signed together with any authority under
                which it
                is executed or a copy of such authority certified notarially or by
                a
                solicitor practicing in the Republic of Ireland must be deposited
                with the
                Company&#8217;s Registrars, <strong>Computershare Investor Services (Ireland)
                Limited at Heron House, Corrig Road, Sandyford Industrial Estate,
                Dublin
                18, </strong>not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the
                Annual General Meeting.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
    </div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>
      <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">

          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">3</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
                the case of a corporation, the form of proxy must be either executed
                under
                seal or signed on its behalf by an officer or attorney duly
                authorised.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
    </div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>
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          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">4</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
                the case of joint holders, the vote of the senior who tenders a vote,
                whether in person or by proxy, will be accepted to the exclusion
                of the
                votes of the other registered holder(s) and, for this purpose, seniority
                will be determined by the order in which the names stand in the register
                of members of the Company.</font></div>
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          </tr>

      </table>
    </div>
    <div><br></div><br>
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    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>ICON
      PLC</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>FORM
      OF PROXY</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">South
      County Business Park,</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Leopardstown,
      Dublin 18.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Proxy
      in respect of the Annual General Meeting of Icon plc to be held on Monday
      23<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;"><sup>rd</sup></font> July, 2007
      at The Pavilion, Leopardstown Racecourse, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, at 10.00
      a.m.</strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Name(s):</u></strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">I/We*,
      the above mentioned, being a member/members* of the above named Company hereby
      appoint the Chairman of the Meeting
      or&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(See
      Note (c) overleaf,) as my/our* proxy to vote for me/us* on my/our* behalf at
      the
      Annual General Meeting <strong>(the Meeting</strong>) of the Company to be held
      on the 23<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;"><sup>rd</sup></font> of
      July 2007 at 10.00 a.m. at The Pavilion, Leopardstown Racecourse, Leopardstown,
      Dublin 18 and at any adjournment thereof.&#160;&#160;I/We* hereby direct my/our*
      proxy to vote on the Resolutions set out in the Notice convening the Meeting
      and
      summarised below:</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">*<em>Delete
      as appropriate in each case.</em></font></div>
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              <div>&#160;</div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="34%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="8%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>For</strong></font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="8%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Against</strong></font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" valign="top" width="21%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>ORDINARY
                BUSINESS</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">ICON
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          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="25%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" valign="top" width="46%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Attendance
                Card for Annual General Meeting to be held on the 23<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;"><sup>rd</sup></font>
                of
                July,<strong>&#160;</strong>2007 at The Pavilion, Leopardstown Racecourse,
                Leopardstown, Dublin 18, commencing at
                10.00<strong>&#160;</strong>a.m.</font></div>
              <div>&#160;</div>
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          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="25%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;__________________________________________</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="27%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Proxy&#8217;s
                name in Block Letters</font></div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">(if
                applicable)</font></div>
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            <td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="25%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Please
                do not post the Attendance Card.&#160;&#160;It should be retained by the
                member or proxy (if any) and handed in at the shareholders&#8217; registration
                desk to facilitate attendance at the Annual General
                Meeting.</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" valign="top" width="46%">
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                of Members/Proxy &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Notes:</strong></font></div>
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      be
      valid, this form, and if applicable, any authority under which it is executed
      or
      a copy of such authority certified notarially or by a solicitor practising
      in
      the Republic of Ireland must be deposited at the registered office of the
      Company at the South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland
      or
      (at the members option) at the offices of the Company&#8217;s Registrar, Computershare
      Investor Services (Ireland) Limited, Heron House, Corrig Road, Sandyford
      Industrial Estate, Dublin 18, in either case, not less than 48 hours before
      the
      time appointed for the holding of the Meeting.</font></div>
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            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(a)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">This
                Proxy Form must (i) in the case of an individual member be signed
                by the
                member or his/her attorney; or (ii) in the case of a body corporate
                be
                executed either under its common seal or be signed on its behalf
                by a duly
                authorised officer.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
    </div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">

          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(b)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
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                the case of joint holders, the vote of the senior who tenders a vote,
                whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion
                of the
                votes of the other joint holder(s) and for this purpose seniority
                shall be
                determined by the order in which the names stand in the register
                of
                members in respect of the joint
                holding.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
    </div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">

          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(c)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">If
                you desire to appoint a proxy other than the Chairman of the Meeting,
                please insert the proxy&#8217;s name in block letters in the space provided and
                delete the words &#8220;the Chairman of the Meeting
                or&#8221;.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
    </div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">

          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(d)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
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                proxy need not be a member of the Company but must attend the Meeting
                in
                person to represent you.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
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    <div><br></div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">

          <tr valign="top">
            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(e)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Please
                indicate how you wish your proxy to vote by placing a tick in the
                appropriate box.&#160;&#160;If no such specific directions are given, the
                proxy will vote or abstain from voting at his/her
                discretion.&#160;&#160;On any other business not specified in the Notice
                of Meeting or this form and arising at the Meeting the proxy will
                act at
                his/her discretion.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
    </div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">

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            <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(f)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
                completion and return of this Proxy Form will not preclude a member
                from
                attending and voting in person.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(g)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">If
                you are appointing a proxy, please provide him/her with the Attendance
                Card attached hereto to facilitate his/her
                attendance.</font></div>
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<DESCRIPTION>PROXY CARD
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    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">Exhibit
      99.2</div>
    <div><br>&#160;</div>
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      Sign, Date and Return</font></div>
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      Proxy
      Card Promptly</font></div>
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      the
      Enclosed Envelope.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Votes
      must be indicated</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(x)
      in
      Black or Blue ink.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>X</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>FOR
      AGAINST FOR AGAINST</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>ORDINARY
      BUSINESS</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">1.
      To
      receive the Accounts and Reports</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">2.
      To
      re-elect Mr. Thomas Lynch</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">3.
      To
      re-elect Mr. Bruce Given</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">4.
      To
      authorise the fixing of the Auditors&#8217; Remuneration</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>SPECIAL
      BUSINESS</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">5.
      To
      authorise the Company to allot shares</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">6.
      To
      disapply the statutory pre-emption rights</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">7.
      To
      authorise the Company to make market purchases of shares</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">To
      change
      your address, please mark this box.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>SCAN
      LINE</strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      Voting Instruction must be signed by the person in whose name the relevant
      Receipt is registered on the books of the</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Depositary.
      In the case of a Corporation, the Voting Instruction must be executed by a
      duly
      authorized Officer or Attorney.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Date
      Share Owner sign here</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Co-Owner
      sign here</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>ICON
      plc</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Instructions
      to The Bank of New York, as Depositary</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>(Must
      be received prior to 5:00 pm on July 16, 2007)</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      undersigned registered holder of American Depositary Receipts hereby requests
      and</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">instructs
      The Bank of New York, as Depositary, to endeavor, in so far as practicable,
      to
      vote or</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">cause
      to
      be voted the amount of shares or other Deposited Securities represented by
      such</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Receipt
      of Icon plc registered in the name of the undersigned on the books of the
      Depositary as of</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">the
      close
      of business on June 14, 2007 at the Annual General Shareholders<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times, serif;">&#700;</font> Meeting of
      Icon
      plc</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">to
      be
      held on July 23, 2007, in respect of the resolutions specified on the reverse
      hereof.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>NOTES:</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>1.
      Instructions as to voting on the specified resolutions should be indicated
      by an
&#210;X&#211; In the appropriate box.</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>2.
      If a Holder so elects, the Holder is entitled to instruct The Bank of New York,
      as Depositary, to give a</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>discretionary
      proxy to a person designated by the Company.</strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">To
      include any comments, please mark this box.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Please
      complete and date this proxy on the reverse side and return it promptly in
      the
      accompanying envelope.</strong></font></div>
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