13th Mar 2006 13:57
Allied Irish Banks PLC13 March 2006 For Immediate Release - 13 March 2006 Notification of Major Interest in Shares Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. ("AIB") received notification on 10 March 2006 fromFidelity International of the following interests in AIB Shares, held by (i) FMRCorp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, and (ii) Fidelity InternationalLimited, and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, both being non-beneficialholders. The interests notified, which have been acquired solely for investmentpurposes, amount to 43,410,615 shares in aggregate, and represent 4.96% of AIB'sissued shares (which, as of today's date, number 875,427,173 shares, exclusiveof 43,008,397 Treasury Shares held). FMR Corp. of 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA 02109, USA, is the parent holdingcompany of Fidelity Mangement and Research Company (FMRCO), investment managerfor US mutual funds, and Fidelity Management Trust Company (FMTC), a US statechartered bank which acts as a trustee or investment manager of various pensionand trust accounts. Fidelity International Limited (FIL), P.O. Box HM 670, Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda,is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries,including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL), Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST),Fidelity Investment Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIA(K)L), Fidelity InvestmentsManagement (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), Fidelity Pension Management (FPM),Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and Fidelity Investments International (FII),investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutionalclients. The interests notified, which include the notifiable interest of Mr. Edward C.Johnson 3d, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA 02109, U.S.A., principalshareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited, are registered asfollows: (A) FMR Corp Fidelity Management and Research Company Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 9,233,110JP Morgan Chase Bank 6,950,100JP Morgan Chase Bank 1,700,600Mellon Bank N.A. 38,500Northern Trust London 64,400Northern Trust London 51,100State Street Bank and Tr Co 21,446State Street Bank and Tr Co 2,117,800 Total 20,177,056 Fidelity Management Trust Company Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares Bank of New York 46,200 Bank of New York 167,100 .../ /... Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 206,158 Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 334,600 JP Morgan Chase Bank 92,300 JP Morgan Chase Bank 87,900 Mellon Bank N.A. 428,864 Northern Trust Co 48,800 Northern Trust Co 162,800 State Street Bank and Tr Co 82,100 State Street Bank and Tr Co 592,382 Total 2,249,204 (B) Fidelity International Limited (FIL) Fidelity Investments Services Limited Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares JP Morgan, Bournemouth 7,156,919 JP Morgan, Bournemouth 784,425 Total 7,941,344 Fidelity Gestion Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares CDC Finance 130,100 Total 130,100 Fidelity Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares Bermuda Trust Far East HK 372,049 Total 372,049 Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares State Street Hong Kong 7,600 State Street Hong Kong 5,500 Total 13,100 Fidelity Investments International Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares JP Morgan, Bournemouth 685,355 Total 685,355 .../ /... Fidelity Pension Management Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares Bank of New York Brussels 13,600 Bank of New York Brussels 33,318 Chase Manhattan London 3,600 Chase Manhattan London 4,900 Chase Manhttn Bk Ag Frankfurt 33,600 Chase Manhttn Bk Ag Frankfurt 48,900 Dexia Privatbank 3,200 Dexia Privatbank 6,500 HSBC Bank PLC 259,306 JP Morgan, Bournemouth 1,229,192 JP Morgan, Bournemouth 241,080 JP Morgan Chase Bank 45,600 Mellon Bank 28,000 Mellon Bank 49,700 Northern Trust London 163,600 Northern Trust London 487,017 State Street BK and Tr Co Lndn (S) 181,028 Total 2,832,141 Fidelity Investments Canada Limited Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares State Street Bank and Tr Co 318,000 Total 318,000 Fidelity International Limited Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares Bank of New York Brussels 40,500 Bank of New York Brussels 184,112 Bank of New York Europe Ldn 21,100 Bank of New York Europe Ldn 25,600 BNP Paribas, Paris (C) 177,877 BNP Paribas, Paris 53,700 Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux 6,436,930 Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux 285,705 Brown Bros Harriman and Co. 84,100 HSBC Bank PLC 223,300 HSBC Bank PLC 338,000 JP Morgan, Bournemouth 160,900 JP Morgan, Bournemouth 161,400 JP Morgan, Bournemouth 127,800 Northern Trust London 172,640 Northern Trust London 113,862 State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn (S) 17,800 State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn (S) 16,400 Total 8,641,726 ... .../ /... Fidelity Investments Japan Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 50,540 Total 50,540 Overall Total 43,410,615 -End- This document is available for inspection from the document viewing facility ofthe UKLA during the next two business days. Copies of this announcement areavailable from the Registered Office of the Company for fourteen days followingthe date of publication. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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