3rd Jun 2005 15:06
Allied Irish Banks PLC03 June 2005 For Immediate Release - 3 June 2005 Notification of Major Interest in Shares Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. ("AIB") has today received notification from FidelityInvestments of the following interests in AIB Shares, held by (i) FMR Corp. andits direct and indirect subsidiaries, and (ii) Fidelity International Limited,and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, both being non-beneficial holders. Theinterests notified, which have been acquired solely for investment purposes,amount to 51,880,858 shares in aggregate, and represent 5.95% of AIB's issuedshares (which, as of today's date, number 871,737,481 shares, exclusive of46,698,089 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) andFidelity Investments International (FII), investment managers for various non-USinvestment companies and institutional clients. 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 2,079,300 JP Morgan Chase Bank 7,518,003 Northern Trust London 112,800 State Street Bank and Tr Co 1,591,444 Total 11,301,547 Fidelity Management Trust Company Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares Bank of New York 171,000 Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 507,358 JP Morgan Chase Bank 161,900 Mellon Bank N.A. 290,064 Northern Trust Co 233,800 State Street Bank and Tr Co 650,539 Total 2,014,661 (B) Fidelity International Limited (FIL) Fidelity Investments Services Limited Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares JP Morgan, Bournemouth 15,582,344 Total 15,582,344 Fidelity Gestion Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares CDC Finance 208,200 Total 208,200 Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares State Street Hong Kong 13,100 Total 13,100 Fidelity Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares Bermuda Trust Far East HK 174,800 Total 174,800 Fidelity Investments International Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares JP Morgan, Bournemouth 1,620,903 Total 1,620,903 Fidelity Pension Management Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares Bank of New York Brussels 46,367 BNP Paribas Frankfurt 103,400 Chase Manhattan London 11,300 Chase Manhttn Bk Ag Frankfurt 79,800 Dexia Privatbank 9,700 HSBC Bank Plc 305,506 JP Morgan, Bournemouth 5,195,676 JP Morgan Chase Bank 45,600 Mellon Bank 87,800 Northern Trust Bank 885,417 State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn 186,615 Total 6,957,181 Fidelity International Limited Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares Bank of New York Brussels 266,338 Bank of New York Europe Ldn 42,000 BNP Paribas, Paris (C) 168,827 Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux 12,243,440 CDC Finance- CDC Ixis 81,657 JP Morgan, Bournemouth 383,600 National Astl Bk Melbourne 348,700 Northern Trust London 337,140 State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn 32,800 Total 13,904,502 FIJ Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 69,320 Master Trust Bank of Japan 34,300 Total 103,620 Overall Total 51,880,858 -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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