14th Jan 2005 14:48
Allied Irish Banks PLC14 January 2005 For Immediate Release - 14 January 2005 Notification of Major Interests in Shares Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. ("AIB") received notification today from Bank ofIreland Asset Management Limited ("BIAM") that, as at 12 January 2005, BIAM held52,169,740 shares in AIB, registered as shown below. The aggregate holdingnotified represents 5.7% of AIB's total shares in issue (which, as of today,number 918,435,570 shares, inclusive of 48,734,889 Treasury Shares), and 6.0%when the Treasury Shares are excluded. Mellon Grafton Nominees Limited 22,926 Mellon Nominees Limited 814,318 AIB Custodial Nominees Limited 679,361 Nominee Company Name of BNY Custodial Nominees (Ireland) Ltd. 28,629 Citibank Nominees Limited 552,899 KAS Nominees Limited 20,676 Euroclear Nominees Limited 142,701 Union Bank of California Nominees Limited 67,291 Nortrust Nominees Limited 2,569,328 ROY Nominees Limited 487,266 Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited, 46,784,345 as registered owner only on behalf of a range of clients, each of whom is thebeneficial owner of a portion of the holding -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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