31st Aug 2005 16:13
Allied Irish Banks PLC31 August 2005 For Immediate Release - 31 August 2005 Notification of Major Interest in Shares Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. ("AIB") received notification on 30 August 2005 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 44,862,121 shares in aggregate, and represent 5.13% of AIB'sissued shares (which, as of today's date, number 874,038,323 shares, exclusiveof 44,397,247 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), Fidelity Investments Canada Limited (FICL) 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 7,592,803 Northern Trust London 64,400 State Street Bank and Tr Co 1,575,944 JP Morgan Chase Bank (Held as ADRs) 200,000 Total 11,512,447 Fidelity Management Trust Company Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares Bank of New York 46,200 Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 225,558 JP Morgan Chase Bank 92,300 Northern Trust Co 64,500 State Street Bank and Tr Co 217,637 Total 646,195 (B) Fidelity International Limited (FIL) Fidelity Investments Services Limited Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares JP Morgan, Bournemouth 14,660,419 Total 14,660,419 Fidelity Gestion Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares CDC Finance 198,600 Total 198,600 Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares State Street Hong Kong 7,600 Total 7,600 Fidelity Investments International Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares JP Morgan, Bournemouth 1,493,162 Total 1,493,162 Fidelity Pension Management Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares Bank of New York Brussels 13,600 BNP Paribas Frankfurt 70,400 Chase Manhattan London 6,400 Chase Manhttn Bk Ag Frankfurt 37,400 Dexia Privatbank 3,200 HSBC Bank PLC 290,806 JP Morgan, Bournemouth 2,266,592 Mellon Bank 41,800 Northern Trust London 292,500 Total 3,022,698 Fidelity International Limited Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares Bank of New York Brussels 40,500 Bank of New York Europe Ldn 21,100 BNP Paribas, Paris (C) 191,127 Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux 11,814,475 CDC Finance- CDC IXIS 55,638 HSBC BANK PLC 397,500 JP Morgan, Bournemouth 221,700 National Astl Bk Melbourne 189,800 Northern Trust London 267,740 State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn 17,800 Total 13,217,380 Fidelity Investments Japan 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 44,862,121 -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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