10th Jan 2005 15:51
Allied Irish Banks PLC10 January 2005 For Immediate Release - 10 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 4 January 2005, BIAM held52,068,422 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 48,804,989 Treasury Shares), and 6.0%when the Treasury Shares are excluded. Mellon Grafton Nominees Limited 21,407Mellon Nominees Limited 809,956AIB Custodial Nominees Limited 670,621Nominee Company Name of BNY Custodial Nominees (Ireland) Ltd. 28,629Citibank Nominees Limited 550,290KAS Nominees Limited 20,185Euroclear Nominees Limited 155,170Union Bank of California Nominees Limited 62,336Nortrust Nominees Limited 2,543,299ROY Nominees Limited 477,710Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited, as registered owner only on behalf of a range of clients, each of whom is thebeneficial owner of a portion of the holding 46,728,819 -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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