31st May 2005 15:21
Allied Irish Banks PLC31 May 2005 For Immediate Release - 31 May 2005 Notification of Major Interests in Shares Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. ("AIB") has today received notification from Bank ofIreland Asset Management Limited ("BIAM") that, as at 27 May 2005, BIAM held52,138,645 shares in AIB, registered as shown below. The aggregate holdingnotified represents 5.68% of AIB's total shares in issue (which, as of today,number 918,435,570 shares, inclusive of 46,797,689 Treasury Shares), and 5.98%when the Treasury Shares are excluded. Cede & Company 908,761 Mellon Nominees Limited 254,580 BNY Custodial Nominees (Ireland) Limited 692,378 Citibank Nominees Limited 585,546 KAS Nominees Limited 18,320 Euroclear Nominees Limited 152,588 Union Bank of California Nominees Limited 60,926 Nortrust Nominees Limited 2,280,320 ROY Nominees Limited 519,797 Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited, 46,665,429 as registered owner only on behalf of a range of clients, each of whom is the beneficial 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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