31st May 2006 16:00
Allied Irish Banks PLC31 May 2006 For Immediate Release - 31 May 2006 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 29 May 2006, BIAM held53,332,299 shares in AIB, registered as shown below. The aggregate holdingnotified represents 5.81% of AIB's total shares in issue (which, as of today,number 918,435,570 shares, inclusive of 41,854,022 Treasury Shares), and 6.08%when the Treasury Shares are excluded. BNY Custodial Nominees (Ireland) Ltd 329,660 Mellon Nominees Limited 123,305 Bank of New York Custodial Nominees 381,822 Citibank Nominees Limited 45,569 Nortrust Nominees Limited 3,718,722 ROY Nominees Limited 489,714 Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited, 48,243,507 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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