1st Jul 2005 15:21
Allied Irish Banks PLC01 July 2005 For Immediate Release - 1 July 2005 Notification of Major Interest in Shares Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. ("AIB") received notification on 30 June 2005 fromFidelity Investments 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 51,490,395 shares in aggregate, and represent 5.89% of AIB'sissued shares (which, as of today's date, number 873,886,323 shares, exclusiveof 44,549,247 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 112,800 State Street Bank and Tr Co 1,591,444 JP Morgan Chase Bank (Held as ADRs) 200,000 Total 11,576,347 Fidelity Management Trust Company Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares Bank of New York 188,700 Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 508,458 JP Morgan Chase Bank 161,900 Mellon Bank N.A. 290,064 Northern Trust Co 207,900 State Street Bank and Tr Co 650,539 Total 2,007,561 (B) Fidelity International Limited (FIL) Fidelity Investments Services Limited Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares JP Morgan, Bournemouth 15,367,844 Total 15,367,844 Fidelity Gestion Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares CDC Finance 208,200 Total 208,200 Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares State Street Hong Kong 13,100 Total 13,100 Fidelity Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares Bermuda Trust Far East HK 174,800 Total 174,800 Fidelity Investments International Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares JP Morgan, Bournemouth 1,576,503 Total 1,576,503 Fidelity Pension Management Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares Bank of New York Brussels 46,367 BNP Paribas Frankfurt 99,200 Chase Manhattan London 11,300 Chase Manhttn Bk Ag Frankfurt 81,000 Dexia Privatbank 9,700 HSBC Bank PLC 305,506 JP Morgan, Bournemouth 5,036,976 JP Morgan Chase Bank 45,600 Mellon Bank 91,300 Northern Trust London 897,617 State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn 190,215 Total 6,814,781 Fidelity International Limited Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares Bank of New York Brussels 261,248 Bank of New York Europe Ldn 43,900 BNP Paribas, Paris (C) 177,927 Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux 11,839,767 CDC Finance- CDC Ixis 78,357 JP Morgan, Bournemouth 359,800 National Astl Bk Melbourne 348,700 Northern Trust London 337,140 State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn 32,800 Total 13,479,639 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 Fidelity Investments Canada Limited Nominee/Registered Name: Number of shares State Street Bank and TR Co 168,000 168,000 Overall Total 51,490,395 -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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