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Standard Form TR-1Voting rights attached to shares- Article 12(1) of directive 2004/109/EC Financial instruments - Article 11(3) of the Commission Directive 2007/14/EC
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedΒ :Β ALLIED IRISH BANKS PLC
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
[X]Β an acquisition or disposal of voting rightsΒ
[ ]Β an acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
[ ] an event changing the breakdown of voting rightsΒ
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:Β
T. ROWE PRICE ASSOCIATES, INC.Β
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
Ordinary Shares:
J.P. Morgan Chase: 22,894,156
State Street Bank & Trust Co.: 15,936,738
Bank ofΒ New YorkΒ Mellon: 1,051,675
Fidelity Management Trust Co.: 312,039
PNC Bank, N.A.: 194,285
American Depositary Receipts:
State Street Bank & Trust Co.: 650,900
Bank ofΒ New YorkΒ Mellon: 317,100
J.P. Morgan Chase: 220,800
Northern Trust Company: 94,100
5.Β Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
17Β AprilΒ 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified;Β Β 21Β AprilΒ 2009
7.Β Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:Β 5%
8.Β Notified details:Β
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A) Voting rights attached to shares |
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Class/type of shares (if possible using the ISIN CODE) |
Situation previous to the Triggering transactionΒ |
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Number of Shares |
Number of Voting rights |
Number of shares |
Number of voting rights |
% of voting rights |
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Direct |
Direct |
Indirect |
Direct |
Indirect |
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Ordinary Shares IE0000197834 |
42,677,510 |
42,677,510 |
40,388,893 |
4.57% |
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American Depositary Shares US0192284026 |
1,282,900Β DS representingΒ 2,565,800Β ord shares |
2,565,800 |
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2,565,800 |
0.29% |
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SUBTOTAL AΒ (based on aggregate voting rights) |
45,243,310Β ordinary shares |
45,243,310 |
42,954,693 |
4.86% |
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B) Financial Instruments |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Type of financial instrumentΒ |
Expiration Date |
Exercise/Conversion Period/ Date |
Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/convertedΒ |
% of voting rights |
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SUBTOTAL BΒ (in relation to all expiration dates) |
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Total (A+B) |
number of voting rights |
% of voting rights |
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42,954,693 |
4.86% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instrumentsΒ are effectively held, if applicable:Β Β T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (TRPA) is the parent undertaking of T. Rowe Price International, Inc. (TRPI). TRPI is a wholly-owned subsidiary of TRPA. TRPA and TRPI serve as investment adviser to various institutional clients that hold shares of Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. (AIB), and consequently, TRPA and TRPI have the power to direct the trading of AIB shares as well as exercise the voting rights attached to AIB shares on behalf of such clients. The custodian banks in which our clients'Β AIB shares are held in nominee name are listedΒ in No. 4. Note: Of the totalΒ 42,954,693Β voting rights,Β 2,565,800Β are represented in the form ofΒ 1,282,900Β American Depositary Shares (ADS), with each ADS representing two ordinary shares.
10. In case of proxy voting:Β [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [number] voting rights as of [date].
11. Additional information:
Done atΒ 100 E. Pratt Street,Β Baltimore,Β MarylandΒ 21202Β onΒ 21Β AprilΒ 2009
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