ALBK.L Regulatory News (ALBK)

21 May 2007 07:00

Allied Irish Banks PLC19 May 2007 18th May 2007 Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. Re-issue of Treasury Shares Pursuant to Rule 9.6.4 of the Irish Listing Rules and Rule 12.6.4 of the UKListing Rules, Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. has today re-issued 16,500 ordinaryshares currently held as Treasury shares, to participants in AIB Share OptionSchemes. The re-issue prices were €11.98, €12.60, €13.55 & €13.30. Following today's re-issue, the total number of ordinary shares held as Treasuryshares is 40,40,592,404 The total number of ordinary shares in issue, excluding Treasury shares, is877,843,166. -ENDS- For further information please contact: David O'Callaghan,Assistant Secretary,Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c.,Bankcentre,Dublin 4.Tel: +353-1-641-4672 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange