Treasury Stock

29 Mar 2007 16:56

Allied Irish Banks PLC29 March 2007 29 March 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 39,000 ordinaryshares, currently held as Treasury shares, to participants in AIB Group ShareOption Schemes. The re-issue prices were €10.02 & €13.55. Following today's re-issue, the total number of ordinary shares held as Treasuryshares is 42,016,304 The total number of ordinary shares in issue, excluding Treasury shares, is876,419,266. -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