Allied Irish Banks PLC AIB- Form TR-1 Notification of major holdings (6341J)

TIDMALBK

RNS Number : 6341J

Allied Irish Banks PLC

29 June 2017

Standard Form TR-1

Standard form for notification of major holdings

 
 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and 
  to the Central Bank of Ireland)(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares 
  to which voting rights are attached(ii) : 
  Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. ("AIB") 
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 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
  [X] An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 
  [ ] An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments 
  [ ] An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
  [ ] Other (please specify)(iii) : 
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 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation(iv) : 
 Name:                                         City and country of registered office (if 
  The Minister for Finance of                   applicable): 
  Ireland (the "Minister")                      N/A 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(v) : 
  BNY Custodial Nominees (Ireland) Limited 
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 5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached(vi) : 
  27 June 2017 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified: 
  28 June 2017 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 
  72% 
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 8. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: 
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                           % of voting         % of voting rights   Total of both   Total number 
                            rights attached     through financial    in % (9.A +     of voting rights 
                            to shares (total    instruments          9.B)            of issuer(vii) 
                            of 9.A)             (total of 9.B.1 
                                                + 9.B.2) 
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 Resulting situation 
  on the date 
  on which threshold 
  was crossed 
  or reached               71.12%                                   71.12%          1,930,436,543 
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 Position of 
  previous notification 
  (if applicable)          99.8688% 
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 9. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the 
  threshold was crossed or reached(viii) : 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type      Number of voting rights(ix)                             % of voting rights 
 of 
 shares 
 ISIN code (if 
 possible) 
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                           Direct                     Indirect                     Direct                Indirect 
--------------  --------------------------  --------------------------  --------------------------  ---------------- 
 IE00BYSZ9G33                                1,930,436,543                                           71.12% 
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 SUBTOTAL A                                  1,930,436,543                                           71.12% 
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 B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation 17(1)(a) of the Regulations 
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 Type of financial    Expiration     Exercise/                           Number of voting            % of voting 
  instrument           date(x)        Conversion Period(xi)               rights that may             rights 
                                                                          be acquired if 
                                                                          the instrument 
                                                                          is exercised/converted. 
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                       SUBTOTAL B.1 
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 B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to 
  Regulation 17(1)(b) of the Regulations 
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 Type of         Expiration          Exercise/            Physical or                Number of       % of voting 
  financial       date(x)             Conversion           cash settlement(xii)      voting rights    rights 
  instrument                          Period (xi) 
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                                                          SUBTOTAL B.2 
                                                         -------------------------  --------------  ---------------- 
 
 
 
 10. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification 
  obligation (please tick the applicable box): 
 
  [ ] Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by 
  any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) 
  holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer.(xiii) 
 
  [X] Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights 
  and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate 
  controlling natural person or legal entity(xiv) : 
 Name(xv)                     % of voting rights      % of voting rights     Total of both if 
                               if it equals or         through financial      it equals or is 
                               is higher than the      instruments if it      higher than the 
                               notifiable threshold    equals or is higher    notifiable threshold 
                                                       than the notifiable 
                                                       threshold 
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 National Treasury 
  Management Agency 
  (the "NTMA") (as 
  controller and manager 
  of the Ireland Strategic 
  Investment Fund)            71.12%                                         71.12% 
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 BNY Custodial Nominees 
  (Ireland) Limited           71.12%                                         71.12% 
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 The ordinary shares of EUR0.625 each in the capital of AIB ("Shares") 
  owned by the Minster comprise assets of the Ireland Strategic Investment 
  Fund (the "ISIF"). Under the National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) 
  Act 2014 (as amended) (the "2014 Act"), the Shares are controlled and 
  managed by the NTMA pursuant to directions in writing given to it by 
  the Minister from time to time. Ownership of the ISIF vests in the Minister 
  under the 2014 Act. The Shares owned by the Minister are registered in 
  the name of BNY Custodial Nominees (Ireland) Limited (a professional 
  nominee) for the benefit of the Minister for Finance. 
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 11. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to 
  hold [% and number] voting rights as of [date] 
  N/A 
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 12. Additional information(xvi) : 
  The change in the total number of voting rights held by the Minister, 
  as notified in this Form TR-1, results from (i) the disposal of 678,595,310 
  Shares by the Minister pursuant to the offer more fully described in 
  the prospectus dated 12 June 2017 published by AIB (the "Prospectus") 
  and (ii) the lending of 101,789,296 Shares to Deutsche Bank AG, London 
  Branch pursuant to a stock lending agreement more fully described in 
  the Prospectus, both disposals taking place on 27 June 2017. 
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Done at Dublin on 28 June 2017.

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