AIB Group PLC Notification of Major Holdings (7869F)

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RNS Number : 7869F

AIB Group PLC

11 March 2020

Standard Form TR-1

S tandard 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) 
 
 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares 
  to which voting rights are attached (ii) : 
  AIB Group plc 
 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
  [ ü ] 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) : 
 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation (iv) : 
 Name:                                         City and country of registered office (if 
  International Value Advisers,                 applicable): 
  LLC ("IVA")                                   New York, NY, USA 
                                              ------------------------------------------------------- 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(v) : 
  State Street Bank and Trust, Bank of New York Mellon and Northern Trust 
 5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached (vi) : 
  9 March 2020 
 6. Date on which issuer notified: 
  10 March 2020 
 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 
  Above 3% 
 8. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: 
                           % 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) 
                          ------------------  -------------------  --------------  ------------------ 
 Resulting situation 
  on the date 
  on which threshold 
  was crossed 
  or reached                          3.055%                               3.055%       2,714,381,237 
                          ------------------  -------------------  --------------  ------------------ 
 Position of 
  previous notification 
  (if applicable)                     2.985%                               2.985% 
                          ------------------  -------------------  --------------  ------------------ 
 
 
 9. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which 
  the threshold was crossed or reached (viii) : 
 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
 Class/type       Number of voting rights (ix)                          % of voting rights 
  of 
  shares 
  ISIN code (if 
  possible) 
 
                            Direct                    Indirect                     Direct                Indirect 
                                            ------------------------- 
 IE00BF0L3536                                              82,936,451                                         3.055% 
                                            -------------------------  ---------------------------  ---------------- 
 
 
 SUBTOTAL A                                                82,936,451                                         3.055% 
                                            -------------------------  ---------------------------  ---------------- 
 
 B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation 17(1)(a) of the Regulations 
 Type of financial     Expiration     Exercise/                         Number of voting             % of voting 
  instrument            date (x)       Conversion Period                 rights that may              rights 
                                       (xi)                              be acquired if 
                                                                         the instrument 
                                                                         is exercised/converted. 
                      -------------  --------------------------------  ---------------------------  ---------------- 
 
 
 
                        SUBTOTAL B.1 
                       ----------------------------------------------  ---------------------------  ---------------- 
 
 B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to 
  Regulation 17(1)(b) of the Regulations 
 Type of          Expiration          Exercise/         Physical                    Number of        % of voting 
  financial        date (x)            Conversion        or cash settlement          voting rights    rights 
  instrument                           Period (xi)       (xii) 
                 ------------------  ----------------  --------------------------  --------------- 
 
 
 
                                                        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) 
 
  [ ü ] 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 
                          ----------------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 International Value 
  Advisers, LLC 
                          ----------------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 Motion Picture Industry 
  Individual Account 
  Plan 
                          ----------------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 Motion Picture Industry 
  Pension Plan 
                          ----------------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 The University of 
  Texas Investment 
  Management Company 
                          ----------------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 Syufy Fund LP 
                          ----------------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 MLC Investments 
  Limited 
                          ----------------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 Wyoming Retirement 
  System 
                          ----------------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 IVA Global Fund 
  (Delaware), L.P. 
                          ----------------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 IVA Worldwide Fund 
                          ----------------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 IVA Global SICAV 
                          ----------------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 IVA Overseas Master 
  Fund 
                          ----------------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 IVA International 
  Fund 
                          ----------------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 
 11. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to 
  hold [% and number] voting rights as of [date] 
 
 12. Additional information (xvi) : 
  IVA is an investment adviser registered with the U.S. Securities and 
  Exchange Commission under the US Investment Advisers Act of 1940. As 
  such, pursuant to advisory contracts, IVA has the power to purchase and 
  sell securities on behalf of its clients and the power to vote for most 
  clients. Persons other than IVA are entitled to receive all dividends 
  from, and proceeds from the sale of all securities reported hereunder. 
 

Done at New York, NY on 10 March 2020.

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