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RNS Number : 7833C  AIB Group PLC  01 May 2026

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)

 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):

  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):

 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation(iv) :
 Name: Principal Global Investors, LLC                                                                                            City and country of registered office (if applicable):

                                                                                                                                  Des Moines, Iowa (United States)
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(v):

 5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached(vi):  29 April 2026

 6. Date on which issuer notified:  30 April 2026

 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:  4% of Regulatory requirement
 under the Transparency Regulations 2007

 8. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
                                                                            % of voting rights attached to shares (total of 9.A)  % of voting rights through financial instruments  Total of both in % (9.A + 9.B)  Total number of voting rights of issuer(vii)

(total of 9.B.1 + 9.B.2)
 Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached  3.99%                                                 0%                                                3.99%                           2,117,139,177
 Position of previous notification (if applicable)                          4.99%                                                 0%                                                4.99%

 

 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 of                         Number of voting rights(ix)                                % of voting rights

shares

 ISIN code (if possible)

                                                   Direct                      Indirect                                   Direct                                          In

                                               di
                                                                                                                                                                          re
                                                                                                                                                                          ct

 Ordinary Shares (ISIN: IE00BF0L3536)  0                         84,581,226                       0%                                              3.99%

 SUBTOTAL A                            84,581,226                                                 3.99%

 B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation 17(1)(a) of the
 Regulations
 Type of financial instrument          Expiration  Exercise/                                      Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is       % of voting rights

date(x)
Conversion Period(xi)                         exercised/converted.
 N/A                                   N/A         N/A                                            N/A                                                                     N/A

                                                   SUBTOTAL B.1                                   N/A                                                                     N/A

 B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to
 Regulation 17(1)(b) of the Regulations
 Type of financial instrument          Expiration  Exercise/                   Physical or cash settlement(xii)           Number of voting rights                         % of voting rights

date(x)
Conversion Period (xi)
 N/A                                   N/A         N/A                         N/A                                        N/A                                             N/A

                                                                               SUBTOTAL B.2                               N/A                                             N/A

 

 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 if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold  % of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher  Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
                                                                                                                                  than the notifiable threshold
 Principal Financial Group
 Principal Financial Services Inc.
 Principal Global Investors Holding Company (US) LLC
 Principal Global Investors, LLC                      3.99%                                                                                                                                                   3.99%

 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):

 Principal Global Investors, LLC ("PGI") is an investment adviser registered
 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the U.S. Investment
 Advisers Act of 1940. Principal Financial Group is the parent entity for a
 group of investment management companies, the chain of which is set out above
 (in section 10) and includes Principal Global Investors LLC, which is acting
 on behalf of various clients. Some of these clients, pursuant to advisory
 contracts, provide the power to PGI to vote their shares at its own discretion
 (i.e. without specific written instructions). The shares reported on this
 notification are owned by accounts under the investment management of PGI.

 

Done at Des Moines, Iowa on 30th April 2026.

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