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RNS Number : 1360I  AIB Group PLC  25 March 2024

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 ("AIBG 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:                                                                                                                            City and country of registered office (if applicable):

 Minister for Finance of Ireland                                                                                                  Minister for Finance of Ireland: Government Buildings, Upper Merrion Street,

                                                                                                                                Dublin 2 DO2 R583, Ireland
 National Treasury Management Agency

 (the "NTMA") (as controller and manager of

 Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (the

                                                                                                                                NTMA:  Treasury Dock, North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, D01 A9T8,
 "ISIF"))                                                                                                                         Ireland

 See Additional Information set out at Section 12 below.

 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(v)

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

 21/03/2024
 6. Date on which issuer notified:

 22/03/2024
 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

 The percentage of voting rights in AIBG plc owned by the Minister through the
 ISIF has decreased from 39.98% to 38.97%. The percentage of voting rights in
 AIBG plc owned by the Minister through the ISIF has fallen below 39%.

 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  38.97%                                                N/A                                               38.97%                          2,618,753,655
 Position of previous notification (if applicable)                          39.98%                                                N/A                                               39.98%

 

 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               NIL                                        1,020,621,802                    NIL                                             38.97%

 of €0.625

 (ISIN:

 IE00BF0L3536)

 SUBTOTAL A                    1,020,621,802                                                               38.97%

 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
 NTMA as controller and manager of ISIF  38.97%                                                                      NIL                                                                         38.97%

 In so far as directed investments (as such term is defined in the National
 Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014) are concerned, the NTMA is a
 "controlled undertaking" of the Minister for Finance for the purposes of the
 Transparency (Directive 2004/109/EC) Regulations 2007 as amended.

 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):

 The ordinary shares in the capital of AIBG plc which are the subject of this
 notification ("Shares") comprise assets of the ISIF. Under the National
 Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014 (as amended) (the "2014 Act"),
 ISIF is controlled and managed by the NTMA. The NTMA (as controller and
 manager of ISIF) deals with those Shares which are a directed investment in
 accordance with 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 are held via The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV (as custodian of the
 NTMA (as controller and manager of ISIF)).

 

Done at Dublin on 22/03/2024

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