REG - Morgan Stanley & Co. AIB Group PLC - Disposal of approximately 5% of AIB Group plc

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RNS Number : 5645S  Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc  07 November 2023

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THIS ANNOUNCEMENT

 

7 November 2023

 

 

Disposal of approximately 5% of AIB Group plc

 

Further to his announcement on 6 November 2023, the Minister for Finance,
Michael McGrath TD, announces the successful completion of the disposal of
part of the Irish State's shareholding in AIB Group plc (the "Company"). The
disposal was effected by way of a placing (the "Placing") of shares (the
"Placing Shares") in an accelerated book building process to institutional
investors.

 

In  summary, following settlement of the Placing which will take place on 9
November 2023:

 

•   The shareholding of the Irish State will be reduced from 1,198.6
million ordinary shares, representing approximately 45.8% of the ordinary
share capital of the Company, to 1,067.6 million ordinary shares, representing
approximately 40.8 % of the ordinary share capital.

 

•     Accordingly, the overall size of the State's shareholding will be
reduced by approximately 5.0%.

 

•     The Placing price was €3.93 per share. As a result, the gross
proceeds from the sale of the Placing Shares will be € 514.83 million. Upon
settlement, this sum will be returned to the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund
pending further consideration by the Minister.

 

•     BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley acted as Joint
Bookrunners in connection with the Placing.

 

•     The Minister for Finance has undertaken to the Joint Bookrunners not
to sell further shares in the Company for the period of 90 calendar days
following the completion of the Placing without the prior written consent of
the Joint Bookrunners. While this undertaking also applies to any sales
through the Minister's trading plan announced by way of Regulatory News
Service on 21 December 2021, extended on 23 June 2022, 5 January 2023 and
further extended on 27 June 2023, it will only do so for the period of 45
calendar days following the completion of the Placing.

 

•     N.M. Rothschild & Sons Limited ("Rothschild & Co") is
acting as independent financial adviser and William Fry LLP and Allen &
Overy LLP are acting as legal counsel to the Department of Finance in
connection with the sale.

 

Enquiries:

 

Brian Meenan, Press Officer, Department of Finance, +3531 6045875 or + 353
872198857

 

pressoffice@finance.gov.ie (mailto:pressoffice@finance.gov.ie)

Important Information

 

This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute an
offer or an invitation to acquire or dispose of any securities of the Company
in the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan or in any other jurisdiction
in which such an offer of solicitation is unlawful.  The shares sold pursuant
to the Placing have not been, and will not be, registered under the United
States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under any securities laws of any
state or jurisdiction of the United States and may not be offered or sold in
the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration.
There was no public offering of securities in the United States.

 

Neither this announcement nor any copy of it may be taken, transmitted or
distributed, directly

or indirectly in or into the United States of America, Australia, Canada,
Japan, The Republic of South Africa, Switzerland or any other jurisdiction
where to do so would constitute a violation of the relevant laws or
regulations of such jurisdiction. Any failure to comply with this restriction
may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

 

Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley which are authorised by the Prudential
Regulation Authority (the "PRA") and regulated by the Financial Conduct
Authority (the "FCA") and the PRA in the United Kingdom and BNP Paribas which
is authorised and regulated by the European Central Bank and the Autorité de
contrôle prudentiel et de resolution and authorised by the Prudential
Regulation Authority and is subject to regulation by the Financial Conduct
Authority and limited regulation by the Prudential Regulation Authority
(together the "Joint Bookrunners"), and N.M. Rothschild & Sons Limited
(the "Adviser") which is authorised and regulated by the FCA in the United
Kingdom, are acting on behalf of the Minister for Finance and no one else in
connection with any offering of the Placing Shares and will not be responsible
to any other person for providing the protections afforded to any of their
respective clients or for providing advice to any other person in relation to
any offering of the Placing Shares. None of the Joint Bookrunners nor the
Adviser will regard any other person as its client in relation to the offering
of the Placing Shares. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is
or will be made as to, or in relation to, and no responsibility or liability
is or will be accepted by any of the Joint Bookrunners, the Adviser or by any
of their respective affiliates or agents as to or in relation to, the
accuracy, completeness or sufficiency of this announcement or any other
written or oral information made available to or publicly available to any
interested party or its advisers in connection with the Minister for Finance,
the Company, the Placing Shares, the Placing or any of the arrangements
described herein, and any liability therefor is expressly disclaimed.

 

 

No Placing Shares will be available to any investor whose purchase of such
Placing Shares, whether on its own account or as a fiduciary or agent for one
or more investor accounts, would require regulatory consent in any
jurisdiction (including, without limitation, under the UK Financial Services
and Markets Act 2000 or the United States Bank Holding Company Act of 1956).

 

Details about the extent of BNP Paribas' regulation by the Prudential
Regulation Authority are available from them on request.

 

BNP Paribas London Branch is registered in the UK under number FC13447. UK
establishment number: BR000170. UK establishment office address: 10 Harewood
Avenue, London NW1 6AA

 

 

 

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