Major Shareholding Notification • Dec 16, 2025
Major Shareholding Notification
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NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the Central Bank of Ireland)
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: |
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| BANK OF IRELAND 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): |
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| 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation: | |||
| Name: Massachusetts Financial Services Company |
City and country of registered office (if applicable): Boston, US |
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): MFS invests in securities of the issuer on behalf of its various mutual funds and institutional account clients |
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| 5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached: 12 Dec 2025 |
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified: 15 Dec 2025 |
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: |
| 8. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: | |||||
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| % of voting rights attached to shares (total of 9.A) |
% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 9.B.1 + 9.B.2) |
Total of both in % (9.A + 9.B) |
Total number of voting rights of issuer |
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| Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached |
7.76% | 7.76% | 952,667,062 | ||
| Position of previous notification (if applicable) |
8.05% | 8.05% |
| 9. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or |
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| reached: |
| Class/type of | Number of voting rights | % of voting rights | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| shares ISIN code (if possible) |
Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect |
| IE00BD1RP616 Common Stock |
74,020,518 | 7.76% | ||
| SUBTOTAL A | 74,020,518 7.76% |
| B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation 17(1)(a) of the Regulations | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of financial instrument |
Expiration date | Exercise/ Conversion Period |
Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted |
% of voting rights |
| SUBTOTAL B.1 |
| B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Regulation 17(1)(b) of the Regulations |
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| Type of Expiration date Exercise/ Physical or Number of % of voting financial Conversion cash voting rights rights instrument Period settlement |
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| SUBTOTAL B.2 |
| Name | % 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 than the notifiable threshold |
Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold |
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| Massachusetts Financial Services Company |
7.76% | 7.76% | |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Company |
7.76% | 7.76% | |
| MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc. | |||
| Massachusetts Financial Services Company |
7.76% | 7.76% | |
| MFS International Limited | |||
| MFS International Holdings Pty Ltd |
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| MFS Investment Management Company (LUX) S.a r.l. |
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| Massachusetts Financial Services Company |
7.76% | 7.76% | |
| MFS Heritage Trust Company | |||
| Massachusetts Financial Services Company |
7.76% | 7.76% | |
| MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc. | |||
| MFS Investment Management Canada Limited |
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| Massachusetts Financial Services Company |
7.76% | 7.76% | |
| MFS International Limited | |||
| MFS International Holdings Pty Ltd |
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| MFS International (U.K.) Limited |
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| Massachusetts Financial Services Company |
7.76% | 7.76% |
| MFS International Limited | ||
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| MFS International Holdings Pty Ltd |
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| MFS Investment Management K.K. |
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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].
| 12. Additional information: | ||
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Done at Dublin on 16 December 2025 Contact Conor O'Leary, Head of Group Secretariat Tel +353 (0) 87 6597880
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