AIB Group Plc — Major Shareholding Notification 2022

Nov 10, 2022

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 attachedii: 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 obligationiv : Name: Minister for Finance of Ireland National Treasury Management Agency (the "NTMA") (as controller and manager of Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (the "ISIF")) See Additional Information set out at Section 12 below. City and country of registered office (if applicable): Minister for Finance of Ireland: Government Buildings, Upper Merrion Street, Dublin 2 DO2 R583, Ireland NTMA: Treasury Dock, North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, D01 A9T8, Ireland

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

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi:

07/11/2022

6. Date on which issuer notified:

09/11/2022

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 61.96% to 56.89%. The percentage of voting rights in AIBG plc owned by the Minister through the ISIF has fallen below 57%.

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 9.B.1 + 9.B.2)	Total of both in % (9.A + 9.B)	Total number of voting rights of issuervii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	56.89%	N/A	56.89%	2,673,428,473
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	61.96%	N/A	61.96%

9. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii: A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)	Number of voting rightsix		% of voting rights
	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary shares of €0.625 (ISIN: IE00BF0L3536)	NIL	1,520,799,849	NIL	56.89%
SUBTOTAL A	1,520,799,849		56.89%

Type of financial instrument	Expiration datex	Exercise/ Conversion Periodxi	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.	% of voting rights
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 datex	Exercise/ Conversion Period xi	Physical or cash settlementxii	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
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 entityxiv:

Namexv	% 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
NTMA as controller and manager of ISIF	56.89%	NIL	56.89%

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 informationxvi:

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 09/11/2022.