Major Shareholding Notification • Dec 15, 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)i
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedii: AIB Group PLC |
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| 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: |
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| 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv : | ||||||
| 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 reachedvi: 11 December 2025 |
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified: 15 December 2025 |
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 5% of Regulatory requirement under the Transparency Regulations 2007 |
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| 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 |
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| Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached |
4.99% | 0% | 4.99% | 2,136,766,718 | ||
| Position of previous notification (if applicable) |
5.01% | 0% | 5.01% |
| Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible) |
Number of voting rightsix | % of voting rights | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |
| Ordinary Shares (ISIN: IE00BF0L3536) |
0 | 106,810,986 | 0 | 4.99% |
| SUBTOTAL A | 106,810,986 | 4.99% |
| 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 | |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Principal Financial Group |
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| Principal Financial Services Inc. |
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| Principal Global Investors Holding Company (US) LLC |
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| Principal Global Investors, LLC |
4.99% | 4.99% |
11. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [% and number] voting rights as of [date]
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.
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