Bank of Ireland GP

Major Shareholding Notification • Sep 23, 2019

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RNS Number : 3454N

Bank of Ireland Group PLC

23 September 2019

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)
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: Bank of Ireland Group Plc
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): [  ] An acquisition or disposal of voting rights [  ] An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments [  ] An event changing the breakdown of voting rights [X] Other (please specify): Transfer in of discretionary shares
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation:
Name: Templeton Global Advisors Limited		City and country of registered office (if applicable): Nassau, Bahamas
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): AIB Bank, Dublin JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., London Citibank N.A. Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc. The Northern Trust Company, London
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached: 19 September 2019
6. Date on which issuer notified: 20 September 2019
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 3%
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 issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	3.04%	0%	3.04%	1,078,822,872
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	2.97%	0%	2.97%

9. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)	Number of voting rights					% of voting rights
Direct			Indirect		Direct		Indirect
IE00BD1RP616				32,783,757				3.04%
SUBTOTAL A				32,783,757				3.04%
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
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion Period		Physical or cash settlement		Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
					SUBTOTAL B.2

10. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please tick the applicable box): [X] 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. [ ] 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:
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
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:

Done at Dublin on 23 September 2019

Contact: Sarah McLaughlin, Group Secretary

Telephone: +353 (0) 76 623 4717

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