AIB Announces Its Intention to Delist from the NYSE

Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c.

announces that its Board of Directors has resolved to delist its American Depositary Shares, each representing ten ordinary shares, par value EUR0.01 per share, from the New York Stock Exchange, terminate the deposit agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon as depositary governing the ADSs and, in due course, terminate the registration of AIB's securities with the US Securities and Exchange Commission under the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934 , in each case after the completion of the required legal steps.