ALLIED IRISH BANKS, P.L.C. (the "Company") NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSON DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES ("PDMR")

The Company has been notified by the PDMR detailed below of a transaction relating to ordinary shares of €0.625 per share in the Company.

Name

Date of Notification to the Company

Number of Shares Purchased

Purchase Price per Share (shown in the currency purchased)

Total Number of Shares Held Following Transaction

Simon Ball

8 September

2017

5,000

€4.991

5,000

Details of the transaction are included in the individual disclosure set out below.

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For further information, please contact:

Sarah McLaughlin Rose O'Donovan Paddy McDonnell / Stephen

O'Shea

Group Company Secretary Investor Relations Corporate Affairs AIB Bankcentre AIB Bankcentre AIB Bankcentre

Dublin Dublin Dublin

Tel: +353-1-6414489 Tel: +353-1-6414191 Tel: +353-1-6412869 /

+353-1-7720456

email: sarah.j.mclaughlin@aib.ie

email: rose.m.o'donovan@aib.ie

email: paddy.x.mcdonnell@aib.ie stephen.p.o'shea@aib.ie

The notifications below are required for disclosure of transactions under Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse ("Market Abuse Regulation").

1. Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

Name:

Simon Ball

2. Reason for the notification

Position/status

Non-Executive Director

Initial notification/amendments

Initial notification

3. Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

Name of legal entity

Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c.

Legal Entity Identifier code

3U8WV1YX2VMUHH7Z1Q21

4. Details of the transaction(s)

Description of financial instrument, type of instrument

ordinary shares of €0.625 each

Identification code

IE00BYSZ9G33

Nature of transaction

Purchase of shares

Currency

EUR

Price and volume

Price

Volume

€4.991

5,000

Aggregated information

N/A

Date of transaction

8 September 2017

Place of transaction

London Stock Exchange (XLON)

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