STANDARD FORM TR-1 VOTING RIGHTS ATTACHED TO SHARES- ARTICLE 12(1) OF DIRECTIVE 2004/109/EC FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - ARTICLE 11(3) OF THE COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2007/14/EC


1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: Bank of Ireland
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 which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
[ ] an event changing the breakdown of voting rights
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3: Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

13/08/2014

6. Date on which issuer notified;

14/08/2014

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Below 4%

8. Notified details:

A) Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares (if

Situation previous to the

Triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

possible using

the ISIN CODE)

Number of

Shares

Number of

Voting

Number of

shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

rights

Direct

Direct Indirect

Direct Indirect

IE0030606259

1,301,206,202

1,301,206,202

23,571,698

23,571,698 1,230,799,276

0.073% 3.803%

US46267Q2021

1,224,600

1,224,600

0

0 1,241,520

0 0.004%

SUBTOTAL A

(based on

1,302,430,802

1,302,430,802

23,571,698

1,255,612,494

3.880%

aggregate voting

rights)

,

Total (A+B)

number of voting

rights

% of voting rights

1,255,612,494

3.880%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC, Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd. Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd - 1,143,385,714 Shares Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC - 112,226,780 Shares

10. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold
[number] voting rights as of [date].
11. Additional information:

Done at Dublin on 14 August 2014 Contact: Jeremy Crean, Deputy Group Secretary Telephone: +353 (0) 76 623 4761
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