DBRS Confirms Irish Govt Gteed Deposits of Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. at A (high), Stable Trend

DBRS Ratings Limited (DBRS) has today confirmed the rating of Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c.’s (AIB or the Bank) Long-Term Deposits Guaranteed by the Irish Government at A (high). The trend on the rating remains Stable.

This rating action follows DBRS’s confirmation of the Republic of Ireland at A (high) with a Stable trend on September 2, 2016. Today’s rating action does not impact the other ratings of AIB including its Non-Guaranteed Long-Term Deposits and Non-Guaranteed Long-Term Debt ratings, which remain at BBB (low) with a Positive trend.

RATING DRIVERS
As a result of the guarantee, the Guaranteed Long-Term Deposits rating will move in line with the ratings of the Republic of Ireland.

Notes:
All figures are in EUR unless otherwise noted.

The principal applicable methodology is the Global Methodology for Rating Banks and Banking Organisations (July 2016). Other applicable methodologies include the DBRS Criteria – Support Assessments for Banks and Banking Organisations (March 2016), DBRS Criteria: Rating Bank Capital Securities – Subordinated, Hybrid, Preferred & Contingent Capital Securities (February 2016), DBRS Criteria: Guarantees and Other Forms of Support (February 2016) and Critical Obligations Rating Criteria (February 2016). These can be found at: http://www.dbrs.com/about/methodologies

The sources of information used for this rating include SNL Financial, company documents and the National Treasury Management Agency. DBRS considers the information available to it for the purposes of providing this rating to be of satisfactory quality.

This is an unsolicited rating. This credit rating was not initiated at the request of the issuer.

This rating included participation by the rated entity or any related third party. DBRS had no access to relevant internal documents for the rated entity or a related third party.

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Generally, the conditions that lead to the assignment of a Negative or Positive Trend are resolved within a twelve month period. DBRS’s outlooks and ratings are under regular surveillance.

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Lead Analyst: Ross Abercromby, Senior Vice President, Global Financial Institutions Group
Rating Committee Chair: Roger Lister, Managing Director, Chief Credit Officer, Global Financial Institutions Group and Sovereign Ratings
Initial Rating Date: October 20, 2005
Most Recent Rating Update: April 22, 2016

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