AIB Expects Irish State Share to Reduce to Single Digits by May
'That proposal will need to be voted on by our shareholders on May 1 at our AGM. And if it were successful, which I expect it will be, and if we were able to transact with the government, that would reduce their shareholding by another 7%, leaving them at 5%,' Donal Galvin said in an interview with Bloomberg.
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