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Allfirst Reports Net Income of $37.6 Million for Second Quarter 1999.


DUBLIN Dublin, city, Republic of Ireland
Dublin, Irish Baile Átha Cliath, county borough (1991 pop. 915,516), Leinster, capital of the Republic of Ireland, on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the Liffey River.
, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 4, 1999--

Allied Irish Banks Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. (AIB) (Irish: Bainc-Aontas Éireann),ISEQ: ALBK, LSE: ALBK, NYSE: AIB, FWB: AIB is a commercial bank based in Ireland not to be mistaken for Anglo Irish Bank. AIB is one of the so called Big Four commercial banks in Ireland. , p.l.c. ("AIB AIB n abbr (BRIT) (= Accident Investigation Bureau) → oficina de investigación de accidentes

AIB n abbr (Brit) (= Accident Investigation Bureau) →
") (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
: AIB;AIBPR:FMBPR) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary

A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock.

Notes:
In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners.
 Allfirst Financial ("Allfirst") has reported net income of $37.6 million for the second quarter of 1999, compared to $47.5 million during the same period in 1998. For the first six months of 1999, Allfirst posted earnings of $80 million compared to $143.2 million for the six months to June June: see month.  1998.

     These results should be viewed in the following context:

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                          Quarter ended 30 June      Half Year June 30
$ million                    1998   1999      %     1998   1999      %
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Net Income                   47.5   37.6    (21)   143.2   80.0    (44)
Gain on Sale of Credit
 Card Portfolio/Loans          -      -            (37.4)    -
Name Change                    -     6.1              -     6.1
Securities (Gains)/Losses    (6.2)   0.2           (25.5)  (3.0)
                              ---    ---            ----    ---
Adjusted Net Income          41.3   43.9      6     80.3   83.1      3
                             ====   ====            ====   ====
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"We are pleased with our second quarter performance, business volumes are up across our franchise and non-interest income continues to grow. We now have a consistent brand name and technologically refreshed re·fresh  
v. re·freshed, re·fresh·ing, re·fresh·es

v.tr.
1. To revive with or as if with rest, food, or drink; give new vigor or spirit to.

2.
 company that positions us well to serve the diverse financial needs of our customers", reported Frank Bramble bramble, name for plants of the genus Rubus [Lat.,=red, for the color of the juice]. This complex genus of the family Rosaceae (rose family), with representatives in many parts of the world, includes the blackberries, raspberries, loganberries, boysenberries, , Chief Executive Officer of AIB USA.

Performance highlights for the first six months of 1999 included growth in commercial real estate loans and retail loans of 6% and 5% respectively, while overall loan growth was negatively impacted following the sale of the residential mortgage origination Origination

The process through which a mortgage lender creates a mortgage secured by some amount of the mortgagor's real property.

Notes:
Also known as loan origination, everyone must go through the origination process when securing a mortgage for a piece of real
 business in 1998. There was also strong growth in trust revenues and deposit service charges.

Costs declined due to savings following the integration of our franchises and sale of businesses in 1998 with manpower numbers decreasing by over 800 since June 1998. Foreign maritime loan MARITIME LOAN. A contract or agreement by which one, who is the lender, lends to another, who is the borrower, a certain sum of money, upon condition that if the thing upon which the loan has been made, should be lost by any peril of the sea, or vis major, the lender shall not be repaid,  charge-offs totalled $10 million and associated collection costs totalled $7 million for the half year to June 1999. This portfolio represents less than 3% of the total Allfirst portfolio. "The maritime portfolio is showing signs of improvement, with lower charge- offs and maritime collection costs anticipated in the second half of 1999", said Bramble.

In the half year to 30 June 1999, non-performing assets amounted to $ 93 million (0.53% of total assets). Non-performing loans A non-performing loan is a loan that is in default or close to being in default. Many loans become non-performing after being in default for 3 months, but this can depend on the contract terms.  of $54.1 million were covered 291% by total provisions of $157.3 million.

Allfirst Financial is a regional, diversified financial The diversified financial services segment includes a range of consumer and commercially-oriented companies offering a wide variety of products and services, including various lending products (such as home equity loans and credit cards), insurance, and securities and investment  services company headquartered in Baltimore Baltimore, city (1990 pop. 736,014), N central Md., surrounded by but politically independent of Baltimore co., on the Patapsco River estuary, an arm of Chesapeake Bay; inc. 1745. , MD, offering a full range of financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.
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 including banking, trust, investment and insurance to retail, business and commercial customers. Its banking subsidiary, Allfirst Bank, operates over 250 bank branches and more than 500 ATMs throughout Maryland Maryland (mâr`ələnd), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States. It is bounded by Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean (E), the District of Columbia (S), Virginia and West Virginia (S, W), and Pennsylvania (N). , Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (pĕnsəlvā`nyə), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States. It is bordered by New Jersey, across the Delaware River (E), Delaware (SE), Maryland (S), West Virginia (SW), Ohio (W), and Lake Erie and New York , Washington Washington, town, England
Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area.
 D.C., northern Virginia Northern Virginia (NoVA) consists of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William counties and the independent cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax, Manassas, and Manassas Park.  and Delaware Delaware, state, United States
Delaware (dĕl`əwâr, –wər), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States, the country's second smallest state (after Rhode Island).
. Allfirst Financial's assets were $17.7 billion as of June 30, 1999. Information about Allfirst Financial is available at allfirst.com. Allfirst Financial is a wholly owned subsidiary of Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. (NYSE: AIB).

                FIRST MARYLAND BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
                 Consolidated Statements of Condition
                              (Unaudited)


                                              June 30,    December 31,
                                                1999             1998
                                                 (in thousands)
ASSETS
Cash and due from banks                      $982,183      $1,206,1789
Interest-bearing deposits in other banks        1,356            1,478
Trading account securities                     22,116           42,528
Federal funds sold and securities
 purchased under resale agreements             10,330          130,916
Investment securities available-for-sale    4,285,842        4,815,087
Loans held-for-sale                             9,818           84,254
Loans, net of unearned income
 of $196,797 and $199,471
  Commercial                                3,514,623        3,452,416
  Commercial real estate                    2,442,834        2,305,639
  Residential mortgage                        713,687          827,103
  Retail                                    2,867,438        2,739,984
  Credit card                                  14,800           15,234
  Commercial leases receivable                540,100          540,395
  Retail leases receivable                    335,590          318,582
  Foreign                                     299,642          365,067
                                          -----------      -----------
     Total loans, net of unearned income   10,728,714       10,564,420
  Allowance for credit losses                (157,351)        (157,351)
                                          -----------      -----------
  Loans, net                               10,571,363       10,407,069
                                          -----------      -----------
Premises and equipment                        205,308          203,903
Due from customers on acceptances               5,050           12,253
Intangible assets                             867,212          839,584
Other assets                                  728,470          497,670
                                          -----------      -----------
  Total assets                            $17,689,048      $18,294,920
                                          -----------      -----------

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Domestic deposits:
  Non-interest bearing deposits            $2,895,932       $3,276,589
  Interest bearing deposits                 8,812,363        8,623,861
Interest bearing deposits in
 foreign banking office                       248,566          356,601
                                          -----------      -----------
  Total deposits                           11,956,861       12,257,051
Federal funds purchased and securities
 sold under repurchase agreements           1,596,855        2,185,794
Other borrowed funds, short-term              570,148          377,927
Bank acceptances outstanding                    5,050           12,253
Accrued taxes and other liabilities           735,843          586,137
Long-term debt                                896,180          856,320
                                          -----------      -----------
  Total liabilities                        15,760,937       16,275,482
                                          -----------      -----------

Redeemable preferred stock                      8,224            8,111

Total stockholders' equity                  1,919,887        2,011,327
                                          -----------      -----------
Total liabilities, preferred
 stock and stockholders' equity           $17,689,048      $18,294,920
                                          ===========      ===========

                FIRST MARYLAND BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
                   Consolidated Statements of Income
                              (Unaudited)

                               Three Months Ended      Half-Year Ended
                                     June 30,              June 30,
                                 1999       1998       1999       1998
                                  (in thousands)        (in thousands)

INTEREST INCOME
Interest and fees on loans   $194,722   $197,171   $388,873   $394,143
Interest and dividends on
 investment securities
   Taxable                     58,028     56,804    120,035    111,634
   Tax-exempt                   5,122      5,351     10,301     10,579
   Dividends                    2,379      2,604      4,110      4,851
Interest on loans
 held-for-sale                    435      5,429        997     12,698
Other interest income             796      2,399      1,382      6,038
                             --------   --------   --------   --------
   Total interest and
    dividend income           261,482    269,758    525,698    539,943
                             ========   ========   ========   ========

INTEREST EXPENSE
Interest on deposits           88,632     99,396    180,541    198,908
Interest on federal funds
 purchased and other
 short-term borrowings         24,837     21,328     51,854     42,804
Interest on long-term debt     13,651     12,217     27,313     24,909
                             --------   --------   --------   --------
   Total interest expense     127,120    132,941    259,708    266,621
                             ========   ========   ========   ========

NET INTEREST INCOME           134,362    136,817    265,990    273,322
Provision for credit losses     9,349      5,251     20,979     14,122
                             --------   --------   --------   --------
NET INTEREST INCOME AFTER
 PROVISION FOR CREDIT LOSSES  125,013    131,566    245,011    259,200
                             ========   ========   ========   ========

NON INTEREST INCOME
Service charges on
 deposit accounts              28,020     27,763     57,137     53,313
Trust and investment
 advisory fees                 19,931     17,940     39,894     34,088
Credit card income              7,402      6,102     13,798     11,120
Mortgage banking income         2,103      7,173      5,822     21,355
Other income                   25,996     20,944     45,467     49,104
Securities gains, net            (292)     9,921      4,991     40,353
Gain on sale of
 credit card loans                 --         --         --     60,000
                             --------   --------   --------   --------
     Total non interest
      income                   83,160     89,843    167,109    269,333
                             ========   ========   ========   ========

NON INTEREST EXPENSES
Salaries and other
 personnel costs               68,311     74,363    137,244    154,433
Equipment costs                13,229     10,067     24,534     21,700
Occupancy costs                 8,741      9,213     18,253     19,424
Other operating expenses       45,781     38,593     79,951     77,977
Intangible assets
 amortization expense          12,749     13,787     25,514     28,011
                             --------   --------   --------   --------
     Total non interest
      expenses                148,811    146,023    285,496    301,545
                             ========   ========   ========   ========

INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES     59,362     75,386    126,624    226,988
Income tax expense             21,811     27,932     46,655     83,835
                             --------   --------   --------   --------
NET INCOME                    $37,551    $47,454    $79,969   $143,153
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