RNS Number:6533B
TT International Inv Management
5 August 2004


                                  Date of Disclosure    5TH AUGUST 2004

                    DISCLOSURE UNDER RULES 8.1(a), 8.1(b)(i) and 8.3 
                       OF THE CITY CODE ON TAKEOVERS AND MERGERS

Date of dealing     4TH AUGUST 2004

Dealing in     ABBEY NATIONAL PLC          (name of company)

1)  Class of securities (eg ordinary shares)   ORDINARY 10P

2)  Amount bought      Amount sold      Price per unit
        36,964               NIL              5.7588

(PLEASE NOTE - TT INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT WERE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN
CFD TRANSACTIONS.  PLEASE REFER TO BELOW APPENDIX.)


3)  Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled 
    (and percentage of class)    20,471,828        (1.39%)


4) Party making disclosure     TT INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT


5)  EITHER (a) Name of purchaser/vendor (Note 1)    
    OR     (b) if dealing for discretionary client(s), name of fund 
               management organisation

              TT INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT


6)  Reason for disclosure (Note 2)                                     
    (a) associate of (i) offeror (Note 3)                          NO
                    (ii) offeree company                           NO

Specify which category or categories of associate (1-8 overleaf)   N/A

If category (8), explain

     (b)  Rule 8.3 (ie disclosure because of ownership or control of 1% 
          or more of the class of relevant securities dealt in)     YES

Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (4) above  N/A  

(Also print name of signatory)       YINKA OSINDERO

Telephone and extension number       020 7410 3527


Note 1.  Specify owner, not nominee or vehicle company.  If relevant, also 
         identify controller of owner, eg where an owner normally acts on 
         instructions of a controller

Note 2.  Disclosure might be made for more than one reason; if so, state all 
         reasons.

Note 3.  Specify which offeror if there is more than one.

Note 4.  When an arrangement exists with any offeror, with the offeree company 
         or which an associate of any offeror or of the offeree company 
         in relation to relevant securities, details of such arrangement must 
         be disclosed, as required by Note 6 on Rule 8

Note 5.  It may be necessary, particularly when disclosing derivative 
         transactions, to append a sheet to this disclosure form so that
         relevant information can be given.

Note 6.  In the case of an average price bargain, each underlying trade 
         should be disclosed.

Note 7.  The resultant total percentage holding of the class of relevant
         security is to be calculated by reference to the percentage held and 
         in issue outside treasury.

For full details of disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 of the Code.  If in 
doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, Monitoring Section, Tel. No:
020 7638 0129. Email: monitoring@disclosure.org.uk



Form B Enclosure:

A purchaser of a long CFD contract will realise a gain if the price of the
underlying securities goes up. A seller of a CFD contract will realise a gain if
the price of the underlying security goes down.


The CFD contracts are open ended and there is no roller-over into new contracts.

Party making disclosure: TT International Investment Management


Date of Disclosure:  5th August 2004

Open Contracts for Differences:
 

Product                      Date          Buy/          Number of     Price      
Name                         Executed      Sell           Shares

Abbey National PLC Long      04/08/04      Buy            2,024       #5.7550
CFD                                               

Abbey National PLC Long      04/08/04      Sell          16,155       #5.7525
CFD






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