ANL Abbey Nat.

RNS Number:3791C
TT International Inv Management
27 August 2004

                                   Date of Disclosure  27th 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   26TH 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

     NIL                 71,122             5.8766

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

3)  Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled 
    (and percentage of class) 16,192,311             (1.1%)


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:
27th August 2004


Open Contracts for Differences:

Product                   Date            Buy/       Number of     Price
Name                      Executed        Sell       Shares

Abbey National PLC Long   16/06/04        Buy        137,227       #4.8480
CFD

Abbey National PLC Long   16/06/04        Buy        23,897        #4.8419
CFD

Abbey National PLC Long   16/06/04        Buy        79,689        #4.8473
CFD

Abbey National PLC Long   01/07/04        Buy        14,711        #4.9925
CFD

Abbey National PLC Long   02/07/04        Buy        518           #4.9000
CFD

Abbey National PLC Long   23/07/04        Buy        211,422       #5.6285
CFD

Abbey National PLC Long   23/07/04        Buy        1,045,826     #5.6399
CDF

Abbey National PLC Long   26/07/04        Buy        35,976        #5.5825
CFD

Abbey National PLC Long   27/07/04        Buy        172,708       #5.6550
CFD

Abbey National PLC Long   27/07/04        Buy        783,334       #5.6534
CFD

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



Closed-Out Contracts for Differences @ 26/08/04:


Product                   Date            Buy/       Number of     Price
Name                      Opened          Sell       Shares        Closed-out

NONE





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