ANL Abbey Nat.

RNS Number:6392E
Abbey National PLC
29 October 2004

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1. Name of company

Abbey National plc



2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

UBS AG


3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18

As 2 above


4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them

UBS AG London Branch                               79,751,832 (5.38%)
UBS Global Asset Management Life Ltd                2,763,267 (0.19%)


5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

82,515,099


6. Percentage of issued class

5.57%


7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

n/a


8. Percentage of issued class

n/a


9. Class of security

Ordinary shares of 10 p each


10. Date of transaction

25th October  2004


11. Date company informed

28th October  2004


12. Total holding following this notification

82,515,099


13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

5.57%


14. Any additional information



15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Cheryl Samuels 020-7756 4760


16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

Cheryl Samuels


Date of notification

29th October 2004

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