Holding in Company

9 Jan 2008 17:03

Abbey PLC09 January 2008 ABBEY PLC 9 January 2008 We have received notification pursuant to section 67 of the Companies Act 1990of the following interest in the issued share capital of Abbey plc. Effective Notification Shareholder No. Shares % of IssuedDate Date ShareCapital 07.01.2008 09.01.2008 Bank of Ireland 1,668,491 6.08% Asset Management Of this holding 62,365 units are registered in the name of Mellon NomineesLimited, 19,854 units are registered in the name of BNY Custodial NomineesLimited and 1,586,272 are registered in the name of Bank of Ireland NomineesLimited, as registered owner only, on behalf of a range of clients who are eachthe beneficial owner of a portion of the shareholding. Yours sincerely For and on behalf of ABBEY PLC David J Dawson Company Secretary This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of The Irish Stock Exchange This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange