Share Buy Back

7 Nov 2005 17:26

Abbey PLC07 November 2005 Abbey Plc (the 'Company') Share Buy Back Abbey Plc announces that on 7 November 2005, it purchased 1,000,000 ordinaryshares of €0.32 each in the issued share capital of the Company ('OrdinaryShares') at €9.00 per share for cancellation. Following the above purchase the total number Ordinary Shares in issue(excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 30,010,043. The purchase was made pursuant to the authority granted by shareholders at anExtraordinary General Meeting of the Company held on 21 June 2005. To date4,067,739 shares have been repurchased under this authority. Enquires: Abbey Plc: David Dawson Tel: +44 1707 621203 Davy: Brian Garrahy Tel: +353 1 614 6363 7 November 2005 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