Stabilisation Notice

14 Oct 2005 14:54

HSBC Bank plc14 October 2005 14th October 2005 Not for distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States orany jurisdiction in which such distribution would be unlawful. Portman Building Society Stabilisation Notice HSBC Bank plc (Co-ordinating Stabilising Manager) (contact: Stephanie Rawles;telephone: 020 7991 5856) hereby gives notice that no stabilisation (within themeaning of the rules of the Financial Services Authority) was undertaken by theStabilising Manager named below in relation to the offer of the followingsecurities. Issuer: Portman Building Society Guarantor (if any): Aggregate nominal amount: US$ 750,000,000 Description: Floating Rate Note due 18th October 2010 - XS0231643296 Stabilising Managers: HSBC Bank plc UBS The notice refers to FSA rules rather than the Regulation as some stabilisationmay occur before application is made for admission to the regulated market. 2 The Co-ordinating Stabilising Manager is likely to prefer to restrict theinformation on stabilisation to that given to it by the Stabilising Managers. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange