Mr. James Ferguson
Via Email: announcements@ise.ie
Operations Manager
The Irish Stock Exchange
28 Anglesea Street
Dublin 2
2 August, 2012
Dear Mr Ferguson
We have received notification of the following cessation of interest in Abbey plc:
| Effective Date | Notification Date | Shareholder | No. Shares | % of Issued Share Capital |
| 1 August
, 2012 |
1 August, 2012 | I.G. International Management Limited on behalf of itself and each of the following
, each of whom has an individual notification obligation: I.G. Investment Management, Ltd. Investors Group Inc, IGM Financial Inc.
Registered shareholder: Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited |
0 (previously held 931,537 Ordinary Shares) | 0% |
Yours sincerely
For and on behalf of
ABBEY PLC
David J Dawson
Company Secretary