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 pursuant to section 67 of the Companies Act 1990 of the following interest in the issued share capital of Abbey plc.
| Effective Date | Notification Date | Shareholder | No. Shares | % of Issued Share Capital |
| 1 August
, 2012 |
1 August, 2012 | Gallagher Holdings Limited | 11,238,081 | 52.2% |
Yours sincerely
For and on behalf of
ABBEY PLC
David J Dawson
Company Secretary