RNS Number:3373U
Abbey National PLC
16 January 2004


BOARD CHANGES AT ABBEY


Further to the announcement made on 19 December 2003 at 12.00pm (RNS Number
4849T) regarding the appointment of Geoff Cooper and Gerry Murphy as Non
Executive Directors, the following information completes the disclosure
requirements of the Listing Rules.

Geoff Cooper is currently Deputy Chief Executive of Alliance UniChem plc.

Gerry Murphy is currently Chief Executive Officer of Kingfisher plc.  He was
previously Chief Executive of Carlton Communications plc (2000 - 2003).  Prior
to joining Carlton, he was Chief Executive of Exel plc (formerly NFC plc).  He
stepped down as a Non Executive Director of Novar plc on 31 December 2003.

With regard to the above appointments there are no matters requiring disclosure
under Section 6.F.2 (b) to (g) of the Listing rules.


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