RNS NO 7304E
ABBEY NATIONAL TREASURY SERVICES PLC
1st July 1997


FORMAL NOTICE FOR SPECIALIST SECURITIES

PUBLICATION DATE: 1 July 1997


Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the following
securities to be admitted to the Official List.

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DETAILS OF ISSUE:   US$500,000,000 6.25 per cent.  Guaranteed Notes due 2000






ISSUER:             Abbey National Treasury Services plc






INCORPORATED IN:    England






GUARANTOR:          Abbey National plc






INCORPORATED IN:     England


Particulars relating to the issue may be obtained during usual business hours
for fourteen days from the date of this formal notice from:

Linklaters and Paines
Barrington House
59-67 Gresham Street
London EC2V 7JA

Copies of the particulars relating to the above may also be obtained from the
London Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange Tower, Old Broad Street (beside
main entrance), London EC2, for the two business days following the date of
this formal notice.


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