Slaughter and May advised Abbey National Treasury Services and Santander UK - update and revision of US$30 billion Euro Medium Term Note Programme

Slaughter and May advised Abbey National Treasury Services plc and Santander UK plc in relation to the update and revision of its US$30 billion Euro Medium Term Note Programme. The notes are guaranteed by Santander UK plc. The dealers under the programme are Banco Santander, S.A., Barclays Bank PLC, BNP Paribas, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Goldman Sachs International, HSBC Bank plc, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Merrill Lynch International, Mizuho International plc, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Nomura International plc, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and UBS Limited.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP advised the Issuers and the Guarantor as to United States law. Allen and Overy advised the dealers as to English law.