Abbey Limited: New Homes, Property Developers, Construction, Builders

Transaction in own shares

SBB_18.10.2011.pdf

Abbey Plc (the ‘Company’) Share Buy Back

Abbey Plc announces that on 18 October 2011, it purchased 26,040 ordinary shares of €0.32 each in the issued share capital of the Company (‘Ordinary Shares’) at €5.15 per share for cancellation.

Following the above the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue is 22,026,894.

This purchase was made pursuant to the authority granted by shareholders at an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held on 17 November 2010. To date 2

,600,098 shares have been repurchased under this authority.

19 October 2011