6-K 1 abbey6k_10-24.txt FORM 6-K SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Report of Foreign Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of Securities Exchange Act of 1934 For the month of October, 2002 ABBEY NATIONAL plc (Translation of registrant's name into English) Abbey National House, 2 Triton Square, Regent's Place, London NW1 3AN, England (Address of principal executive offices) Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Form 20-F....X.... Form 40-F........ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes....... No...X.... SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 1) Name of company Abbey National plc 2) Name of director Luqman Arnold 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non-beneficial interest Director 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them (if notified) Luqman Arnold 5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s) Director 6) Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary Share Purchase 7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired 108,870 8) Percentage of issued class N/A 9) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 10) Percentage of issued class N/A 11) Class of security Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each 12) Price per share 620p 13) Date of transaction 24 Ocotber, 2002 14) Date company informed 24 Ocotber, 2002 15) Total holding following this notification 108,870 16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification N/A If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the following boxes 17) Date of grant 24 October, 2002 18) Period during which or date on which exercisable 23 October, 2005 - 23 October, 2012 19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option N/A 20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each - 434,083 21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise 622p 22) Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification 434,083 23) Any additional information Pursuant to the Company's obligations under Section 329 of the Companies Act 1985 and Chapter 16, paragraphs 16.13(a) and 16.13(c) of the Listing Rules, I hereby advise you that shares to satisfy the above Executive Share Options have been bought in the market and are held by the Abbey National Employee Trust. Each of the Executive Directors of the Company, as a potential beneficiary of the Trust are interested in the shares held by the Trust. At today's date the total number of shares held by the Abbey National Employee Trust is 1,190,673. 24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries Ian Christie, 0207 756 4328 25) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Ian Christie, Assistant Group Secretary Date of Notification 24 October, 2002 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. ABBEY NATIONAL plc Date: 24th October, 2002 By /s/ Ian Christie ---------------- Abbey National Group Secretariat