6-K 1 abbey-6k_0312.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 March, 2003 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 (a) Luqman Arnold (b) Yasmin Jetha (c) Mark Pain 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 (a) Director (b) Director (c) 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) (a) Luqman Arnold (b) Yasmin Jetha (c) Mark Pain 5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s) (a) Director (b) Director (c) 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 (a) 17,211 (b) 6,095 (c) 4,213 8) Percentage of issued class Nominal 9) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 10) Percentage of issued class N/A 11) Class of security Ordinary Shares of 10p each 12) Price per share 334.6647p 13) Date of transaction 11 March, 2003 14) Date company informed 11 March, 2003 15) Total holding following this notification (a) 209,856 (b) 47,160 (c) 51,295 16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification Nominal If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the following boxes 17) Date of grant 18) Period during which or date on which exercisable 19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option 20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number 21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise 22) Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification 23) Any additional information 24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries P J Lott, 0207 756 4333 25) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification P J Lott, Abbey National Group Secretariat Date of Notification.12 March, 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: 12 March, 2003 By /s/ Peter Lott -------------- Abbey National Group Secretariat