Slaughter and May advised Santander UK Group Holdings plc - issue under its EUR 30 billion Euro Medium Term Note Programme

Slaughter and May advised Santander UK Group Holdings plc on its issue under its EUR 30 billion Euro Medium Term Note Programme of JPY 3,000,000,000 0.557 per cent. Notes due 2018 and JPY 27,000,000,000 0.787 per cent. Notes due 2020.

The Notes are dual-listed and have been admitted to listing and trading on the Global Exchange Market of the Irish Stock Exchange and the TOKYO PRO-BOND Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. The Notes are Santander UK Group Holdings plc’s first public issuances on the TOKYO PRO-BOND Market. The Notes have been assigned a rating of A by Fitch, BBB by Standard and Poor's and Baa1 by Moody's.

Mizuho International plc and Nomura International plc acted as Joint Lead Managers on the issuances.