Slaughter and May advised Santander UK Group Holdings Plc - SEC registration of US shelf programme

Slaughter and May, working as a team with Cleary, Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, advised Santander UK Group Holdings Plc on the English law aspects of its SEC registration of its US shelf programme. Under the shelf programme, Santander UK Group Holdings Plc may issuer senior notes.

Slaughter and May also advised Santander UK Group Holdings Plc on the English law aspects of its inaugural issuance under the shelf programme of U.S.$ 1,000,000,000 2.875% notes due 2020. The joint book-running managers for the issuance were Barclays Capital Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Santander Investment Securities Inc.