LONDON (Standard&Poor's CreditWire) March 1, 2001--Standard&Poor's today affirmed its ratings on Bank of Scotland (BoS) and its related entities and removed them from CreditWatch, where they were placed with positive implications on Dec. 18, 2000. The ratings on Abbey National PLC and related entities were also affirmed and the long-term ratings were removed from CreditWatch, where they were placed with negative implications on Dec. 18, 2000. The outlook is stable for BoS and Abbey National and their related entities. (See list below for all rating actions.) The ratings actions follow the announcement by Abbey National on Feb. 28, 2001 that it had terminated its discussions with BoS regarding a potential merger. The CreditWatch actions had reflected
