ATEBANK S.A. notifies the investors that today, the 15th January 2010 the Luxemburg Stock Exchange has approved the Base Prospectus of the Euro Medium Term Notes (EMTN) Programme of EUR 5,000,000,000. The Issuers of the said programme are ATEBANK S.A. and its subsidiary ABG Finance PLC. Any issuance of ABG Finance PLC is guaranteed by ATEBANK S.A.