MBNA Securitizes $300 Million of Credit Card Receivables

MBNA Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary, MBNA America Bank, N.A. announced today that, through the MBNA Credit Card Master Note Trust, it will issue $300 million in credit card asset backed notes.

The Class C(2005-3) tranche consists of $300 million floating rate asset backed notes. The three-year Class C(2005-3) notes were priced at par and will accrue interest at 27 basis points over the one-month London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”).

The transaction, which is scheduled to close on October 20, 2005 was joint-lead managed by Deutsche Bank Securities and RBS Greenwich Capital and co-managed by Banc of America Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch & Co.