Rule 8.3 - ALLIANCE & LEICESTER PLC
FORM 8.3
DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
(Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)
1. KEY INFORMATION
Name of person dealing BARCLAYS PLC
(Note 1)
Company dealt in ALLIANCE & LEICESTER PLC
Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.50
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 18 July 2008
2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE
(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant
security dealt in (Note 3)
Long Short
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant 18,459,115 4.39% 6,011 0.00%
securities
(2) Derivatives 278,432 0.07% 677,022 0.16%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 18,737,547 4.45% 683,033 0.16%
(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
than the class dealt in (Note 3)
Class of Long Short
relevant
security:
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant
securities
(2) Derivatives
(other than
options)
(3) Options and
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total
(c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3)
Class of relevant security: Details
3. DEALINGS (Note 4)
(a) Purchases and sales
Purchase/sale Number of Securities Price per unit
(GBP)
Purchase 30,000 3.2500
Purchase 47,835 3.2600
Purchase 1,340 3.2875
Purchase 214,582 3.2698
Purchase 17,054 3.2879
Purchase 250 3.2670
Purchase 1,800 3.2875
Purchase 12,099 3.2570
Purchase 9,990 3.2915
Purchase 129,727 3.2664
Sale 250 3.2125
Sale 510 3.2125
Sale 250 3.2125
Sale 250 3.2125
Sale 250 3.2125
Sale 250 3.2125
Sale 650 3.2125
Sale 250 3.2125
Sale 425 3.2125
Sale 3,806 3.2747
Sale 3,618 3.2425
Sale 250 3.2125
Sale 250 3.2125
Sale 250 3.2125
Sale 250 3.2125
Sale 2,000 3.2125
Sale 1,500 3.2125
Sale 250 3.2125
Sale 2,250 3.2125
Sale 250 3.2125
Sale 250 3.2125
Sale 112,516 3.2724
Sale 1,005 3.2125
Sale 250 3.2125
Sale 250 3.2125
Sale 250 3.2125
Sale 650 3.2125
Sale 250 3.2125
Sale 160 3.2125
Sale 250 3.2125
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 3618 3.2424
CFD Long 112516 3.2724
CFD Long 3806 3.2746
CFD Short 12099 3.2569
CFD Short 129727 3.2663
CFD Short 214582 3.2698
CFD Short 3916 3.2869
CFD Short 17054 3.2879
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Product name, Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money
e.g. call selling, securities to price American, date paid/received
option purchasing, which the option European etc. per unit (GBP)
varying etc. relates (GBP)
(ii) Exercising
Product name, e.g. Number of Exercise price per
call option securities unit (Note 5)
(d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)
Nature of transaction Details Price per unit
(Note 8) (if applicable)
(Note 5)
4. OTHER INFORMATION
None
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the
person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of
any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or
relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any
relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is
referenced. If none, this should be stated.
Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO
Date of disclosure 21 July 2008
Contact name Geoff Smith
Telephone number 020 7116 2913
If a connected EFM, name of
offeree/offeror with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of
connection (Note 10)