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 16 September 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 20,921,534 4.97% 80,156 0.02%
securities
(2) Derivatives 233,182 0.06% 1,666,102 0.40%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 21,154,716 5.02% 1,746,258 0.41%
(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 75,000 2.7675
Purchase 161,373 2.6668
Purchase 2,111 2.7775
Purchase 13,177 2.7658
Purchase 51,901 2.6881
Purchase 121,159 2.6610
Purchase 10,134 2.6566
Purchase 2,111 2.7775
Purchase 12,022 2.7790
Purchase 161,373 2.6668
Purchase 895 2.7775
Sale 12,022 2.7775
Sale 164,820 2.6713
Sale 130,546 2.6706
Sale 17,116 2.7167
Sale 164,820 2.6713
Sale 67 2.6575
Sale 23,337 2.6952
Sale 250 2.8830
Sale 14,687 2.6952
Sale 10,637 2.6952
Sale 75,000 2.7675
Sale 11,060 2.6764
Sale 10,134 2.7613
Sale 1,471 2.7675
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 130546 2.6705
CFD Long 329640 2.6712
CFD Long 11060 2.6764
CFD Long 10134 2.7612
CFD Short 10134 2.6565
CFD Short 121159 2.6609
CFD Short 322746 2.6667
CFD Short 51901 2.6881
CFD Short 27592 2.6921
(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 17 September 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)