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 GBP 0.50
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing               13 JUNE 2006

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         10,202,273    (2.26%)       319,846   (0.07%)
securities
(2) Derivatives         287,967    (0.06%)       936,858   (0.21%)
(other than
options)
(3) Options and          54,105    (0.01%)       500,000   (0.11%)
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total                10,544,345    (2.34%)     1,756,704   (0.39%)



(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      1,096                11.4090
Purchase      6,471                10.9337
Purchase      600                  10.8955
Purchase      2,880                10.9000
Purchase      212                  11.2314
Purchase      1,186                10.8122
Purchase      17,835               10.8833
Purchase      4,843                10.9100
Purchase      25,573               10.9536
Purchase      2,578                10.9000
Purchase      250                  Transfer
Purchase      2,880                10.9000
Sale          1,200                10.8878
Sale          2,880                10.9000
Sale          1,500                10.7900
Sale          171                  10.9600
Sale          6,300                10.9284
Sale          677                  10.9236
Sale          1,096                11.4083
Sale          9,238                10.8978
Sale          247                  Transfer
Sale          850                  10.8600



  (b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product Name,  Long/Short  Number of         Price Per
(e.g. CFD)     (Note 6)    Securities (Note  Unit (GBP)
                           7)
CFD            Short       25,573            10.95357291
CFD            Long        1,500             10.79
CFD            Short       17,835            10.88330362
CFD            Short       6,471             10.9336934
CFD            Short       1,096             11.40898723
CFD            Long        1,096             11.40828467
CFD            Long        6,300             10.92836032
CFD            Short       600               10.89551667
CFD            Long        677               10.92361891
CFD            Long        1,200             10.887825
CFD            Short       1,186             10.81215852
CFD            Long        9,238             10.89781987
CFD            Short       11,496            10.860082




(c)  Options transactions in respect of existing securities

Purchase/sale Number of Securities Price per unit
                                   (GBP)






(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

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                         14 June 2006
Contact name                               BARCLAYS COMPLIANCE
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)


Notes

The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk