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               16 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         10,124,238    (2.25%)      315,122    (0.07%)
securities
(2) Derivatives         309,440    (0.07%)      898,703    (0.20%)
(other than
options)
(3) Options and          54,105    (0.01%)      500,000    (0.11%)
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total                10,487,783    (2.33%)    1,713,825    (0.38%)


(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      24,400               11.1132
Purchase      404                  11.2250
Purchase      166                  10.9011
Purchase      1,000                11.1422
Purchase      2,100                11.1967
Purchase      4,157                11.1604
Purchase      18,688               11.0800
Purchase      397                  11.3511
Purchase      4,511                11.2150
Purchase      9,204                11.1900
Purchase      4,360                11.1900
Purchase      1,700                11.1900
Purchase      2,070                11.1900
Purchase      2,653                11.1900
Purchase      217                  11.1900
Purchase      427                  11.1900
Sale          31,915               11.2693
Sale          9,539                11.1878
Sale          570                  10.8678
Sale          300                  11.0778
Sale          1,300                11.0883
Sale          7,104                11.2378
Sale          12,159               10.9316
Sale          18,000               11.2389
Sale          1,300                11.1808
Sale          1,830                11.2449
Sale          397                  11.4489
Sale          18,688               11.1000
Sale          700                  11.3677
Sale          218                  11.1200
Sale          11,000               10.8594
Sale          2,928                11.2078
Sale          166                  10.9589
Sale          7,300                11.2148
Sale          8,639                11.3200
Sale          17,952                11.2258


(b)  Derivatives transactions
      (other than options)
Product name     Long/Short   Number of         Price Per Unit
e.g. CFD         (Note 6)     Securities (Note  (GBP)
                               7)
CFD              Long         31915             11.26931537
CFD              Short        397               11.3511335
CFD              Long         397               11.4488665
CFD              Long         7300              11.21483836
CFD              Long         1300              11.18083846
CFD              Long         700               11.36772857
CFD              Long         1830              11.2449071
CFD              Short        1000              11.14223
CFD              Long         9539              11.18776182
CFD              Long         8,907             11.2136


(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                         19 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