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               22 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       21,075,263    5.01%          3,418       0.00%
securities
(2) Derivatives         9,799    0.00%      1,608,937       0.38%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and            0     0.00%              0       0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total             21,085,062     5.01%      1,612,355       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      867                  2.9039
Purchase      52,592               2.8714
Purchase      17,478               2.8714
Purchase      3,390                2.9397
Purchase      40,938               2.7825
Purchase      67,425               2.9351
Purchase      10,048               2.7825
Purchase      14,087               2.8714
Purchase      4,475                2.8714
Purchase      150,000              2.7825
Purchase      12,000               2.8714
Purchase      144,652              2.8665
Purchase      43,699               2.8665
Purchase      9,026                2.8669
Purchase      574                  2.7825
Purchase      2,820                2.8649
Purchase      4,119                2.8653
Purchase      3,197                2.8651
Purchase      6,049                2.8657
Purchase      4,181                2.8656
Purchase      7,839                2.8659
Sale          40,938               2.7825
Sale          5,007                2.9260
Sale          40,938               2.7825
Sale          9,047                2.9293

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,  Long/Short    Number of     Price per
(e.g. CFD)     (Note 6)      Securities    unit (GBP)
CFD            Long          5007          2.9259
CFD            Long          9047          2.9292
CFD            Short         150000        2.7825
CFD            Short         867           2.9038
CFD            Short         67425         2.9351

(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                         23 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)