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)