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 23 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 20,805,835 4.94% 151,709 0.04%
securities
(2) Derivatives 192,214 0.05% 1,306,065 0.31%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 20,998,049 4.99% 1,457,774 0.35%
(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 18,281 2.7624
Purchase 1,529 2.7742
Purchase 2,215 2.7745
Purchase 1,727 2.7743
Purchase 3,226 2.7746
Purchase 2,236 2.7744
Purchase 4,152 2.7747
Purchase 18,996 2.7785
Purchase 22,272 2.7785
Purchase 7,097 2.7785
Purchase 83,124 2.7785
Purchase 4,677 2.7752
Purchase 27,611 2.7785
Purchase 75,628 2.7750
Purchase 599 2.7698
Purchase 700 2.8180
Purchase 8,288 2.7911
Purchase 22,862 2.7750
Purchase 49,936 2.7913
Sale 49,936 2.7913
Sale 149,353 2.7824
Sale 49,936 2.7913
Sale 3,100 2.7881
Sale 9,407 2.7693
Sale 43,850 2.7450
Sale 19,002 2.8102
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 9407 2.7692
CFD Long 32415 2.7785
CFD Long 149353 2.7824
CFD Long 3100 2.7881
CFD Short 8288 2.791
CFD Short 700 2.818
(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 24 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)