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               12 August 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      20,706,862     4.92%          6,011       0.00%
securities
(2) Derivatives      250,706     0.06%      1,151,171       0.27%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and            0     0.00%              0       0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total             20,957,568     4.98%      1,157,182       0.27%

(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      424,355              6.6084
Purchase      175,929              3.5205
Purchase      2,465                3.5050
Purchase      574                  3.5050
Purchase      22,047               3.5295
Purchase      27,889               3.5156
Purchase      3,162                3.5156
Purchase      1,275                3.5156
Purchase      19,389               3.5156
Purchase      2,264                3.5156
Purchase      48,329               3.5172
Purchase      11,407               3.5165
Purchase      3,902                3.5050
Purchase      27,000               3.4906
Purchase      3,210                3.5092
Purchase      250                  Transfer
Purchase      19,480               3.5157
Sale          175,929              3.5205
Sale          43,523               3.5167
Sale          250                  Transfer
Sale          22,696               3.5039
Sale          250                  3.5041
Sale          125                  Transfer
Sale          4,042                3.5050
Sale          774                  3.5044
Sale          1,221                3.5050

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,  Long/Short    Number of     Price per
(e.g. CFD)     (Note 6)      Securities    unit (GBP)
CFD            Long          22696         3.5038
CFD            Long          774           3.5044
CFD            Long          43523         3.5167
CFD            Long          175929        3.5204
CFD            Long          26869         3.5283
CFD            Short         3210          3.5091
CFD            Short         48329         3.5172
CFD            Short        175929         3.5204

(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                         13 August 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)