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               10 October 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       5,190,073     1.23%        151,232       0.04%
securities
(2) Derivatives      292,412     0.07%        557,644       0.13%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and            0     0.00%              0       0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total              5,482,485     1.30%        708,876       0.17%


(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      70,266                2.4103
Purchase      1,068,423             2.3400
Purchase      477                   2.4800
Sale          199,322               2.3834
Sale          14,034                2.3400
Sale          102,303               2.3834
Sale          51,139                2.3828
Sale          12,934                2.3400
Sale          94,210                2.3834
Sale          51,774                2.3400
Sale          27,209                2.3400
Sale          27,643                2.3834
Sale          5,349                 2.5312
Sale          7,302                 2.5312
Sale          998                   2.5312
Sale          263,627               2.3834
Sale          35,993                2.3400
Sale          143,312               2.3829
Sale          523,691               2.3829
Sale          963,520               2.3834
Sale          131,645               2.3400
Sale          108,359               2.3829
Sale          20,282                2.3826
Sale          21,028                2.3400
Sale          3,653                 2.5312
Sale          4,155                 2.5312
Sale          46,260                2.3834
Sale          6,378                 2.3400
Sale          25,084                2.3827
Sale          12,909                2.5312
Sale          203,176               2.3834
Sale          27,727                2.3400
Sale          55,545                2.3828
Sale          25,957                2.3400
Sale          13,141                2.3825
Sale          5,166                 2.3400
Sale          37,419                2.3834
Sale          309,165               2.3400
Sale          1,127,129             2.3829
Sale          2,088,588             2.3834
Sale          17,928                2.3826
Sale          4,574                 2.3400
Sale          33,089                2.3834
Sale          41,688                2.3400
Sale          110,464               2.3829
Sale          365,781               2.3505
Sale          45,318                Transfer
Sale          90,637                Transfer
Sale          28,511                Transfer
Sale          14,255                Transfer
Sale          24,516                Transfer
Sale          49,032                Transfer
Sale          210,406               Transfer
Sale          420,814               Transfer
Sale          165,936               2.3829
Sale          1,291,915             2.3505
Sale          3,286                 2.4902
Sale          24,700                2.3505
Sale          162,260               2.3505
Sale          75,028                2.3400
Sale          549,089               2.3834
Sale          298,432               2.3829
Sale          74,891                2.3829
Sale          18,841                2.3400
Sale          137,814               2.3834
Sale          118,680               2.3505
Sale          35,219                2.3827
Sale          305,262               2.3834
Sale          7,649                 2.5312
Sale          19,382                2.3826
Sale          35,763                2.3834
Sale          4,940                 2.3400
Sale          58,646                2.3834
Sale          8,070                 2.3400
Sale          31,816                2.3827
Sale          880,835               Transfer
Sale          15,629                2.3825
Sale          11,704                2.3400
Sale          64,909                2.3834
Sale          8,926                 2.3400
Sale          1,030                 2.3725
Sale          10,304                2.4921
Sale          1,068,423             2.4084
Sale          2,957                 2.4814
Sale          45,088                2.7925
Sale          1,068,423             2.3400
Sale          15,705                2.3834
Sale          32,848                2.3834

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,  Long/Short    Number of     Price per
(e.g. CFD)     (Note 6)      Securities    unit (GBP)


(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 October 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)