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)