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 28 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 20,842,210 4.95% 2,110 0.00%
securities
(2) Derivatives 247,528 0.06% 1,508,576 0.36%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 21,089,738 5.01% 1,510,686 0.36%
(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 4,499 3.1925
Purchase 287 3.2575
Purchase 24,807 3.1386
Purchase 11,291 3.2346
Purchase 1,086 3.2442
Purchase 29,744 3.2179
Purchase 13,500 3.2478
Purchase 15,579 3.1501
Sale 18,614 3.2444
Sale 22,118 3.2444
Sale 875 3.2300
Sale 1,446 3.1858
Sale 500 3.1570
Sale 18,771 3.2297
Sale 2,000 3.1750
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 500 3.157
CFD Long 2000 3.175
CFD Long 18771 3.2297
CFD Short 3765 3.1866
CFD Short 29744 3.2179
CFD Short 11291 3.2346
CFD Short 1086 3.2441
CFD Short 13500 3.2478
(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 29 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)