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 GBP 0.50 to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 29 JUNE 2006 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 9,820,609 (2.18%) 413,796 (0.09%) securities (2) Derivatives 389,629 (0.09%) 825,277 (0.18%) (other than options) (3) Options and 54,105 (0.01%) 500,000 (0.11%) agreements to purchase/sell Total 10,264,343 (2.28%) 1,739,073 (0.39%) (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 474 11.5812 Purchase 491 11.4869 Purchase 729 11.3711 Purchase 2,454 11.5319 Purchase 4,500 11.4300 Purchase 4,169 11.6000 Sale 579 11.5577 Sale 729 11.3689 Sale 3,400 11.5283 Sale 16,752 11.5643 Sale 213 11.4581 Sale 500 11.4581 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/Short Number of Price Per Unit (e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities (Note (GBP) 7) CFD Short 474 11.58116 CFD Long 16,752 11.56428 CFD Short 4,500 11.43000 CFD Long 3,400 11.52827 CFD Long 729 11.36886 CFD Short 729 11.37114 CFD Short 2,454 11.53193 CFD Long 579 11.55769 CFD Short 2,241 11.5308 (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities Purchase/sal Number of Securities Price per unit e (GBP) (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 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 30 June 2006 Contact name BARCLAYS COMPLIANCE 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) Notes The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk

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