Rule 8.3- (Alliance & Leicest

RNS Number : 2720F

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

07 October 2008

 



                             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  (Note 1)	Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc
Company dealt in	Alliance & Leicester plc
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)	ORD GBP 0.50
Date of dealing	03 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 securities	4,814,918	(1.1436%)	0	(0.0%)
(2) Derivatives (other than options)	0	(0.0%)	0	(0.0%)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell	0	(0.0%)	0	(0.0%)
Total	4,814,918	(1.1436%)	0	(0.0%)

(b)     Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3)

Class of relevant security:	Long		Short
	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 (Note 5)
Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase TOTAL: Sale	680 797 623 617 1,374 1,263 1,327 1,794 10,035 3,855 15,859 4,599 982 2,520 1,091 754 1,200,000 975 1,450 372 1,250,967 8,970	2.8500 GBP 2.8675 GBP 2.8825 GBP 2.8875 GBP 2.8900 GBP 2.8925 GBP 2.8950 GBP 2.8975 GBP 2.9000 GBP 2.9025 GBP 2.9050 GBP 2.9075 GBP 2.9175 GBP 2.9200 GBP 2.9325 GBP 2.9425 GBP 2.9435 GBP 2.9475 GBP 2.9500 GBP 2.9750 GBP 2.9144 GBP

(b)    Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Product name,  e.g. CFD	Long/short (Note 6)	Number of securities (Note 7)	Price per unit (Note 5)

(c)    Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i)    Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name, e.g. call option	Writing, selling, purchasing, varying etc.	Number of securities to which the option relates (Note 7)	Exercise price	Type, e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry  date	Option money paid/received per unit (Note 5)

(ii)    Exercising

Product name, e.g. call option	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit (Note 5)

(d)    Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)

Nature of transaction (Note 8)

Details

Price per unit (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)            YES/NO    

Date of disclosure	07 October 2008
Contact name	Richard Hopkins
Telephone number	[phone]
If a connected EFM, name of offeree/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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