Rule 8.3- (Alliance & Leicest

RNS Number : 5990F

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

10 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	09 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	5,093,059	(1.2096%)	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	5,093,059	(1.2096%)	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 TOTAL: Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale TOTAL:	280,000 264,648 544,648 859 302 6,266 5,926 4,977 19,893 15,860 11,599 5,514 6,039 5,039 9,456 27,745 9,784 5,312 6,601 17,911 14,698 4,443 10,568 5,005 4,516 254 5,739 10,627 5,473 2,266 18,299 4,000 10,815 10,721 266,507	2.7327 GBP 2.8021 GBP 2.6525 GBP 2.6550 GBP 2.6850 GBP 2.7000 GBP 2.7650 GBP 2.7675 GBP 2.7700 GBP 2.7725 GBP 2.7775 GBP 2.7800 GBP 2.7850 GBP 2.7875 GBP 2.7900 GBP 2.7925 GBP 2.7950 GBP 2.7975 GBP 2.8000 GBP 2.8050 GBP 2.8100 GBP 2.8225 GBP 2.8300 GBP 2.8325 GBP 2.8400 GBP 2.8450 GBP 2.8475 GBP 2.8500 GBP 2.8525 GBP 2.8600 GBP 2.8625 GBP 2.8650 GBP 2.8675 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	10 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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