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

Class of relevant security:

Details

3. DEALINGS (Note 4)

(a) Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit (Note 5)

Purchase

TOTAL:

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)

(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	(020) 7714 4459
If a connected EFM, name of offeree/with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10)