Blue Ridge Capital Holdings LLC - Short Selling Disclosure

    Form TR-4. FSA Version 1.0 September                                           
2008                                                                           
                                                                               
TR-4:    Disclosure of Short Position relating to UK Financial Sector Company  
                                                                               
1. Full name of person(s) holding the    John Griffin Esq. in his capacity as  
disclosable short position:              managing member of Blue Ridge Capital 
                                         Holdings LLC and Blue Capital Offshore
                                         Holdings LLC which are respectively   
                                         the general partners of Blue Ridge    
                                         Limited Partnership and Blue Ridge    
                                         Offshore Master Limited Partnership.  
                                                                               
2. Name of the issuer of the relevant    Alliance & Leicester PLC              
securities                                                                     
                                                                               
3. Disclosable short position            John Griffin: aggregate: 0.95%        
                                                                               
                                         Blue Ridge Limited Partnership: 0.59% 
                                                                               
                                         Blue Ridge Offshore Master Limited    
                                         Partnership: 0.36%                    
                                                                               
4. Date that disclosable short position  10th October, 2008                    
was held                                                                       

This form, or the information contained within it, should be disclosed via an
RIS using the short code SSD.

This form relates to the disclosure of short positions in compliance with the
FSA's Short Selling (NO2) Instrument and the related FAQ document on the FSA's
website.

Specify the owner or controller of the interest. The naming of nominees or
vehicle companies is insufficient. In the case of positions held by fund
managers on behalf of discretionary clients, the clients need not be named.
Positions may be aggregated in some cases. See FAQ document for further
details.

Figure to be expressed as a percentage of issued share capital. Disclosable
short position is defined in the Glossary of Definitions in the FSA Handbook.
Positions must be disclosed on a net basis of all holdings. All financial
instruments that represent a direct interest or direct economic interest in the
relevant issuer must be included within such holdings.