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 GBP0.50
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing               25 September 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      21,092,365     5.01%        151,709       0.04%
securities        
(2) Derivatives      230,366     0.05%      1,286,916       0.31%
(other than 
options)
(3) Options and            0     0.00%              0       0.00%          
agreements to   
purchase/sell      
Total             21,322,731     5.06%      1,438,625       0.34%
  

(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      3,172                2.7675
Purchase      3,300                2.8261
Purchase      43,641               2.7927
Purchase      5,673                2.8358
Purchase      12,396               2.8358
Purchase      41,034               2.8358
Sale          31,433               2.7777
Sale          3,172                2.7799
Sale          3,172                2.7675
Sale          623                  2.7745
Sale          1,322                2.8474
Sale          5,359                2.9200

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,  Long/Short    Number of     Price per
(e.g. CFD)     (Note 6)      Securities    unit (GBP)
CFD            Long          623           2.7744
CFD            Long          31433         2.7777
CFD            Long          1322          2.8473
CFD            Long          20759         2.8818
CFD            Short         3300          2.8261

(c)  Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(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
None

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                         26 September 2008
Contact name                               Geoff Smith
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)