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Alliance & Leicester PLC31 May 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company Alliance & Leicester plc 2. Name of shareholders having a major interest Legal & General Group Plc 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18 Beneficial Owner 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them HSBC Nominees Ltd AC 914945 167,425 HSBC Nominees AC 775245 1,788,703 HSBC Nominees Ltd AC 357206 11,834,179 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd AC 942229 649,400 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd AC 942205 82,600 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd AC 942199 24,000 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd AC 942229 2,400 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd AC 942205 673,090 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired Not disclosed 6. Percentage of issued class Not disclosed 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed Not disclosed 8. Percentage of issued class Not disclosed 9. Class of security Ordinary Shares 50p each 10. Date of transaction 25 May 2005 11. Date Company informed 27 May 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 16,477,057 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 3.69% 14. Any additional information Issued Share Capital as at 25 May 2005 was 446,723,596 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Richard Hawker - 0116 200 3855 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification Simon Lloyd Group Secretary Date of notification 31 May 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Legal & General