Rule 8.3 - McApline (Alfred) plc
             



                                                                             FORM
   8.3
 DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR
                                MORE
                   (Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code)


1.         KEY INFORMATION


+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Name of person dealing  (Note 1)            | HSBC Bank Plc       |
|---------------------------------------------+---------------------|
| Company dealt in                            | Alfred McAlpine plc |
|---------------------------------------------+---------------------|
| Class of relevant security to which the     | Ordinary 25p Shares |
| dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)    |                     |
|---------------------------------------------+---------------------|
| Date of dealing                             | 8th February 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   |1,706,183                              1.66%|                                                |
|securities     |                                            |                                                |
|               |                                            |                                                |
|---------------+--------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------|
|(2) Derivatives|                                            |                                                |
|(other than    |                                            |                                                |
|options)       |                                            |                                                |
|               |                                            |                                                |
|---------------+--------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------|
|(3) Options and|                                            |                                                |
|agreements to  |                                            |                                                |
|purchase/sell  |                                            |                                                |
|               |                                            |                                                |
|---------------+--------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------|
|Total          |1,706,183                              1.66%|                                                |
|               |                                            |                                                |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+


(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 (Note 5) |
|               |                      |                         |
+----------------------------------------------------------------+



+-----------------------------------------+
| Purchase                | 3,374 | 528.5 |
|-------------------------+-------+-------|
| Purchase                | 1,626 | 528.5 |
|-------------------------+-------+-------|
| Total Sales - 0         |       |       |
|                         |       |       |
|-------------------------+-------+-------|
| Total Purchases - 5,000 |       |       |
|                         |       |       |
+-----------------------------------------+


(b)        Derivatives transactions (other than options)


+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Product  | Long/short (Note | Number of securities   | Price per  |
| name,    | 6)               | (Note 7)               | unit (Note |
| e.g. CFD |                  |                        | 5)         |
|----------+------------------+------------------------+------------|
|          |                  |                        |            |
|          |                  |                        |            |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+




(c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying


+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Product  |Writing,    |Number of          |Exercise|Type, e.g.|Expiry|Option money  |
|name,    |selling,    |securities to which|Price   |American, |Date  |Paid/received |
|e.g. call|purchasing, |the option relates |        |European  |      |per unit (Note|
|option   |varying etc.|(Note 7)           |        |etc.      |      |5)            |
|         |            |                   |        |          |      |              |
|---------+------------+-------------------+--------+----------+------+--------------|
|         |            |                   |        |          |      |              |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+



(ii)        Exercising


+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Product name, e.g. | Number of securities | Exercise price per    |
| call option        |                      | unit (Note 5)         |
|                    |                      |                       |
|--------------------+----------------------+-----------------------|
|                    |                      |                       |
|                    |                      |                       |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+

(d)        Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)


+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Nature of transaction | Details | Price per unit (if applicable)  |
| (Note 8)              |         | (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)                                                 NO



+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Date of disclosure                           | 11th February 2008 |
|----------------------------------------------+--------------------|
| Contact name                                 | Frances Davies     |
|----------------------------------------------+--------------------|
| Telephone number                             | 020 7991 6661      |
|----------------------------------------------+--------------------|
| If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror  | N/A                |
| with which connected                         |                    |
|----------------------------------------------+--------------------|
| If a connected EFM, state nature of          | N/A                |
| 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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