Rule 8.3 - ALLIANCE BOOTS

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 BOOTS Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.37179482 to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 15 May 2007 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 44,551,765 4.60% 502,023 0.05% securities (2) Derivatives 162,984 0.02% 1,608,437 0.17% (other than options) (3) Options and 125,252 0.01% 125,252 0.01% agreements to purchase/sell Total 44,840,001 4.63% 2,235,712 0.23% (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 6 11.2267 Purchase 95 11.2250 Purchase 62,817 11.2320 Purchase 4,162 11.2200 Purchase 314 Transfer Purchase 535 11.2300 Purchase 27 Transfer Purchase 16,154 11.2250 Purchase 223 11.2400 Purchase 27,210 11.2324 Purchase 641 11.2250 Purchase 32,206 11.2250 Purchase 5,266 11.2250 Purchase 475 11.2250 Purchase 161 Transfer Sale 477,339 11.2275 Sale 4,162 11.2200 Sale 470 11.2259 Sale 700 11.2259 Sale 24,072 11.2285 Sale 1,731 11.2259 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name Long/Short Number of Price Per Unit Securities CFD Short 6 11.2266 CFD Short 27210 11.2323 CFD Long 24072 11.2284 (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 16 May 2007 Contact name BARCLAYS COMPLIANCE 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) 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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Barclays (BARC)
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