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               06 June 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        42,613,302  4.40%          639,834    0.07%
securities
(2) Derivatives        162,871  0.02%        1,341,922    0.14%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and        129,329  0.01%          129,329    0.01%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total               42,905,502  4.43%        2,111,085    0.22%


(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      1,284                11.2400
Purchase      382                  11.2493
Sale          4,728                11.2420
Sale          5,526                11.2400
Sale          7,286                11.2420
Sale          3,266                11.2420
Sale          1,906                11.2420
Sale          7,806                11.2420
Sale          147,441              11.2420
Sale          4,426                11.2420
Sale          6,238                11.2420
Sale          21,583               11.2420
Sale |        4,258                11.2420
Sale          1,545                11.2462
Sale          4,506                11.2420
Sale          4,070                11.2420
Sale          4,027                11.2420
Sale          5,468                11.2420
Sale          987                  11.2400
Sale          10,706               11.2400
Sale          4,751                11.2420
Sale          3,438                11.2420
Sale          18,833               11.2420
Sale          2,744                11.2420
Sale          16,439               11.2420

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name     Long/Short     Number of          Price Per Unit
                                Securities



(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                         07 June 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