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               08 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        41,678,696  4.31%          483,768    0.05%
securities
(2) Derivatives        163,871  0.02%        1,205,221    0.12%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and        128,509  0.01%          128,509    0.01%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total               41,971,076  4.34%        1,817,498    0.19%


(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      11,116               11.2400
Purchase      134                  Transfer
Purchase      128,555              11.2400
Purchase      1,670                11.2400
Sale          81,272               11.2400
Sale          9,104                11.2427
Sale          2,538                11.2427
Sale          28,110               11.2427
Sale          128,555              11.2400
Sale          192,001              11.2427
Sale          4,509                11.2427
Sale          375                  11.2400
Sale          21,410               11.2427
Sale          5,913                11.2427
Sale          4,295                11.2427
Sale          5,293                11.2427
Sale          7,522                11.2400
Sale          188                  11.2450
Sale          517                  11.2450
Sale          367                  11.2450
Sale          6,237                11.2427
Sale          24,519               11.2427
Sale          5,592                11.2427
Sale          8,161                11.2427
Sale          9,474                11.2427
Sale          6,204                11.2427
Sale          5,801                11.2427
Sale          3,609                11.2427
Sale          10,146               11.2427


(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                         11 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