Rule 8.3 - ALLIANCE UNICHEM PLC

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 UNICHEM PLC Class of relevant security ORD GBP 0.10 to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 16 JUNE 2006 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 25,810,491 (7.14%) 23,674 (0.01%) securities (2) Derivatives 23,674 (0.01%) 107,666 (0.03%) (other than options) (3) Options and 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) agreements to purchase/sell Total 25,834,165 (7.14%) 131,340 (0.04%) (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 5,000 9.9350 Purchase 40,000 9.8637 Purchase 904 9.8750 Purchase 224 9.9838 Purchase 30,330 9.9745 Purchase 10,771 9.7118 Purchase 26,216 10.0193 Purchase 4,000 9.9110 Purchase 4,806 9.7845 Purchase 97 9.9900 Purchase 17,483 9.9922 Purchase 2,732 9.9851 Purchase 7,447 9.9743 Purchase 57,278 9.6627 Purchase 13,490 9.9876 Sale 1,000 10.0137 Sale 400 10.0060 Sale 450 9.9956 Sale 1,300 9.9731 Sale 17,109 9.9940 Sale 3,357 10.0275 Sale 4,856 9.8501 Sale 17,483 10.0074 Sale 8,481 9.9882 Sale 343 9.7826 Sale 400 9.9635 Sale 8,835 9.9766 Sale 10,671 9.6859 Sale 560 9.9090 Sale 36,956 10.0101 Sale 13,490 9.9780 Sale 9,464 10.0249 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name Long/Short Number of Price Per Unit e.g. CFD (Note 6) Securities (Note (GBP) 7) CFD Short 7447 9.97427958 CFD Long 3357 10.02749181 CFD Long 8835 9.97656819 CFD Short 17483 9.99222445 CFD Long 400 9.9635 CFD Long 17483 10.00738889 CFD Short 13490 9.9875997 CFD Long 13490 9.97800371 (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying (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 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 19 June 2006 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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