Rule 8.3 - BOOTS GROUP 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 BOOTS GROUP PLC Class of relevant security ORD GBP 0.25 to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 26 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 17,189,050 (3.54%) 3,537,555 (0.73%) securities (2) Derivatives 2,392,320 (0.49%) 22,542 (0.00%) (other than options) (3) Options and 32,013 (0.01%) 0 (0.00%) agreements to purchase/sell Total 19,613,383 (4.04%) 3,560,097 (0.73%) (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 2,932 Transfer Purchase 1,520 7.5513 Purchase 5,727 7.5450 Purchase 11,844 7.5270 Purchase 13,343 7.5804 Purchase 16,400 7.5346 Purchase 25,521 7.5820 Sale 406 7.5856 Sale 672 7.5906 Sale 2,068 Transfer Sale 101,621 7.5309 Sale 67 7.5350 Sale 900 7.5735 Sale 3,600 7.6139 Sale 4,417 7.5485 Sale 9,324 7.5843 Sale 53,189 7.5780 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/Short Number of Price Per Unit (e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities (GBP) (Note 7) CFD Short 11,844 7.52696 CFD Short 16,400 7.53463 CFD Long 3,600 7.61392 CFD Long 900 7.57349 CFD Long 4,417 7.54849 (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities Purchase/sale Number of Securities Price per unit (GBP) (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 (GBP) (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 27 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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