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 18 JULY 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 17,413,609 (3.59%) 3,342,901 (0.69%) securities (2) Derivatives 2,050,484 (0.42%) 103,257 (0.02%) (other than options) (3) Options and 32,013 (0.01%) 0 (0.00%) agreements to purchase/sell Total 19,496,106 (4.01%) 3,446,158 (0.71%) (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 5,343 Transfer Purchase 2,136 7.3607 Purchase 3,600 7.4250 Purchase 5,000 7.4551 Purchase 8,835 7.4057 Purchase 11,153 7.4065 Sale 1,765 7.3956 Sale 25,840 7.4300 Sale 3,085 7.4300 Sale 4,277 7.4300 Sale 2,136 7.4393 Sale 3,202 7.4550 Sale 6,955 7.4285 Sale 24,228 7.4228 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per unit (e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities (GBP) CFD Short 2,136 7.4392 CFD Short 6,955 7.4285 CFD Long 2,136 7.3607 CFD Long 3,600 7.4250 CFD Long 4,220 7.4215 CFD Long 5,000 7.4551 CFD Long 6,933 7.3973 (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 19 JULY 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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