Rule 8.3 - BOOTS PLC

This announcement replaces the announcement that was made on Monday, 19 December 2005. The sale of 2,000,000 shares was executed at GBP 6.5000 and not GBP 6.0100 as previously disclosed. 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 16 DECEMBER 2005 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 26,188,732 (3.63%) 1,274,547 (0.18%) securities (2) Derivatives 12,675 (0.00%) 264,148 (0.04%) (other than options) (3) Options and 600,000 (0.08%) 13,632,200 (1.89%) agreements to purchase/sell Total 26,801,407 (3.71%) 15,170,895 (2.10%) (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 6.0100 Purchase 12,541 5.9400 Purchase 572 6.0061 Purchase 55,297 6.0100 Purchase 601 5.9450 Purchase 900,000 6.0000 Purchase 4,516 6.0100 Purchase 1,634 6.0100 Purchase 15,204 6.0100 Sale 1,000 5.9616 Sale 500 6.0058 Sale 4,000 5.9361 Sale 650 5.9261 Sale 788 5.9450 Sale 328 5.9450 Sale 7,955 5.9293 Sale 878 5.9450 Sale 51,982 5.9969 Sale 2,000,000 6.5000 Sale 12,541 5.9400 Sale 150 5.9500 Sale 7,924 5.9450 Sale 6,169 6.0047 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product Long/Short Number of Securities Price Per name, (Note 6) (Note 7) Unit (GBP) e.g. CFD CFD Long 51,982 5.9969 (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type,e.g. Expiry Option money name, selling, securities price American, date paid/received e.g. call purchasing to which European per unit (note 5) option , varying the option etc. etc. relates (Note 7) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. Number of Exercise price per call option securities unit (Note 5) Call Option 600,000 6.9000 Put Option 1,200,000 5.6000 Put Option 1,000,000 6.0000 Put Option 1,000,000 6.0000 Put Option 2,000,000 6.5000 Call Option 1,000,000 6.5000 Put Option 600,000 5.5000 (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 22 DECEMBER 2005 Contact name BARCLAYS CORPORATE SECRETARIAT 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

Companies

Barclays (BARC)
UK 100