Rule 8.3 - BOOTS 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 (Note 1) BARCLAYS PLC Company dealt in BOOTS PLC Class of relevant security to which the ORD GBP 0.25 dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 07 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 securities 27,429,464 (3.80%) 90,263 (0.01%) (2) Derivatives (other 12,675 (0.00%) 285,733 (0.04%) than options) (3) Options and agreements 4,756,600 (0.66%) 11,275,600 (1.56%) to purchase/sell Total 32,198,739 (4.46%) 11,651,596 (1.61%) (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3) Class of relevant Long Short 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 150 6.0200 Purchase 960 6.0000 Purchase 3,688 Transfer Purchase 4,798 6.0000 Purchase 9,596 6.0000 Purchase 12,089 6.0250 Purchase 78,000 Transfer Purchase 79,932 5.9950 Sale 10,934 5.9958 Sale 1,000 6.0008 Sale 417 6.0250 Sale 79,932 5.9950 Sale 5,832 6.0250 Sale 685 6.0300 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, e.g. Long/Short (Note 6) Number of Securities (Note 7) Price Per Unit (GBP) CFD (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 (Note varying etc. relates (Note 7) 5) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 5) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4) Nature of transaction (Note 8) Details Price per unit (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 08 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

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