Purchase of Own Securities

Boots Group PLC
17 March 2003

17th March 2003

                   BOOTS GROUP PLC SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAMME

On 14th March 2003, Boots Group PLC acquired 500,000 ordinary shares in the
company for cancellation. The price paid was 539.1020p per share. This brings
the total number of shares purchased during this programme to 36,110,427.

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