Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:1902H
Alliance Boots plc
03 August 2006

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

Alliance Boots PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

Franklin Resources, Inc


3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

In respect of shareholder named in 2

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them

Bank of New York, Brussels          2,021,326

JP Morgan Chase Bank               22,717,260

Citibank NA London                    669,268

Clydesdale Bank PLC                   404,772

Euroclear                              27,406

HSBC                                1,056,456

CMB London                          2,099,780

Mellon Bank                         5,177,516

Merrill Lynch Intl. Ltd               799,286

Northern Trust Company, London      2,417,703

Royal Trust Corp of Canada             44,318

State Street Bank                   8,331,357
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                                   45,766,448

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

NA


6) Percentage of issued class

NA

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

N/A

8) Percentage of issued class

N/A

9) Class of security

Ordinary shares of 37 7/39p

10) Date of transaction

N/A

11) Date company informed

Received 3rd August 2006

12) Total holding following this notification


45,766,448

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

4.73%

14) Any additional information


15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Sonia Fennell 0115 968 7094

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

Sonia Fennell, Assistant Company Secretary

Date of notification ........3rd August 2006


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