Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:0551R
Alliance Boots plc
09 February 2007



TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):

Alliance Boots plc

2. Reason for the notification

Please see additional information

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):

Legal & General Plc

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached if different) (v):

N/A

6. Date on which issuer notified:

02.02.2007

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

Above 3%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible using    Situation previous to the Triggering
the ISIN CODE                                       transaction (vi)
                                        Number of      Number of voting Rights
                                        shares         (viii)

Ordinary 37 7/39 shares                 28,183,435     28,183,435 (3.76%)
                                   

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

Class/type of shares if    Number of     Number of voting       % of voting
possible using the ISIN    shares        rights (ix)            rights
CODE

                            Direct        Direct(x) Indirect(xi) Direct Indirect
                                                       
Ordinary 37 7/39 shares     34,853,630    34,853,630             3.60%
                                                      

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

Type of     Expiration Exercise/       Number of voting rights that may  % of
financial   Date       Conversion      be acquired if the instrument is  voting
instrument  (xiii)     Period/ Date    exercised/ converted.             rights
                       (xiv)



Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights                  % of Voting Rights        

34,853,630                                3.60%



9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect)
(Group)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings)
Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
(Indirect) (LGIM)
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (34,853,630-3.60% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)

Legal & General Investment Management      Legal & General Insurance Holdings
(Holdings) Limited (Direct)                Limited (Direct) (LGAS & LGPL)
(29,711,291-3.07% = PMC)

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions        Legal & General Assurance Society
Management) Limited (PMC)                  Limited (LGAS & LGPL)
(29,711,291-3.07%=PMC)
                                           Legal & General Pensions Limited
                                           (Direct)

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

N/A

13. Additional information:

(i) Notification using shares in issue of 967,554,529

(ii) Notification pursuant to Transparency Obligations Directive (Disclosure and
Transparency Rules) Instruments 2006, Transitional Provision 5.8.11.

14. Contact name:

Philip Ost

15. Contact telephone number:

02071381121



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