QUEST Announcement

RNS Number:1308V
Alliance Boots plc
18 April 2007


On the 17 April 2007, Boots (Quest) Trustee Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary
of Alliance Boots plc ("the Company"), acting on behalf of The Boots Qualifying
Employee Share Trust ("the Trust") transferred 6,323 ordinary shares of 37 7/39p
each in the Company to employees who had exercised SAYE share options (under the
Boots 1990 SAYE Share Option Scheme), at a price of #6.24.

The Trust is a discretionary trust for the benefit of employees and executive
directors of the Company and is operated in connection with the Company's UK
all-employee 1990 SAYE Share Option Scheme. Each executive director of the
Company, as a potential beneficiary of the Trust is deemed to have an interest
in the shares acquired by the Trust. The directors in question are: Mr. R.
Baker, Mr. S. Wheway, Mr. S. Pessina, Mr. G. Fairweather, Ms. O. Barra, and Mr.
S. Duncan.

As a result of the transfer referred to above the number of shares held by the
Trust in which they are deemed to be interested has reduced by 6,323 to
4,321,954 ordinary shares.




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