Quest Announcement

RNS Number:3290O
Alliance Boots plc
20 December 2006





On 19th December 2006, 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 10,654 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 an average 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 10,654.

Frank Standish
Deputy Company Secretary

02071381121



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