Rule 8.3 - ALLIANCE BOOTS

    FORM 8.3
                                        
    DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
              (Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)


1.   KEY INFORMATION

Name of person dealing        BARCLAYS PLC
(Note 1)                      
Company dealt in              ALLIANCE BOOTS
Class of relevant security    ORD GBP0.37179482
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing               02 April 2007
              
2.   INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE

  (a)  Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant
       security dealt in (Note 3)

                           Long                     Short
                                           
                     Number       (%)          Number       (%)
                                            
(1) Relevant        44,338,856  4.58%          743,255    0.08%
securities
(2) Derivatives        556,445  0.06%           35,734    0.00%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and             0   0.00%                0    0.00%                   
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total               44,895,301  4.64%          778,989    0.08%


(b)  Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
     than the class dealt in (Note 3)

Class of                    Long                     Short
relevant
security:
        
                  Number           (%)      Number          (%)
                                                          
(1) Relevant                                
securities
  
(2) Derivatives                             
(other than
options)
  
(3) Options and                             
agreements to
purchase/sell
  
Total                                       


(c)  Rights to subscribe (Note 3)

Class of relevant security:   Details

                              

3.   DEALINGS (Note 4)

(a)  Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale Number of Securities Price per unit
                                   (GBP)
Purchase          8,500             10.3053
Purchase         13,600             10.3065
Purchase        124,752             10.2950
Purchase        100,000             10.3000
Purchase         52,499             10.2650
Purchase          4,381             10.3129
Sale                700             10.2815
Sale                282             10.3159
Sale                134             10.3050
Sale                666             10.2815
Sale                672             10.3050
Sale                417             10.2900
Sale              1,118             10.3050
Sale                519             10.3050
Sale                612             10.3050
Sale                532             10.3050
Sale                612             10.3050
Sale                399             10.2815
Sale              1,008             10.3059
Sale                486             10.3050
Sale                302             10.3050
Sale                 82             10.2815
Sale                932             10.3050
Sale              3,556             10.2812
Sale              1,483             10.2979
Sale                233             10.3050
Sale                347             10.2915
Sale                932             10.2815
Sale                799             10.3050
Sale                412             10.3050
Sale            100,000             10.3000
Sale                525             10.3012
Sale                919             10.3050
Sale                400             10.3050
Sale                865             10.3050
Sale              2,715             10.2811
Sale                459             10.2959
Sale                666             10.3050
Sale              2,750             10.3050
Sale             10,684             10.2955

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,    Long/Short     Number of          Price Per Unit  
(e.g. CFD)       (Note 6)       Securities         (GBP)
                                (Note 7)
CFD               Short          124752               10.295
CFD               Short            8500               10.3052
CFD               Short           13600               10.3065
CFD               Long            10684               10.2955
CFD               Long             1483               10.2979
             
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i)  Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name,   Writing,          Number of          Exercise  Type, e.g.      Expiry   Option money
e.g. call       selling,          securities to      price     American,       date     paid/received
option          purchasing,       which the option             European etc.            per unit (GBP)
                varying etc.      relates (GBP)   
                                                           

(ii) Exercising

Product name, e.g.  Number of           Exercise price per
call option         securities          unit (Note 5)
                                        
                                        
                                        
(d)  Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)


Nature of transaction Details           Price per unit
(Note 8)                                (if applicable)
                                        (Note 5)
                                        


4.   OTHER INFORMATION
None

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives


Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the
person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of
any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or
relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any
relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is
referenced.  If none, this should be stated.




Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9)                 NO


Date of disclosure                         03 April 2007
Contact name                               BARCLAYS COMPLIANCE
Telephone number                           020 7116 2913
If a connected EFM, name of                
offeree/offeror with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of        
connection (Note 10)


Notes

The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk