Rule 8.3 - ALLIANCE BOOTS
11/05/2007 2:41pm
UK Regulatory
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 10 May 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 44,809,779 4.63% 512,932 0.05%
securities
(2) Derivatives 186,190 0.02% 1,319,333 0.14%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 125,018 0.01% 125,018 0.01%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 45,120,987 4.66% 1,957,283 0.20%
(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 204 11.2400
Purchase 4,900 11.2150
Purchase 1,784 11.2100
Purchase 162,245 11.2222
Purchase 4,459 11.2100
Purchase 4,900 11.2150
Purchase 3,519 Transfer
Sale 1,008 11.2159
Sale 31,592 11.2080
Sale 6,392 11.2159
Sale 435 11.2150
Sale 1,344 11.2159
Sale 4,900 11.2150
Sale 56,779 Transfer
Sale 8,264 11.2159
Sale 10,117 11.2100
Sale 300 11.2159
Sale 422 11.2162
Sale 110,515 11.2175
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name Long/Short Number of Price Per Unit
Securities
CFD Short 162245 11.2221
CFD Long 31592 11.208
CFD Long 10117 11.21
(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 11 May 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