Rule 8.3 - ALLIANCE BOOTS
30/05/2007 2:32pm
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 29 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 43,647,605 4.51% 481,766 0.05%
securities
(2) Derivatives 162,076 0.02% 1,692,027 0.17%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 138,393 0.01% 138,393 0.01%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 43,948,074 4.54% 2,312,186 0.24%
(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 4,991 11.2900
Purchase 90,00 11.2716
Purchase 908,126 11.2873
Purchase 908,126 11.2874
Purchase 40 11.2765
Purchase 15 11.2900
Purchase 48,857 11.2741
Sale 990 11.2736
Sale 10,493 11.2671
Sale 3,355 11.2736
Sale 9,249 11.2736
Sale 63,224 11.2736
Sale 3,130 11.2736
Sale 7,051 11.2736
Sale 7,268 11.2900
Sale 8,069 11.2736
Sale 908,126 11.2873
Sale 1,179 11.2900
Sale 1,067 11.2900
Sale 2,659 11.2736
Sale 2,468 11.2737
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name Long/Short Number of Price Per Unit
Securities
CFD Short 90000 11.2715
CFD Short 48857 11.274
CFD Short 40 11.2765
CFD Long 10493 11.267
(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 30 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