Rule 8.3- Alliance Boots

RNS Number:2163U
Taube Hodson Stonex Partners Ltd
02 April 2007
                                                                        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  (Note 1)                     Taube Hodson Stonex Partners
Company dealt in                                     Alliance Boots plc
Class of relevant security to which the dealings     Ordinary Shares
being disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing                                      30 March 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 securities                  19,418,182       2.006
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/
sell
Total                                    19,418,182       2.006




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


Class of relevant security:                  Long               Short
                                             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 (Note 5)

Purchase                    22,760                   GBP 10.35



(b)        Derivatives transactions (other than options)


Product name,     Long/short (Note Number of securities    Price per unit
e.g. CFD          6)               (Note 7)                (Note 5)




(c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying


Product    Writing,      Number of   Exercise  Type, e.g. Expiry    Option
name,e.g.  selling,      securities  price     American,  date      money paid/
call       purchasing,   to which              European             received
option     varying etc.  the option            etc.                 per unit
                         relates                                    (Note 5)
                         (Note 7)




(ii)        Exercising


Product name, e.g. Number of securities     Exercise price per unit (Note 5)
call option




(d)        Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)


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




4.         OTHER INFORMATION



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.



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




Date of disclosure                                 2 April 2007

Contact name                                       James Cameron

Telephone number                                   020 7659 4227

If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with   No
which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of connection     No
(Note 10)

Notes

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


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