AB. Alliance Boots

RNS Number:5055U
Credit Suisse Securities (Eur) Ltd
05 April 2007


                                                                  FORM 38.5 (a)

                     DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS
                          WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS
                         DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
                         (Rule 38.5(a) of the Takeover Code)

1.  KEY INFORMATION

Name of exempt principal trader                             CSS (EUROPE) LTD

Company dealt in                                            Alliance Boots PLC

Class of relevant security to which the dealings being      Ordinary Shares
disclosed relate (Note 1)

Date of dealing                                             04-Apr-2007

2.  DEALINGS (Note 2)
(a) Purchases and sales

Total number of securities purchased                        Highest price paid (Note 3)   Lowest price paid (Note 3)
2205832                                                     10.26 (GBP)                   10.155 (GBP)

Total number of securities sold                             Highest price received (Note  Lowest price received (Note
                                                            3)                            3)
1780209                                                     10.2738 (GBP)                 10.115 (GBP)

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, e.g. CFD   Long/short (Note 4)     Number of securities (Note 5)          Price per unit (Note 3)
cfd                      Long                    6220                                   10.2071 (GBP)
cfd                      Long                    1268                                   10.2071 (GBP)
cfd                      Long                    1228                                   10.2071 (GBP)
cfd                      Short                   300000                                 10.1852 (GBP)

(c)  Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i)  Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Product        Writing, selling,    Number of securities to     Exercise Type, e.g.        Expiry Option money paid/
name,e.g. call purchasing, varying  which the option relates    price    American,         date   received per unit
option         etc.                 (Note 5)                             European etc.            (Note 3)


(ii)  Exercising
Product name, e.g. call option            Number of securities          Exercise price per unit (Note 3)


3.  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.


Date of disclosure                                           5-Apr-07

Contact name                                                Segal,Debra

Telephone number                                            44 20 7883 4577

Name of offeree/offeror with which connected                Alliance Boots PLC

Nature of connection (Note 6)                               BROKER

Notes

The Notes on Form 38.5(a) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/.




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