AB. Alliance Boots

RNS Number:4338V
Credit Suisse Securities (Eur) Ltd
24 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)

AMENDMENT


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                                             20-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)

8352419*                                                    11.4 (GBP)                    11.06 (GBP)

 * Reduced buy figure


Total number of securities sold                             Highest price received (Note  Lowest price received (Note
                                                            3)                            3)

5564540                                                     11.3964 (GBP)                 11.0589 (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                    2000000                                11.282 (GBP)
cfd                      Long                    1600000                                11.3501 (GBP)
cfd                      Long                    1250000                                11.1792 (GBP)
cfd                      Long                    1250000                                11.1076 (GBP)
cfd                      Long                    1000000                                11.39 (GBP)
cfd                      Long                    1000000                                11.2223 (GBP)
cfd                      Long                    1000000                                11.2223 (GBP)
cfd                      Long                    751608                                 11.1429 (GBP)
cfd                      Long                    500000                                 11.3817 (GBP)
cfd                      Long                    500000                                 11.3545 (GBP)
cfd                      Long                    300000                                 11.095 (GBP)
cfd                      Long                    250000                                 11.0601 (GBP)
cfd                      Long                    250000                                 11.0589 (GBP)
cfd                      Long                    4792                                   11.2817 (GBP)
cfd                      Long                    2894                                   11.2817 (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                                          24-Apr-2007

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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