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Alliance Boots plc13 November 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of listed company Alliance Boots plc.......................................... 2. Name of shareholder with a major interest Barclays PLC............................................................ 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above; in respect of a non-beneficial interest; orin the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouseor children under the age of 18 Shareholder named in 2 above in respect of a beneficial and non-beneficialinterest............... 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Registered Holder / Account Designation / Holding BANK OF IRELAND 1472368 321,444BANK OF IRELAND 2173520 888,999BANK OF IRELAND 258227 243,068BANK OF IRELAND 2911184 20,717BANK OF IRELAND 4239749 403,661BANK OF IRELAND 426353 857,452BANK OF IRELAND 427057 111,112Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited CREST ID. 11X13 1,593,752Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited CREST ID. 11X13 247,028BANK OF NEW YORK 58,556BANK OF NEW YORK 210405 221,970BANK OF NEW YORK 221428 202,703BANK OF NEW YORK 367748 320,688BANK OF NEW YORK 392067 394,999BANK OF NEW YORK 768198 220,312BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 51,214,125BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 500BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 339,797BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 260,655Barclays Capital Securities Ltd. 1Barclays Global Investors Canada 61,358Barclays Noms Monument R97 25,133Barclays Trust Co & Others 22,311BARCLAYS TRUST CO AS EXEC/ADM 749Barclays Trust Co DMC69 8,740Barclays Trust Co E99 220Barclays Trust Co R69 86,468Barclayshare Nominees Limited 2,417BARCLAYSHARE NOMINEES LTD 4,301BNP PARIBAS 37,530BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 221476 81,564BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 387173 220,526BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD 501577191 13,707CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 497,867CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16669 132,775CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19518 64,652CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19519 203,987CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19520 158,400CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 13,030,883CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 475,033CHASE NOMINEES LTD 25772 182,406CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27793 56,076CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27797 161,726CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27797 105,374CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27800 127,552CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 225,310CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 327,225CHASE NOMINEES LTD 31961 525,827CHASE NOMINEES LTD 35950 35,988CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 27,925CITIBANK 195433 137,889CITIBANK 564005 39,514CITIBANK 6008783438 1,080,595CITIBANK 6010640794 246,530CITIBANK 6010782807 133,816CITIBANK 601118 52,760CITIBANK 6660004 3,882Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 32349601 3,863Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 59419801 589Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 59553401 2,422Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 59571201 1,152Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 59710301 1,097Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 59732401 3,706Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 59737501 3,490Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 59738301 4,645Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 59744801 2,228Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 64544201 3,101Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 65136101 1,263Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 66860401 1,014Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 67940101 14,433Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 69108801 1,745Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 69238601 4,113Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 69340401 1,465Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 69732901 10,480Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 69738801 783Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 69829501 2,186Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 70314001 1,150Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 70335301 2,390Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 70339601 1,460Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 70387601 1,142Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 70388401 1,665Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 70391401 1,075Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 80750701 6,731Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 80766301 1,473Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 83011801 1,538Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 86680501 1,646Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 88608301 1,344Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 300000001 1,674Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 310007101 2,872Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 310042001 1,720Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 310092601 4,019Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 310128001 2,065Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 310186801 1,308Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 310205801 1,072Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 310231701 1,228Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 310246501 14,072Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 310254601 2,378Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 310255401 12,241Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 310266001 872Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 310311901 1,609Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 310589801 799Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 310590101 794Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 310594401 1,245Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 700009301 1,661Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 700066201 1,391Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 700083201 1,044Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 700106501 1,416Clydesdale Nominees HGB0225 59579802 2,198Clydesdale Nominees HGB0225 70160102 2,828Clydesdale Nominees HGB0225 70383302 6,541Clydesdale Nominees HGB0225 87093402 1,471Clydesdale Nominees HGB0225 310594402 357Clydesdale Nominees HGB0325 70309403 1,287Clydesdale Nominees HGB0325 87093403 947CREDIT SUISSE ASSET MANAGEMENT 83587 70,261DEUTSCHE BANK LONDON 8002041 8,535DEUTSCHE BANK LONDON 8003168 207,850Gerrard Nominees Limited 602394 1,008Gerrard Nominees Limited 606322 1,126Gerrard Nominees Limited 607205 941Gerrard Nominees Limited 607486 241Gerrard Nominees Limited 609146 823Gerrard Nominees Limited 611717 1,998Gerrard Nominees Limited 633484 1,998Gerrard Nominees Limited 659645 1,008Gerrard Nominees Limited 660137 466Gerrard Nominees Limited 660968 532Greig Middleton Nominees Limited (GM1) 305,709Greig Middleton Nominees Limited (GM1) 19,596HSBC 813168 238,222HSBC 845315 35,337INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 243,694INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 320,819INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 49,339INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,796,444INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 77,047INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 6,875INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 3,330INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 184,884INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 140,775INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 78,540INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 24,050INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 257,451INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 841,837INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 13,841INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 9,870INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 3,720,757INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 247,639INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 613,506INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 65,768INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,469,295INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 17,401JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 164,069JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 242,714JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16338 57,888JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 524,435JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 531,163JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16342 127,920JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 179,861JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 301,874JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 7,109,414JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16612 54,697JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16901 33,201JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 17011 16,587JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 17998 22,160JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 900,344JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 19514 16,050JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27803 896JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 28166 2,507,399JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 29514 249,999JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 38245 111,030JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 39515 47,373JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 39525 23,786JPM FRANKFURT 39746 20,088JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 220,187JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 71,115JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 27,274JPMorgan Chase Bank 88,832JPMorgan Chase Bank 19,487JPMorgan Chase Bank 6,456JPMorgan Chase Bank 338,568JPMorgan Chase Bank 452,915JPMorgan Chase Bank 111,660JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,507JPMorgan Chase Bank 7,858JPMorgan Chase Bank 49,598JPMorgan Chase Bank 120,050JPMorgan Chase Bank 10,984JPMorgan Chase Bank 7,989JPMorgan Chase Bank 80,715JPMorgan Chase Bank 41,733KAS ASSOCIATES 3507261 22,279Master Trust Bank 172,430MELLON DIRF0100002 75,750MELLON DIRF0200002 17,705MELLON BANK ABGFZ872482 653,887MELLON BANK TGGF0003002 100,502Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN / 64,492Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN / 32,070MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 38,310MIDLAND BANK (HSBC BANK PLC) 772823 731,266Mitsui Asset 14,405NORTHERN TRUST BOT12 24,823NORTHERN TRUST CVS21 396,731NORTHERN TRUST IPE01 17,647NORTHERN TRUST TNF01 113,650NORTHERN TRUST TRG01 14,642NORTHERN TRUST UKE01 289,640NORTHERN TRUST USF12 724,411NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 79,866NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 97,927R C Greig Nominees Limited 1,497,899R C Greig Nominees Limited 1,014,396R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 216,067R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 498,708R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 31,732R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 45,134R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 11,135R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 35,228R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 WHP 1,061R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 141,371R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 87,084R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 GW335 339R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 KS 285R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 MA385001 342R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 W13769D 1,176R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 45,377R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 52,688R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 JMS 685Reflex Nominees Limited 523Reflex Nominees Limited 1,764STATE STREET 2RJ2 93,830STATE STREET N3B6 49,081STATE STREET N3YZ 8,850STATE STREET NE5W 25,808STATE STREET BANK & TRUST - WI 42,026STATE STREET BANK & TRUST - WI 147,016STATE STREET BOSTON 386,511STATE STREET BOSTON 69,357STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA - 65,745The Northern Trust Company - U 47,098Trust & Custody Services Bank 359,671Trust & Custody Services Bank 6,527Trust & Custody Services Bank 289UBS 370607.S1 26,020ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 311,992ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 35,058 Total 111,696,048 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired N/A............................................................... 6. Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) N/A............................................................ 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed N/A............................................................... 8. Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) N/A............................................................... 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 37 7/39 pence each....................................... 10. Date of transaction N/A......................................................... 11. Date listed company informed 10 November 2006............................................................... 12. Total holding following this notification 111,696,048 ordinary shares of 37 7/39 pence each......................................................... 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (anytreasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account whencalculating percentage) 11.54%............................................................... 14. Any additional information The shareholding disclosed in Part 13 of this announcement includes non-materialinterests held by Barclays PLC which were not previously required to bedisclosed. This is because the aggregate nominal value of the shares in whichBarclays PLC was interested (whether or not including material interests) nowconstitutes more than 10 per cent of the issued share capital of Alliance Bootsplc. Previous notifications of major shareholdings held by Barclays PLC inAlliance Boots plc only disclosed material interests (as defined by section 199Companies Act 1985) held by Barclays PLC in the shares of Alliance Bootsplc...................................................... 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Philip Ost / 0207 138 1121................................ 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification Frank Standish / Deputy Company Secretary........................... 17. Date of notification 13 November 2006............................................................... 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