AB. Alliance Boots

    Rule 8.3 Alliance Boots Plc
             



` 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


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| Name of person dealing  (Note 1)             | DEEPHAVEN CAPITAL  |
|                                              | MANAGEMENT LLC     |
|----------------------------------------------+--------------------|
| Company dealt in                             | Alliance Boots Plc |
|----------------------------------------------+--------------------|
| Class of relevant security to which the      | 37 7/39p Ordinary  |
| dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)     |                    |
|----------------------------------------------+--------------------|
| Date of dealing                              | 14 June 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)


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|                               |        Long        |    Short     |
|                               |                    |              |
|-------------------------------+--------------------+--------------|
|                               |  Number   |  (%)   | Number | (%) |
|                               |           |        |        |     |
|-------------------------------+-----------+--------+--------+-----|
| (1) Relevant securities       |           |        |        |     |
|                               |           |        |        |     |
|-------------------------------+-----------+--------+--------+-----|
| (2) Derivatives (other than   | 7,001,000 | 0.7236 |        |     |
| options)                      |           |        |        |     |
|                               |           |        |        |     |
|-------------------------------+-----------+--------+--------+-----|
| (3) Options and agreements to |           |        |        |     |
| purchase/sell                 |           |        |        |     |
|                               |           |        |        |     |
|-------------------------------+-----------+--------+--------+-----|
| Total                         | 7,001,000 | 0.7236 |        |     |
|                               |           |        |        |     |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+


(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) |
|               |                      |                         |
|---------------+----------------------+-------------------------|
|               |                      |                         |
+----------------------------------------------------------------+



(b)        Derivatives transactions (other than options)


+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Product  | Long/short | Number of securities     | Price per unit |
| name,    | (Note 6)   | (Note 7)                 | (Note 5)       |
| e.g. CFD |            |                          |                |
|----------+------------+--------------------------+----------------|
|          |            |                          |                |
|   CFD    |   SHORT    |        3,000,000         |   1127.9803    |
|   CFD    |   SHORT    |        1,000,000         |   1127.5000    |
|          |            |                          |                |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+




(c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying


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



(ii)        Exercising


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


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


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













4.         OTHER INFORMATION

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or
derivatives



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| 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



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| Date of disclosure                               | 15th June 2007 |
|--------------------------------------------------+----------------|
| Contact name                                     | James Feast    |
|--------------------------------------------------+----------------|
| Telephone number                                 | 0207 469 1901  |
|--------------------------------------------------+----------------|
| 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

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