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	Alliance Boots - An international pharmacy-led health and beauty group
		Alliance Boots was created as Europe's leading pharmacy-led health and beauty group through the merger of Alliance UniChem and Boots Group.
		Alliance Boots announces today that it is introducing a new Board and management structure with immediate effect.
		Alliance Boots plc was acquired by AB Acquisitions Limited (a company jointly controlled by certain funds advised by KKR and Stefano Pessina) on 26 June 2007 for 1139 pence per share.
	www.allianceboots.com (223 words)

	Alliance Boots on Track - Health - RedOrbit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Alliance Boots has released its first trading update since the two companies merged on July 31, commenting that the integration program is going to plan and that membership of the Boots Health Club is growing.
		Alliance Boots said that its wholesale businesses have continued overall to perform well, highlighting a new agreement with Pfizer to be its sole logistics services provider for the distribution of prescription medicines to pharmacies in the UK.
		Alliance Boots also received regulatory approval for its acquisition of the UK short-line pharmaceutical wholesale business of Cardinal Health and the transaction is therefore expected to be completed soon.
	www.redorbit.com /news/health/674782/alliance_boots_on_track/index.html?source=r_health (287 words)

	Boots Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Boots was founded in Nottingham by John Boot in 1849 and transformed into a national chain by his son Jesse.
		Boots has also made a venture into "Wellbeing" services offering customers treatments ranging from facials, homeopathy, and nutritional advice to laser eye surgery and Botox (although the Botox service was short-lived).
		Alliance Unichem's UK retail pharmacies are mainly "community pharmacies" located in small retail precincts in residential areas, whereas Boots shops are mostly on the main high streets of towns, cities and suburbs and in major shopping centres.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boots_Group (1324 words)

	Newsvine - Bidding War Brews for Alliance Boots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Boots shares soared 7.2 percent to 1,125 pence ($22.55) after the rival consortium including private equity group Terra Firma Investments, medical charity the Wellcome Trust and banking group HBOS PLC made an "indicative offer" worth 10.8 billion pounds ($21.6 billion).
		KKR and Pessina, an Italian billionaire who is Alliance Boots' largest shareholder with a 15 percent stake, had raised their offer twice in an attempt to fend off an approach from the opposing consortium.
		Alliance Boots was formed last year in a combination of drug distributor Alliance Unichem PLC and retail chain Boots Group PLC and has about 3,000 stores in Britain, seven other European countries and Thailand.
	www.newsvine.com /_news/2007/04/20/674150-bidding-war-brews-for-alliance-boots (572 words)

	Alliance Unichem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alliance UniChem plc wholesales, distributes, and retails pharmaceutical, surgical, medical, and healthcare products throughout the United Kingdom.
		Alliance Unichem's retail pharmacy division operates pharmacies in the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Italy, Norway, and Switzerland.
		On the 3rd of October 2005, it was formerly announced that the company would enter into a friendly merger with Boots plc, the UK's largest retail pharmacy chain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alliance_Unichem (210 words)

	::: u.tv ::: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Boots and Alliance UniChem took on the might of the supermarkets today by agreeing to create a pharmacy giant with 2,600 stores in the UK and £13 billion of sales.
		The new company, to be called Alliance Boots, will become the largest drugs retailer and wholesaler in the UK as well as have a network across 10 other European countries.
		Shares in Boots surged 7% and Alliance was ahead by 4%, although the lukewarm response of analysts to the merger plan suggests many in the City are betting on a rival bidder emerging.
	u.tv /newsroom/indepth.asp?id=65545&pt=n (578 words)

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		Alliance Boots is looking to make further acquisitions – just 100 days after the company was created from the £7.1bn merger of Boots and Alliance Unichem.
		Mr Baker said Alliance Boots was on track to deliver the cost savings promised when the company was merged as he published upbeat interim results.
		Alliance Boots, which runs about 3,000 pharmacies and distributes drugs to pharmacies across Europe, hopes to achieve £100m of annualised cost savings after four years.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2006/11/14/bcnboots14.xml (351 words)

	The Raw Story \| KKR set to win Alliance Boots for 22 billion dollars
		Alliance Boots was created last year by the British merger of pharmacy chain Alliance UniChem and health and beauty retailer Boots.
		At the close of London trade, Alliance Boots was down 0.49 percent at 1,121.00 pence on the capital's FTSE 100 leading share index.
		Alliance Boots is currently undergoing a three-year restructuring programme costing 250 million pounds that will also result in 2,250 jobs being axed.
	rawstory.com /news/afp/KKR_set_to_win_Alliance_Boots_for_2_04242007.html (612 words)

	Alliance Boots : European Pharmacists Forum
		Established in 1999 as an initiative of the Alliance UniChem Group, the main aim of the European Pharmacists Forum (EPF) is to support a European and tranverse approach to the profession, to bring pharmacists together to discuss ideas and share key messages.
		Alliance Santé (www.alliance-sante.fr), a subsidiary of the Alliance UniChem Group, is a leader in pharmaceutical wholesaling in France, specialising in the distribution of medicines and healthcare products to pharmacies.
		Alliance UniChem (www.alliance-unichem.com) is a leading healthcare group committed to improving the quality of health in the communities it serves.
	www.alliance-unichem.com /epf/html/en/newsForum/epfSeminar.html (266 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Alliance Boots said it would buy a 50 percent interest in GP Corp, China's third-biggest pharmaceutical wholesaler, for 38 million pounds.
		Alliance Boots is the latest British firm to set up shop in China, seeking to benefit from its booming consumer economy amid forecasts of slowing consumption at home.
		Shares in Alliance Boots, created from the merger of retailer Boots and drugs wholesaler Alliance Unichem in July, traded slightly lower at 820 pence per share by 1005 GMT, in line with the DJ Stoxx index of European retailers.
	today.reuters.co.uk /news/articlebusiness.aspx?type=businessNews&storyid=2007-01-29T113751Z_01_L29113456_RTRUKOC_0_UK-ALLIANCE-BOOTS-CHINA.xml&src=rss (360 words)

	Scotsman.com Business - Boots, Alliance to clinch £7bn deal
		The new company, to be called Alliance Boots, will employ over 100,000 staff in 2,600 stores across Britain and the continent, as well as boasting a 20 per cent share of the UK drugs dispensing market.
		Conservative MP Kenneth Clarke is also a director of Alliance UniChem and is reportedly expected to become a director of Alliance Boots, unless he becomes leader of the Tory party later this year.
		Alliance UniChem, which operates 1,200 pharmacies in the UK, Norway, Italy, Switzerland and the Netherlands, was priced at 866.50p, giving it a market value of £3.15bn.
	business.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=2027962005 (771 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Stefano Pessina, the executive deputy chairman of Alliance UniChem who owns 32 percent of the company and will have a 16 percent shareholding in the combined group, is likely to retain his current position and could be influential as an acknowledged safe pair of hands in business integration.
		Boots has around 1,400 outlets in the UK, mainly in prime high-street locations, while Alliance has about 1,200 smaller outlets, mostly in Britain, but also has a retail presence in Norway, the Netherlands and Italy.
		On Thursday, Boots said like-for-like sales at the 1,400-outlet Boots The Chemist chain fell 1.6 percent in the second quarter, bringing the same-store decline in the first half to 1.3 percent.
	today.reuters.com /business/newsarticle.aspx?type=tnBusinessNews&storyID=nL0259768&imageid=&cap= (672 words)

	Alliance Boots: 1H profit more than halved - Boston.com
		Alliance Boots PLC, the pharmacy chain formed by Boots Group PLC and Alliance UniChem PLC, said Tuesday that first-half profit more than halved as the combined entity merged the two companies' earnings calendars.
		Reporting as if the companies had been combined for the full period, Alliance Boots said trading profit would have risen 2.7 percent to 267 million pounds (US$509.6 million; euro396.9 million).
		Alliance Boots shares gained 0.9 percent to 826 pence (US$15.77; euro12.27) on the London Stock Exchange.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2006/11/14/alliance_boots_1h_profit_more_than_halved (299 words)

	KKR raises offer for Alliance Boots - CNN.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		"Boots is a critically important national institution, and we are naturally disappointed not to be able to execute the bold vision we had for the company and its critical role in the provision of healthcare in the UK," the Terra Firma consortium said in a statement withdrawing its bid proposal.
		Alliance Boots shares fell on the news Terra Firma had shelved its plans and the prospect of a bid war evaporated.
		Goldman Sachs and Greenhill are acting for Alliance Boots, and Lehman Brothers and Gleacher Shacklock for Terra Firma.
	edition.cnn.com /2007/BUSINESS/04/24/boots.kkr.reut/index.html?eref=edition_business (694 words)

	Bidding War Ends for UK Pharmaceutical \| ajc.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Alliance Boots said it would recommend the 1,139 pence ($22.80) per share offer from deputy chairman Stefano Pessina and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. to shareholders, leading a consortium led by financier Guy Hands to withdraw its interest.
		Pharmaceutical retailer Alliance Boots PLC said Friday it has agreed to a takeover by its deputy chairman, Stefano Pessina, and private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. The deal values Alliance Boots at 1,090 pence (US$21.87; 16.05) a share, or 10.6 billion pounds (US$21.3 billion; 15.6 billion).
		Alliance Boots was formed last year in a combination of drug distributor Alliance Unichem PLC and retail chain Boots Group PLC.
	www.ajc.com /business/content/shared-gen/ap/Finance_General/Alliance_Boots.html (561 words)

	Boots . ALLIANCE, OH 44601
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	Boots, Alliance to Create $23bn Healthcare Mammoth - The Money Times
		Boots investors will own 50.2 percent of the new company, to be called Alliance Boots, and shareholders of Alliance Unichem will hold the rest.
		Boots shares rose as much as 7.2 percent to 652 pence in London and were at 650.5 pence at 8:13 a.m.
		Alliance Unichem jumped as much as 5 percent to 910 pence and was at 904 pence, giving the Weybridge, England-based company a value of 3.26 billion pounds.
	www.themoneytimes.com /articles/20051003/boots_alliance_to_create_23bn_healthcare_mammoth-id-10205.html (1006 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Although billed as a merger of equals, Boots top executives Richard Baker and Nigel Rudd will get the top jobs in the new Alliance Boots group, and Boots shareholders will get slightly more than half of the shares, the companies said on Monday.
		Alliance UniChem will get the 156-year old Boots brand for its stores, and reduce its reliance on a drug-distribution market which is coming under intense price pressure from governments looking to cut healthcare costs.
		Several analysts were critical of the deal, but shares in both companies made strong gains, partly on speculation that Boots would be open to a counter-offer now that it was effectively up for sale.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1051004/asp/business/story_5317300.asp (342 words)

	Alliance Boots benefits with Manhattan Associates’ Integrated Planning Solutions
		Following Alliance Boots’ decision to choose Manhattan Associates in September 2004, the European deployment of the solutions was planned meticulously by a core team of local project managers from across Europe operating under the leadership of Derek Terrell, wholesale project manager at Alliance Boots.
		Alliance Boots also reported it had reduced the number of days’ inventory it holds in the UK from 14 to 13, a statistic, which represents a substantial fall in its UK stockholding requirements.
		Alliance Boots’ project team’s high energy levels and unwavering commitment to the objectives of their supply chain re-engineering exercise have resulted in the establishment of an advanced supply chain solution infrastructure to support their transformation strategy as well as immediate and impressive bottom line benefits.
	www.ferret.com.au /articles/z1/view.asp?id=16327 (830 words)

	IOL: Alliance Boots upbeat at launch
		Alliance Boots also delivered the final two trading updates for the pair as separate companies and said that “both businesses are on track”.
		Boots posted a 3% hike in like-for-like sales in the three months to June 30, while Alliance UniChem said revenues were up 2% to £4.72bn (6.9bn) and operating profits were up 11% to £135.8m (198m) over a six-month period.
		Alliance Boots chief executive Richard Baker, who was chief executive of Boots before the merger, said he expected cost savings of “at least £100m (146m) ” a year within four years.
	breakingnews.iol.ie /news/story.asp?j=190706132&p=y9x7x6838 (258 words)

	WTOP: Boots, Alliance UniChem Agree on Merger
		Boots and Alliance said the "merger of equals" would provide a platform for the Boots brand to expand abroad and generate at least 100 million pounds ($176 million) of savings within four years, partly through job cuts of around 1,000.
		Boots, which began trading in 1849, has seen sales at its 1,400 pharmacies in Britain fall in recent years as supermarkets have aggressively targeted the toiletries and over-the-counter medicines markets.
		Boots, which had previously announced it will sell its over-the-counter medicines unit Boots Health International, said Monday it will retain 400 million pounds ($702 million) of the proceeds from that sale proceeds and return the rest to shareholders via a special dividend.
	www.wtopnews.com /index.php?nid=111&sid=583041 (572 words)

	Boots . ALLIANCE, NE 69301
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	Scotsman.com Business - Retail - Boots' £7bn Alliance deal under microscope (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		BOOTS is expected to come under pressure from the Takeover Panel to reveal details of its £7bn merger talks with Alliance Unichem.
		But Boots is in the process of selling its over-the-counter medicines business, Boots Healthcare International, which is valued at between £1.7bn and £1.8bn.
		Although Boots has a far bigger presence on the UK high street, Alliance Unichem is spread across the UK, Norway, the Netherlands and Italy.
	business.scotsman.com /retail.cfm?id=2024112005 (428 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| Q&A: Boots and Alliance look to merge
		Following the merger, Boots and Alliance UniChem are expected to own about 17% of the UK's chemists and as much as 40% of the wholesale market.
		Alliance UniChem, on the other hand, has been growing and, while it is smaller than Boots in terms of market value, it has closed the gap on its rival and become the third-largest pharmacy chain in Europe.
		Alliance UniChem - formed in 1997 by the merger of Alliance Sante and UniChem - is also the UK's biggest drug wholesaler and Europe's second, supplying pharmacies direct from manufacturers.
	newssearch.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/4303862.stm (741 words)

	Alliance Boots - Company profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Alliance Boots is Europe’s foremost international pharmacy led health and beauty group.
		Alliance Boots own brand products sold through wholesale and to selected retail partners: Canada, Czech Republic, Dubai, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Kuwait, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, the UK and the USA.
		Alliance Boots has a pipeline of attractive opportunities in new geographical markets for the expansion of both our retail pharmacy network and our wholesale and distribution activities.
	production.investis.com /allianceboots/information/profile (323 words)

	Alliance Boots: Irish Expansion is Now or Never - Health - RedOrbit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Boots' latest growth plans will give it more than 70 stores in Eire, potentially overtaking Ireland's largest pharmacy group Unicarepharmacy, with 59 outlets - although it is looking to expand.
		Compounding this, the opportunities for Alliance Boots to expand in the UK are reducing: the number of pharmacies in chains of 31+ that have not already been bought up by one of the top five pharmacy specialists has halved since 2001, to just 286 in 2005.
		Boots already has experience operating outlets in Eire, and the market is clearly attractive - in January, rival Superdrug also announced plans to open 50 stores in Eire.
	www.redorbit.com /news/health/636668/alliance_boots_irish_expansion_is_now_or_never/?source=r_health (427 words)

	reportonbusiness.com: globeinvestor.com - $22-billion battle breaks out for Alliance Boots
		Alliance Boots shares surged to as high as 1,141 pence on speculation the battle had further to run.
		An Alliance Boots spokesman said earlier that Terra Firma had seen the same information given to KKR, but would wait to hear what else it wanted before deciding whether to provide it.
		Neither bidding team has reached an agreement with Alliance Boots' pension trustees, which could be a stumbling block as the trustees may request additional contributions for the firm's pension schemes as a condition for their support.
	www.globeinvestor.com /servlet/story/RTGAM.20070420.wallianceboots0420/GIStory (688 words)

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