| Very little is known about Stefano Pessina, | | | | merged with Alliance Santé, the Franco-Italian |
| Executive Chairman of Alliance Boots of Alliance | | | | pharmaceutical wholesale group which he |
| Boots PLC. | | | | established in Italy in 1977. He is a nuclear |
| Here’s what we do know; Stefano Pessina, | | | | engineer by profession. |
| the executive deputy chairman of Alliance Boots, | | | | Alliance UniChem is now a wholly owned subsidiary |
| founded Alleanza Salute Italia in 1977 (under the | | | | of Alliance Boots. As a result, he swapped his |
| name of Alleanza Farmaceutica), which expanded | | | | 30.00% stake in Alliance UniChem for a 14.94% |
| to form Alliance Sante SA. When UniChem PLC | | | | (15%) shareholding in Alliance Boots, once again |
| and Alliance Sante merged in 1997/8, he was | | | | through his investment company Alliance Sante |
| issued with 36% of the combined Alliance | | | | Prescription SA. This was subsequently increased |
| UniChem shares, through his investment | | | | to 145,048,918 shares, representing 14.9913% of |
| company, Alliance Sante Prescription SA. After | | | | Alliance Boots' share capital, promptly after the |
| share issues due to acquisitions, he held 30.00% | | | | merger completed. |
| of Alliance UniChem, prior to its merger with | | | | Stefano Pessina indirectly wholly owns Alliance |
| Boots. | | | | Sante Participations S.A., the directors of which |
| Stefano Pessina was appointed Executive | | | | include Stefano Pessina and Ornella Barra (the |
| Chairman of Alliance Boots in July 2007 having | | | | Wholesale and Commercial Affairs Director of |
| previously been its Executive Deputy Chairman. | | | | Alliance Boots). Taken together, Mr. Pessina and |
| Prior to the merger of Alliance UniChem and | | | | Ornella Barra own roughly 15.106% of Alliance |
| Boots Group he was Executive Deputy Chairman | | | | Boots PLC's share capital. |
| of Alliance UniChem, before that having been its | | | | Recently, Stefano Pessina was featured in Forbes |
| Chief Executive for three years up until | | | | list of top 500 wealthiest people, at 428, with an |
| December 2004. Stefano was appointed to the | | | | estimated net worth of 1.8 billion USD. |
| Alliance UniChem board in 1997 when UniChem | | | | |