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Sat 03 Mar 2007Offer values Alliance Boots at £9.67bnUS private equity firm KKR has joined forces with Stefano Pessina, deputy chairman and largest shareholder in Alliance Boots, to make a £10-a-share cash takeover approach for the retailer.The offer values Alliance Boots at £9.67 billion (€14.25 billion).