c1871 M & J Boot, Herbalists; 1883 Boot and Company Ltd formed;

1888 Boots Pure Drug Company Ltd.;

1971 The Boots Company Ltd.;

1982 The Boots Company plc;

1991Boots Contract Manufacturing and Boots Healthcare International established.

NOTE: Boots The Chemist, Boots Cash Chemists (Southern) Ltd et al were the retail side of the business and the Boots logo was their trademark.