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  • Monday, 7 November, 2022
    LexMergers & Acquisitions
    Walgreens: US healthcare land-grab intensifies with $9bn deal Premium content

    Purchase is hardly a bargain, but the owner of VillageMD does not have much of a choice

  • Monday, 7 November, 2022
    Walgreens affiliate in $9bn deal for doctors’ group Summit Health

    Acquisition set to deliver multibillion profit for private equity investor Warburg Pincus

  • Thursday, 13 October, 2022
    Boots UK Ltd
    Boots sales recover as customers return to shops and travel resumes

    Sales rise 15% in the three months to August despite slump in pharmacy services

  • Friday, 1 July, 2022
    Boots UK Ltd
    Boots left in limbo as bids fail to emerge

    UK pharmacy chain has increased market share but detractors say tired stores have dented its reputation

  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    Boots UK Ltd
    Walgreens halts sale of Boots chain citing tougher financial conditions

    Owner of UK pharmacy and beauty group blames market turmoil for bids below its expectations

  • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
    LexBoots UK Ltd
    Boots/Reliance: Ambani could reinvigorate UK chemist chain Premium content

    A successful bid with Apollo could lead to Boots becoming a high street name in India

  • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
    Boots UK Ltd
    Ambani’s Reliance teams up with Apollo to make binding bid for Boots

    Offer values UK group at between £5bn and £6bn and will allow US parent to keep a minority stake

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    Boots UK Ltd
    Apollo and Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance plan joint bid for Boots

    Private equity group teams up with India’s largest company in attempt to buy UK pharmacy chain

  • Tuesday, 1 March, 2022
    UK retail industry
    Boots sale thrown off course by fewer buyers and market turmoil

    Bain Capital and CVC Capital failed to make bid ahead of deadline last week

  • Tuesday, 11 January, 2022
    Boots UK Ltd
    Buyout groups Bain and CVC team up for potential Boots bid

    Private equity companies are jointly considering an approach for UK chemist, say insiders

  • Thursday, 6 January, 2022
    Walgreens Boots Alliance lifts forecast on strong sales

    Highest US growth in two decades helps ‘continued rebound’ in revenue and profit

  • Friday, 3 December, 2021
    Boots UK Ltd
    Walgreens lines up Goldman Sachs to explore options for UK’s Boots chain

    Investment bank will weigh possible sale or spin-off of pharmacy chain

  • Monday, 10 May, 2021
    Executive Pay
    US investors revolt against executive pay in record numbers

    Many backlashes stem from plan changes to ensure bonuses were paid out during pandemic

  • Friday, 29 January, 2021
    News in-depth
    Roz Brewer, chemist bringing a new formula on diversity to Walgreens

    Incoming chief will be the only African-American woman running an S&P 500 company when she takes over in March

  • Wednesday, 27 January, 2021
    Walgreens Boots Alliance recruits new chief from Starbucks

    Roz Brewer will become only black woman to run an S&P 500 company

  • Wednesday, 6 January, 2021
    AmerisourceBergen Corp
    AmerisourceBergen agrees $6.5bn deal for Alliance Healthcare

    US drug wholesaler’s purchase of distributor owned by Walgreens Boots Alliance aids Europe push

  • Tuesday, 17 November, 2020
    Amazon.com
    Amazon launches online pharmacy in challenge to traditional retailers

    Shares in Walgreens and CVS hit as ecommerce giant offers huge discounts on prescription drugs

  • Monday, 28 September, 2020
    LexProperty sector
    Boots/commercial property: high street, high noon Premium content

    UK lease structures need reform but hardball tactics are not the right way to achieve it

  • Monday, 28 September, 2020
    Boots’ hardball rent stance draws fire from landlords

    Property groups say pharmacy chain is using moratorium on evictions to withhold payments

  • Monday, 27 July, 2020
    Lex
    Walgreens/Stefano Pessina: hanging his Boots up Premium content

    Change is sorely needed at the transatlantic pharmacy group

  • Monday, 27 July, 2020
    Walgreens chief Stefano Pessina to step down

    Billionaire to take less hands-on role of executive chairman after period of underperformance

  • Thursday, 9 July, 2020
    UK retail industry
    Boots and John Lewis to cut 5,300 jobs and shut stores

    Fresh blow to UK high street as Sunak’s stimulus package comes under fire

  • Tuesday, 12 November, 2019
    FT News Briefing podcast8 min listen
    Deutsche Bank demand, WeWork CEO, Walgreens bid

    Sources tell the FT that private equity firm Cerberus is pushing for Deutsche Bank to replace chairman Paul Achleitner

  • Tuesday, 12 November, 2019
    Walgreens buyout would be a test of bond investors’ appetite

    Mooted takeover by KKR comes as borrowing costs are low but fears of risky deals persist

  • Monday, 11 November, 2019
    Walgreens Boots receives $70bn buyout proposal from KKR

    KKR would need to collaborate with other investors to pull off biggest PE transaction

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