Walgreens has agreed to be taken private, but the agreement is a bit complex. There's a reason to buy the stock despite the ...

Walgreens Boots Alliance should be a private company before the end of the year after jumping the potential hurdle of a shareholder vote on the proposed takeover.

Walgreens has long been a staple of American life, with about 8,500 stores across the U.S. and Puerto Rico and reaching some of the most underserved communities. But after a series of headwinds ...

Walgreens Boots Alliance will be taken private by Sycamore Partners in a $10 billion deal, the companies announced Thursday, marking the end of nearly a century of public trading for the US ...

Walgreens and the private equity firm Sycamore Partners expect to close the take-private deal in the fourth quarter of this year. A Walgreens store in Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 27.

Walgreens is an iconic brand in the pharmacy space, but it has fallen on hard times. Walgreens Boots Alliance's (NASDAQ: WBA) stores dot the U.S. landscape, given that it is one of the largest ...

Shareholders for Walgreens Boots Alliance overwhelmingly voted to approve the company’s sale to Sycamore Partners, with 96% of shareholders at a special meeting voting to green-light the merger, ...

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. announced Thursday it has entered into a definitive agreement to be sold for $10 billion to private equity firm Sycamore Partners, which specializes in retail ...

Pessina, Walgreens’ single largest shareholder with about 17% of the company, will increase his stake to about 30% in the deal with New York-based Sycamore Partners, the report states.

Walgreens and Sycamore expect to close the take-private deal in the fourth quarter of this year. Shares of Walgreens jumped more than 5% in after-hours trading on Thursday before being halted.