Walgreens Boots Alliance sells shares of AmerisourceBergen for $1.85 billion

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Walgreens Boots Alliance sells shares of AmerisourceBergen for $1.85 billion
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Drugstore chain Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. on Thursday said it sold shares of drug distributor AmerisourceBergen Corp. for initial proceeds of $1.85...

Drugstore chain Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. WBA on Thursday said it sold shares of drug distributor AmerisourceBergen Corp. ABC for initial proceeds of $1.85 billion. Walgreens said it planned to use the proceeds it got from the deal largely to pay down debt and to handle general operations. The financial figure reflects a sale made “pursuant to prepaid variable share forward transactions” through a share offering for around $1.

ABC for initial proceeds of $1.85 billion. Walgreens said it planned to use the proceeds it got from the deal largely to pay down debt and to handle general operations. The financial figure reflects a sale made “pursuant to prepaid variable share forward transactions” through a share offering for around $1.6 billion, and “depending on the stock price at the time, potentially additional proceeds at maturity,” set for fiscal 2026.

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