Walgreens flogs debt to buy remaining Boots chunk

Published: 20-Nov-2014
Finance Retail

Walgreens will pay almost $5.3bn in cash and $10bn in stock for a 55% chunk

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It’s understood US retail chain Walgreens has sold more than $1bn of debt in order to finance its remaining acquisition of Alliance Boots.

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