Here’s when Walgreens will go private after its $10 billion private-equity buyout

After nearly a century as a publicly traded company, drugstore chain Walgreens is going private as part of a roughly $10 billion buyout deal.

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Walgreens to go private in roughly $10 billion deal

Struggling drugstore chain Walgreens is going private.
NBC News - 3h
Walgreens’ breakup looms as $10 billion sale to go private is reportedly in the works

Drugstore chain Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. is closing in on a roughly $10 billion deal to sell itself to Sycamore Partners, a private-equity firm, which would then take Walgreens private and ...
MarketWatch - 2d
Walgreens to go private in roughly $10 billion deal with Sycamore Partners

The historic transaction ends Walgreens' tumultuous run as a public company, which began in 1927.
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Sycamore to take Walgreens private in up to $24bn deal

Buyout of group behind Boots will bring to an end the drugstore chain’s century-long run as a public company
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