Boots sold for $8.9B as Canada's Westons re-enter UK
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Bloomberg's Liana Baker joins Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Deals." The Canadian branch of the billionaire Weston family agreed to buy health retailer Boots for $8.9 billion including debt, in another change of hands for the pharmacy chain and a UK return for the former Selfridges…
Read at the source ↗MARKET IMPACTHIGH✦ News Impact agent estimateTone: neutralCanadian branch of billionaire Weston family agreed to buy health retailer Boots for $8.9 billion including debt.AI-generated summary
✦ IN BRIEF · AIAI-generated summary
- 01Canadian Weston family agreed to buy Boots for $8.9 billion including debt.
- 02The acquisition will be made via the family's Wittington investment vehicle.
- 03Boots was previously owned by Sycamore after Walgreen took it private.
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