WBA meaning in Governmental ?

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What is Walgreens Boots Alliance mean?

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. is a holding company headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois that owns the retail pharmacy chains Walgreens and Boots, as well as several pharmaceutical manufacturing, wholesale, and distribution companies. The company was formed on December 31, 2014, after Walgreens purchased the 55% stake in Alliance Boots that it did not already own. The total price of the acquisition was $4.9 billion in cash and 144.3 million common shares with fair value of $10.7 billion. Walgreens had previously purchased 45% of the company for $4.0 billion and 83.4 million common shares in August 2012 with an option to purchase the remaining shares within three years. Walgreens became a subsidiary of the newly created company after the transactions were completed. As of 2020, Walgreens Boots Alliance is ranked #19 on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.

The company is organized into three divisions: Retail Pharmacy USA (Walgreens and Duane Reade), Retail Pharmacy International (Boots and other retail operations internationally), and Pharmaceutical Wholesale (Alliance Healthcare).

In fiscal year 2020, the company saw sales of $139.5 billion, up 2.5% from fiscal 2019, and saw net earnings decrease to $456 million. The combined business has operations in over 25 countries, as of August 31, 2020. Walgreens had formerly operated solely within the United States and its territories, while Alliance Boots operated a more multinational business.

The company began trading on the NASDAQ on December 31, 2014 under the symbol WBA. On June 26, 2018, Walgreens Boots Alliance replaced General Electric on the Dow Jones Industrial Index. The company is also a component of the Nasdaq-100, the S&P 100 and the S&P 500 indices.

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