CAMP HILL, Pa. — Rite Aid Corp. stockholders voted by a wide margin to approve the company’s $17.2 billion deal to be purchased by Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (WBA). According to Rite Aid, about 97% of the votes cast at a special meeting of stockholders earlier this month were in favor of the deal. A
CAMP HILL, Pa. — Rite Aid Corp. stockholders have voted overwhelmingly to approve the company’s $17.2 billion deal to be acquired by Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. Approximately 97% of the votes cast at a special meeting of stockholders on Thursday were in favor of the deal. A quorum of 74% of Rite Aid’s total outstanding
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) topped Wall Street’s earnings projections for its fiscal 2016 first quarter. WBA said Thursday that for the first quarter ended Nov. 30, 2015, adjusted net earnings attributable to Walgreens Boots Alliance were $1.13 billion, or $1.03 per diluted share, compared with $749 million, or 78 cents per diluted