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accession: "0001193125-25-159391"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001618921"
company_name: "Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-07-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T06:29:37.810228+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
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# Walgreens announces blackout period for retirement plan WBA Stock Fund ahead of merger close

## Summary
- Blackout period begins at 4:00 p.m. ET on last business day before merger closing; expected to last 3-4 business days.
- During blackout, Plan participants cannot trade WBA Stock Fund; directors and officers prohibited from trading Company Common Stock.
- Merger consideration: $11.45 per share plus one divested asset proceed right; shareholder vote approved on July 11, 2025.
- Notice sent to directors and executive officers per Sarbanes-Oxley Section 306 and Regulation BTR.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-159391
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001618921
- company_name: Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-07-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.04, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1618921/000119312525159391/0001193125-25-159391-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1618921/000119312525159391/d10340d8k.htm

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