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Item 2.04. Triggering Events that Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement.
The disclosure set forth under Item 8.01 of this Form 8-K is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 8.01. Other Information.
Pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, dated as of November 18, 2014, between Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (the “Company”) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “trustee”) together with the terms of the applicable notes set forth in an officers’ certificate (collectively, the “indenture”), governing the Company’s 2.875% notes due 2020 (the “notes”) issued by the Company on November 20, 2014, the Company has elected to redeem the full £400,000,000 aggregate principal amount outstanding of the notes. The notes are subject to optional redemption at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the notes being redeemed to, but excluding, the date of redemption. Pursuant to the terms of the indenture, the Company provided notice of the redemption to the trustee and the holders of the notes on September 17, 2020. The date of redemption will be October 20, 2020.
This Form 8-K does not constitute a notice of redemption under the indenture.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE, INC. | ||||||
| Date: September 17, 2020 | By: | /s/ Joseph B. Amsbary, Jr. | ||||
| Title: | Vice President and Corporate Secretary | |||||