Private equity’s place in WBA-Rite Aid talks

November 9, 2016 by CDR Blog and Chain Drug Review Deutsche Bank Securities, Federal Trade Commission, George Hill, private equity, Rite Aid, Stefano Pessina, Walgreens Boots Alliance, WBA-Rite Aid merger CDR Blog, Leading Headlines

Walgreens Boots Alliance and Rite Aid recently extended the agreement end date for their merger transaction until late January, with the expectation that the deal will get the Federal Trade Commission’s OK in early 2017. As WBA’s store divestiture talks with the FTC roll on, Deutsche Bank Securities analyst George Hill shed some light on