VillageMD to acquire Summit Wellness-CityMD in an $8.9 billion deal, like $3.5 billion Walgreens expenditure

VillageMD declared Monday and agreement to obtain urgent treatment company Summit Overall health-CityMD in a deal valued at $8.9 billion, with aid from investments from Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.
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+3.28%
and Cigna Corp
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affiliate Evernorth. As portion of the offer, drugstore and health care providers firm Walgreens will make investments $3.5 billion value of equity and personal debt, and will keep on being the most significant shareholder of VillageMD with 53% ownership. Walgreens claimed the deal, which is predicted to close in the very first quarter of 2023, will include “a bit” to altered 2023 earnings for each share, and include 7 cents to 11 cents to altered EPS in 2024 and just after. And Cigna’s Evernorth will be a minority owner in VillageMD. Walgreens’ stock jumped 5.2% in early morning trading, enough to tempo the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s
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+.49%
gainers, and Cigna shares tacked on .1%.