Alliance Boots

Alliance Boots GmbH is a retail pharmacist and pharmaceutical wholesaler in several European countries. It has a turnover in excess of £17 billion. It was formed in 2006 through a merger of the listed British high street pharmacist Boots Group and the pan-European whole and retail pharmacy Alliance Unichem, and was initially a British plc listed on the London Stock Exchange. In 2007 it was bought out in a private equity transaction. In 2008 the t... more

Alliance Boots GmbH is a retail pharmacist and pharmaceutical wholesaler in several European countries. It has a turnover in excess of £17 billion. It was formed in 2006 through a merger of the listed British high street pharmacist Boots Group and the pan-European whole and retail pharmacy Alliance Unichem, and was initially a British plc listed on the London Stock Exchange. In 2007 it was bought out in a private equity transaction. In 2008 the trading business was transferred to a Swiss GmbH, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of a British company, AB Acquisitions Holdings Limited, which is owned by the private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and the Italian businessman Stefano Pessina, who built Alliance Unichem and is now the executive chairman of Alliance Boots. Alliance Boots is the leading pharmacy chain in Britain with a 17% market share. Retail operations are carried out under the Boots The Chemists and Alliance Pharmacy brands. In terms of retail space, Alliance Boots... less