价值67亿英镑的收购交易：Boots在英国和爱尔兰的1800家门店将被出售近日，一项价值67亿英镑的收购交易正式宣布：Boots在英国和爱尔兰的1800家门店将被出售。
£6.7bn deal to buy Boots' 1,800 UK and Ireland stores A deal has been announced which would see the £6.7bn sale of the 1,800 Boots stores across the UK and Ireland.
根据协议条款，这家加拿大公司——Wittington Investments Limited（亿万富翁Weston家族的控股公司）还将收购Boots Opticians、No7 Beauty Company以及相关的债务。
Under the terms of the agreement, Canadian company Wittington Investments Limited, the holding company of the billionaire Weston family, will also acquire Boots Opticians and its No7 Beauty Company as well as its acquired debt.
Boots及其关联品牌在英国和爱尔兰共有超过51,000名员工；该公司成立于1849年，总部位于诺丁汉。
Over 51,000 people work at Boots' stores and associated brands across the UK and Ireland - with the company being founded in Nottingham in 1849.
Wittington的董事长Galen Weston表示：“我们非常尊重Boots的悠久历史及其在市场上的领先地位。”他补充道：“通过长期稳定的所有权、进一步的资本投入以及重新调整的经营策略，我们看到了将这家企业做得更好的机会。”
Galen Weston, the chairman of Wittington, who will assume the same position at Boots when the deal closes, said he had "great respect for Boots' legacy and leading market position". He added: "We see a meaningful opportunity to make a great business even better through stable long-term ownership, further capital investment, and the renewed operating focus."
Boots的新首席执行官Alex Baldock指出：“尽管我们至今在社会责任和商业方面都取得了显著成就，但未来的发展潜力仍然巨大。”
The Weston group already owns Canada's largest pharmacy, health and beauty business, Shoppers Drug Mart, through Loblaw Companies Limited.
此次收购由总部位于多伦多的Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited与Wittington共同完成，不过Wittington将拥有该业务的实际运营控制权。
Money blog - follow the latest Alex Baldock, the recently appointed chief executive of Boots, said: "For all of our social impact and commercial success to date, the opportunity ahead is even greater."
Sycamore Partners（与Stefano Pessina及其家族合作）将继续持有Boots Group在Farmacias Benavides和Alliance Healthcare Deutschland中的权益。
Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, a Toronto-based holding company, is partnering with Wittington on the acquisition, though the latter will have operational control of the business. Sycamore Partners, in partnership with Stefano Pessina and his family, will retain ownership of The Boots Group's other interests in Farmacias Benavides and Alliance Healthcare Deutschland.
更多信息来自Sky News：此次收购的宣布距离Sycamore通过收购Boots的母公司Walgreens Boots Alliance仅过去一年时间；此前Sycamore已将Boots业务拆分为多个独立部门。
More from Sky News: Wednesday's announcement comes only a year after Sycamore took over Boots through the acquisition of parent firm Walgreens Boots Alliance, before splitting the business into divisions.
该交易预计将于2027年第一季度完成，但仍需获得相关监管机构的批准。
The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2027 and is subject to regulatory approvals.
韦斯顿家族重返英国零售业：此次举措标志着该家族在2022年以40亿英镑的价格出售高端百货商店塞夫里斯之后，再度进军英国零售市场。
A return to UK retail for the Weston family The move marks a return to UK retail for the family after they sold luxury department store Selfridges for £4bn in 2022.
在英国，韦斯顿家族通过其母公司英联食品持有普里马克的多数股权。英联食品旗下还拥有川宁、瑞维塔等食品品牌。
The Weston family's British side is the majority owner of Primark through its parent firm Associated British Foods, which also owns grocery brands including Twinings and Ryvita.
在今年的《星期日泰晤士报》富豪榜上，整个韦斯顿家族以近190亿英镑的总财富位列第五。
The whole Weston family was ranked fifth on this year's Sunday Times Rich List with a combined fortune of almost £19bn.