Walgreens Boots Alliance and Rite Aid Enter into Amendment and Extension to Merger Agreement

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA) and Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) today announced that they have entered into an amendment and extension of their previously announced definitive merger agreement under which Walgreens Boots Alliance will acquire all outstanding shares of Rite Aid, a U.S. retail pharmacy chain.

Morrow Sodali is serving as the proxy solicitor for Rite Aid Corporation