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2026
Wittington Investments agrees £7bn deal to acquire Boots
A £7bn deal agreed this week makes Wittington Investments, the holding company of Canada's Weston family, the new owner of UK pharmacy and retail chain Boots, which operates around 1,800 UK stores. The article outlines possible effects on Boots' store revamps, its Advantage loyalty card and its expanding healthcare services.
2026
Wittington Investments agrees to buy Boots in $8.9bn deal from Sycamore Partners and the Pessina family
On 7 October 2026, Wittington Investments, the holding company of Canada's billionaire Weston family, confirmed it had agreed to buy UK High Street pharmacy and retail chain Boots in an $8.9bn (£6.7bn) deal from US private equity firm Sycamore Partners and the Pessina family, having secured ownership in partnership with Fairfax Financial Holdings. The Weston family will buy Boots' retail operations in the UK and Ireland, Boots Opticians, No7 Beauty Company and its Thailand and franchised businesses, with completion set for early 2027; Sycamore Partners, in partnership with Stefano Pessina and his family, will retain ownership of Farmacias Benavides in Mexico and Alliance Healthcare Deutschland in Germany. Wittington chairman Galen Weston will become chairman of Boots.