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Sycamore to sell Boots Group to Canada’s Weston family, Fairfax for $8.9bn

Reported by Alternativeswatch
Oct 7, 2026· 2 min read
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Sycamore Partners will make a partial exit from The Boots Group through an $8.9bn sale of Boots to Wittington Investments and Fairfax.
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