Walgreens Fourth Quarter Earnings Release, Conference Call on Sept. 29

DEERFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Walgreens (NYSE: WAG)(NASDAQ: WAG) will release its fiscal 2009 fourth quarter earnings results at 7:30 a.m. Eastern time Tuesday, Sept. 29, followed by a one-hour conference call with Walgreens management beginning at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time.

The conference call will be webcast through Walgreens investor relations Web site at: http://investor.walgreens.com. This webcast will be archived on the site for 12 months after the call. A podcast also will be available on the investor relations Web site.

A replay of the conference call also will be available from 11:30 a.m. Eastern time, Sept. 29 through Oct. 6. The replay can be accessed at http://investor.walgreens.com or by calling 888-203-1112 within the U.S. and Canada, or 719-457-0820 outside the U.S. and Canada, using replay code 2499110.

Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) is the nation’s largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2008 sales of $59 billion. The company operates 6,997 drugstores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Walgreens provides the most convenient access to consumer goods and services and cost-effective pharmacy, health and wellness services in America through its retail drugstores, Walgreens Health Services division and Walgreens Health and Wellness division. Walgreens Health Services assists pharmacy patients and prescription drug and medical plans through Walgreens Health Initiatives Inc. (a pharmacy benefit manager), Walgreens Mail Service Inc., Walgreens Home Care Inc., Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy LLC and SeniorMed LLC (a pharmacy provider to long-term care facilities). Walgreens Health and Wellness Division includes Take Care Health Systems, the largest and most comprehensive manager of worksite health and wellness centers and in-store convenient care clinics, with more than 700 locations throughout the country.