As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 31, 2014
Registration No. 333-198773
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-198773
Walgreen Co.
*And the
additional Registrant listed below
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Illinois |
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
108 Wilmot Road
Deerfield, Illinois 60015
(Address and Zip Code of Principal Executive Offices)
Thomas J.
Sabatino, Jr.
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary
108 Wilmot Road
Deerfield, Illinois 60015
Telephone: (847) 315-2500
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the
following box. ¨
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to
be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. ¨
If this Form is
filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for
the same offering. ¨
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant
to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering. ¨
If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General
Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following
box. x
If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement
filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following
box. ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act. (Check one):
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TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS
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Exact Name of Additional Registrant as Specified in Charter |
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I.R.S. Employer Identification No. |
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State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization |
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Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. |
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47-1758322 |
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Delaware |
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Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of the additional Registrants
Principal Executive Offices: 108 Wilmot Road, Deerfield, Illinois 60015; (847) 315-2500.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 relates to the following Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the Registration
Statement) of Walgreen Co. (Walgreens) and Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (WBA and together with Walgreens, the Registrants and each a Registrant):
File No. 333-198773, pertaining to the registration of an indeterminate principal amount of debt securities and related guarantees.
On October 17, 2014, Walgreens entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Reorganization Merger Agreement) by
and among Walgreens, WBA, a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Walgreens, and Ontario Merger Sub, Inc. (Merger Sub), a wholly owned subsidiary of WBA. Pursuant to the Reorganization Merger Agreement, on
December 31, 2014, Merger Sub merged with and into Walgreens, with Walgreens continuing as the surviving corporation and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of WBA (the Reorg Merger).
In connection with the consummation of the Reorg Merger, the offering pursuant to the Registration Statement has been terminated. In
accordance with undertakings made by the Registrants in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities which remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Registrants
hereby remove from registration the securities of the Registrants registered but remaining unsold under the Registration Statement. The Registration Statement is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of such securities.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Village of Deerfield, State of Illinois, on
December 31, 2014. No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment on behalf of the Registrant in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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WALGREEN CO. |
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By: |
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/s/ Thomas J. Sabatino, Jr. |
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Name: |
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Thomas J. Sabatino, Jr. |
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Title: |
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Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Village of Deerfield, State of Illinois, on December 31,
2014. No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment on behalf of the Registrant in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE, INC. |
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By: |
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/s/ Thomas J. Sabatino, Jr. |
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Name: |
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Thomas J. Sabatino, Jr. |
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Executive Vice President, Global Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary |