Walgreens First Quarter 2012 Earnings Release, Conference Call Dec. 21

DEERFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Walgreens (NYSE, NASDAQ: WAG) will release its fiscal 2012 first quarter earnings results at 7:30 a.m. Eastern time Wednesday, Dec. 21, followed by a conference call with Walgreens management beginning at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time.

The conference call will be simulcast through Walgreens investor relations website at: http://investor.walgreens.com. A replay of the conference call will be archived on the website for 12 months after the call. A podcast also will be available on the investor relations website.

The replay also will be available from 11:30 a.m. Eastern time, Dec. 21 through Dec. 28 by calling 888-203-1112 within the U.S. and Canada, or 719-457-0820 outside the U.S. and Canada, using replay code 4956358.

Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) is the nation's largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2011 sales of $72 billion. The company operates 7,811 drugstores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Each day, Walgreens provides nearly 6 million customers the most convenient, multichannel access to consumer goods and services and trusted, cost-effective pharmacy, health and wellness services and advice in communities across America. Walgreens scope of pharmacy services includes retail, specialty, infusion, medical facility and mail service, along with respiratory services. These services improve health outcomes and lower costs for payers including employers, managed care organizations, health systems, pharmacy benefit managers and the public sector. Take Care Health Systems is a Walgreens subsidiary that is 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.

WalgreensMedia Contact:Tiffani Washington, 847-315-2925orInvestor Contacts:Rick Hans, CFA, 847-315-2385Lisa Meers, CFA, 847-315-2361http://news.walgreens.com

Source: Walgreens