Gregory D. Wasson, president and CEO of Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) (Nasdaq: WAG), will present at the J. P. Morgan Healthcare Conference at 10 a.m. Pacific time, Wednesday, Jan. 15, at the Westin St. Francis, San Francisco. Wasson will discuss Walgreens strategies for advancing the role community pharmacy plays in health care.

A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available through the Walgreens investor relations website at http://investor.walgreens.com/. The audio webcast will be archived for 12 months.

About Walgreens

As the nation's largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2013 sales of $72 billion, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) vision is to be the first choice in health and daily living for everyone in America, and beyond. Each day, Walgreens provides more than 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. The company operates 8,197 drugstores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Take Care Health Systems is a Walgreens subsidiary that is the largest and most comprehensive manager of worksite health and wellness centers, provider practices, and in-store convenient care clinics, with more than 750 locations throughout the country.

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