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Celesio buys Sainsbury's pharmacies

Published 29/07/2015, 09:40
© Reuters. The company logo is pictured at the headquarters of Celesio in Stuttgart
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German drugs distributor Celesio (DE:CLSGn) has agreed to buy Sainsbury 's (L:SBRY) pharmacy business for 125 million pounds via its British chain LloydsPharmacy.

As part of the deal, LloydsPharmacy will buy 281 pharmacies, most of which are in Sainsbury's stores, Celesio said in a statement on Wednesday.

The pharmacies will be rebranded as LloydsPharmacy, and as many as 2,500 of their workers will be transferred to the new owner.

Sainsbury's will receive commercial annual rent payments from LloydsPharmacy for each location, said Celesio, which is three-quarters owned by McKesson (N:MCK).

© Reuters. The company logo is pictured at the headquarters of Celesio in Stuttgart

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