Walgreens to Present at Deutsche Bank 38th Annual Health Care Conference May 30

Rick Hans, divisional vice president of investor relations and finance for Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) (Nasdaq: WAG) will present during the Deutsche Bank 38th Annual Health Care Conference in Boston at 10 a.m. Eastern time Thursday, May 30. Hans will discuss Walgreens strategies for achieving its vision of becoming the first choice in health and daily living for everyone in America and beyond.

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 2012 sales of $72 billion, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) vision is to become America’s first choice for health and daily living. 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 help 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 8,086 drugstores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. 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.