WBA Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc

On February 3, 2020, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (“Walgreens Boots Alliance”) and Tata Consultancy Services (“TCS”) issued a joint press release announcing that they have expanded their strategic partnership to advance the transformation of Walgreens Boots Alliance’s global information technology (IT) function by launching a new operating model for IT Run and Operational services, enabling Walgreens Boots Alliance to accelerate its digitalization program to advance innovation for customers, drive organizational efficiencies across the company and further reduce its cost base. The new global IT operating model is part of Walgreens Boots Alliance’s strategic priority to save to invest to grow, while managing costs efficiently under its transformational cost management program. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated in this Item 8.01 by reference.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

All statements included in or incorporated by reference in this report that are not historical, including statements relating to Walgreens Boots Alliance’s ability to accelerate its digitalization efforts and the ability of the strategic partnership to contribute to Walgreens Boots Alliance’s transformational cost management program, are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, assumptions and uncertainties, including those described in Item 1A (Risk Factors) of Walgreens Boots Alliance’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2019, regulatory filings made by TCS with applicable authorities and in other documents that Walgreens Boots Alliance or TCS files or furnishes with the Securities and Exchange Commission or other applicable authorities. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Except to the extent required by law, each of Walgreens Boots Alliance and TCS does not undertake, and expressly disclaims, any duty or obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statement after the date of this report, whether as a result of new information, future events, changes in assumptions or otherwise.