FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
                                                                                  
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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
                      

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

AMERISOURCEBERGEN CORP [ ABC ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director                    __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)    _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)          (First)          (Middle)

108 WILMOT ROAD
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY)

5/11/2023
(Street)

DEERFIELD, IL 60015
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

 
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_ X _ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)        (State)        (Zip)
Rule 10b5-1(c) Transaction Indication
Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10.

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Trans. Date 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any 3. Trans. Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 5/11/2023  S(1)  292792 D$170.77 33366388 (7)I See footnotes (7)(8)(9)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security3. Trans. Date3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any4. Trans. Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
CodeV(A)(D)Date ExercisableExpiration DateTitleAmount or Number of Shares
Forward sale contract (obligation to sell)  (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)5/11/2023  J/K (2)    918000   (2)(3)(4)(5)(6) (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)Common Stock 918000  (2)918000 I See footnotes (7)(8)(9)
Forward sale contract (obligation to sell)  (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)5/11/2023  J/K (2)    1836000   (2)(3)(4)(5)(6) (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)Common Stock 1836000  (2)1836000 I See footnotes (7)(8)(9)
Forward sale contract (obligation to sell)  (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)5/11/2023  J/K (2)    918000   (2)(3)(4)(5)(6) (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)Common Stock 918000  (2)918000 I See footnotes (7)(8)(9)
Forward sale contract (obligation to sell)  (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)5/11/2023  J/K (2)    918000   (2)(3)(4)(5)(6) (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)Common Stock 918000  (2)918000 I See footnotes (7)(8)(9)

Explanation of Responses:
(1) Represents a sale in a private transaction to the Issuer by WBA Holdings.
(2) On May 11, 2023, Walgreens Boots Alliance Holdings LLC ("Counterparty"), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (the "Reporting Person"), entered into variable pre-paid forward sale contracts (the "Contracts") with four unaffiliated financial institutions. The Contracts obligate Counterparty to deliver to the financial institutions in the aggregate up to 4,590,000 shares of common stock ("Common Stock") of AmerisourceBergen Corporation (or, at Counterparty's election, an equivalent amount of cash based on the volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock) over a valuation period and may entitle Counterparty to an additional cash payment in respect of each valuation date of the Contracts. In exchange for assuming these obligations, Counterparty received cash payments from the financial institutions in an aggregate amount of approximately $644.3 million on or about the date of entering into the Contracts.
(3) [continued from FN (2)] Counterparty also pledged 4,590,000 shares of Common Stock (the "Pledged Shares") in the aggregate to the financial institutions or their affiliates to secure its obligations under the Contracts and retained certain dividend and voting rights on the Pledged Shares. In respect of each valuation date under the Contracts, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to be delivered to the financial institutions or cash to be delivered to (or by) the financial institutions is to be determined as follows: Counterparty may, at its election, subject to certain conditions (1) be obligated to deliver to the financial institutions the full number of shares to which such valuation date relates and will receive an additional cash payment determined as follows:
(4) [continued from FN (3)] (a) if the volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock on such valuation date (the "Reference Price") is less than or equal to $ $151.9853 (the "Floor Price"), the additional cash payment would be zero, (b) if the Reference Price is greater than the Floor Price but less than or equal to $ $196.3855 (the "Cap Price"), the additional cash payment would equal the number of shares of Common Stock to which such valuation date relates multiplied by the excess of the Reference Price over the Floor Price and (c) if the Reference Price is greater than the Cap Price, the additional cash payment would equal the number of shares of Common Stock to which such valuation date relates multiplied by the excess of the Cap Price over the Floor Price. Alternatively, (2) Counterparty may elect, subject to certain conditions, to not receive any additional cash payment and be obligated to deliver to the financial institutions in the aggregate a number of shares of Common Stoc
(5) [continued from FN (4)] (or the cash value thereof at the Reference Price) determined as follows: (a) if the Reference Price is less than or equal to the Floor Price, the full number of shares to which such valuation date relates, (b) if the Reference Price is greater than the Floor Price but less than or equal to the Cap Price, a number of shares of Common Stock having a value (based on the Reference Price) equal to the number of shares of Common Stock to which such valuation date relates multiplied by the Floor Price and (c) if the Reference Price is greater than the Cap Price, a number of shares of Common Stock having a value (based on the Reference Price) equal to the number of shares of Common Stock to which such valuation date relates multiplied by the sum of the Floor Price and the excess of the Reference Price over the Cap Price.
(6) The Contracts are scheduled to mature evenly over a series of 30 valuation dates from June 2, 2025 to July 16, 2025, inclusive.
(7) As previously disclosed, including in the Schedule 13D filed by Walgreen Co. ("Walgreens") and others on April 15, 2014, as amended on January 16, 2015, January 25, 2016, March 22, 2016, August 25, 2016, November 14, 2016, January 6, 2021, June 3, 2021, May 12, 2022, August 4, 2022, November 9, 2022, December 12, 2022 and May 15, 2023, the Form 8-K filed by the Issuer on March 20, 2013, the Form 8-K filed by Walgreens on March 20, 2013, the Form 8-K filed by the Reporting Person on June 4, 2021 and the Form 8-K filed by the Issuer on June 2, 2021, the shares referenced in this Form 4 were acquired in accordance with the Framework Agreement, dated as of March 18, 2013 among Walgreens, Alliance Boots GmbH and the Issuer (the "Framework Agreement").
(8) These Contracts are held by Counterparty.
(9) As described in the Schedule 13D, as amended, WBA Investments, Inc., a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Reporting Person and the sole member of Counterparty, may also be deemed to beneficially own the securities reported in this Form 4.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address
Relationships
Director10% OwnerOfficerOther
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
108 WILMOT ROAD
DEERFIELD, IL 60015

X

Walgreens Boots Alliance Holdings LLC
108 WILMOT ROAD
DEERFIELD, IL 60015

X


Signatures
/s/ Joseph B. Amsbary, Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary of Reporting Person5/15/2023
**Signature of Reporting PersonDate

/s/ Joseph B. Amsbary, Senior Vice President and Secretary of Counterparty5/15/2023
**Signature of Reporting PersonDate


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