Walgreens CFO to Speak at Jefferies 2011 Global Consumer Conference

DEERFIELD, Ill., June 21, 2011 - Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) (NASDAQ: WAG) executive vice president and chief financial officer Wade Miquelon will present during the Jefferies 2011 Global Consumer Conference in Nantucket, Mass., on Thursday, June 23, at 8 a.m. Eastern time. Miquelon will discuss Walgreens strategies for becoming America’s first choice for health and daily living needs.

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

Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) is the nation's largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2010 sales of $67 billion. The company operates 7,714 drugstores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Each day, Walgreens provides nearly 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. Take Care Health Systems is a Walgreens subsidiary that is the largest and most comprehensive manager of worksite health centers and in-store convenient care clinics, with more than 700 locations throughout the country.