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Business Description
Walgreen Company is a national drugstore chain with 3,619 drugstores in 43 states and Puerto Rico as of January 14, 2002. The drugstores are engaged in the retail sale of prescription and nonprescription drugs, and carry additional product lines such as general merchandise, cosmetics, toiletries, household items, food and beverages. Customer prescription purchases can be made at the drugstores as well as through the mail, by telephone and on the Internet.

Financial Information
Walgreen Company is principally engaged in the retail drugstore business. As of 5/02, WAG operated 3,766 retail drugstores and three mail service facilities in 43 states and Puerto Rico. For the nine months ended 5/31/02, net sales rose 17% to $21.45 billion. Net income rose 15% to $771.5 million. Results reflect higher comparable store and prescription sales and new store openings, partially offset by reduced gross margins and the absence of $22.1 million of litigation gains.