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Walgreens Boots Alliance Executive Compensation (FY24)

WBA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2024

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Latest say-on-pay support
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January 30, 2025
What changed from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024
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Chief executive of record: Rosalind Brewer Ginger Graham
Say-on-pay support: 86.4%90.3% (3.9 points higher)

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What was Walgreens Boots Alliance's say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 90.3% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held January 30, 2025 for fiscal 2024.
Which companies are in Walgreens Boots Alliance's peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Cigna, Coca-Cola, Costco, CVS Health and Humana, among others.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Rosalind Brewer
Chief Executive Officer
Stefano Pessina
Executive Chairman
Ornella Barra
Chief Operating Officer, International
James Kehoe
Executive Vice President and Global Chief Financial Officer
John Standley
Former Executive Vice President, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. and President, Walgreens
Departed during or after this year
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Ginger Graham
Former Interim Chief Executive Officer
Departed during or after this year
Served on an interim basis
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
James KehoePSU
James KehoeRSU
James KehoeOPTION
John StandleyPSU
John StandleyOPTION
John StandleyRSU
Ornella BarraRSU
Ornella BarraOPTION
Ornella BarraPSU
Rosalind BrewerOPTION
Rosalind BrewerPSU
Rosalind BrewerRSU
Stefano PessinaRSU
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2024 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Manmohan MahajanRSU
RSU
Ornella BarraRSU
RSU
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2024
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Nancy M. Schlichting
Janice M. Babiak
Ginger L. Graham
Lead independent director
John A. Lederer
Valerie B. Jarrett
Inderpal S. Bhandari
Bryan C. Hanson
Dominic P. Murphy
Thomas E. Polen
Robert L. Huffines
William H. Shrank, Stefano Pessina, Timothy C. Wentworth and William H. Shrank, M.D served on the board in fiscal 2024 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer
Board equity retainer
Total board retainer
Lead independent director premium
Audit committee chair
Compensation committee chair
Nominating and governance chair
Equity is delivered as Common Stock (fully vested shares, with DSU deferral option).

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2022
  • Cigna CI
  • Coca-Cola KO
  • Costco COST
  • CVS Health CVS
  • Humana HUM
  • Johnson & Johnson JNJ
  • Kroger KR
  • McDonald's MCD
  • McKesson MCK
  • Medtronic MDT
  • Mondelez MDLZ
  • PepsiCo PEP
  • Pfizer PFE
  • Procter & Gamble PG
  • Target TGT
  • Wal-Mart symbol not shown

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
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2022January 26, 2023=
2021January 27, 2022=
2020January 28, 2021=
2019January 30, 2020=
2018January 25, 2019=
2017January 17, 2018=
2016January 26, 2017=
2015January 27, 2016=
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Citations

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165 figures on this page: 155 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints.
155 cited to the filing
10 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001193125-25-020848
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001558370-24-016214
    2024 Non-employee director compensation · 2024 Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end · Director Compensation · Executive Compensation Tables and Supporting Information
  3. 0001193125-24-021052
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0001193125-23-020487
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  5. 0001308179-22-000390
    2022 Grants of Plan-Based Awards · 2022 Summary Compensation Table
  6. 0001193125-22-021722
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  7. 0001359948-21-000018
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  8. 0001193125-20-023440
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  9. 0001193125-19-021048
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  10. 0001193125-18-013986
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  11. 0001193125-17-022888
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  12. 0001193125-16-445174
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Peers Walgreens Boots Alliance discloses

The companies named in WBA's own disclosed peer group.

CignaCoca-ColaCostcoCVS HealthHumanaJohnson & JohnsonKrogerMcDonald'sMcKessonMedtronicMondelezPepsiCoPfizerProcter & GambleTarget

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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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