One of the biggest leveraged buyouts in the past decade would try to revive the pharmacy icon in private hands

The Financial Times is reporting that Walgreens Boots Alliance would be split three ways if Sycamore Partners buys out the pharmacy chain.

Sycamore Partners is nearing an acquisition of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., people with knowledge of the matter said, in a deal that could end the drugstore operator’s tumultuous run as a public company.