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Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 11/30/19 – ‘EX-101.SCH’

On: Wednesday, 1/8/20, at 4:14pm ET · For: 11/30/19 · Accession #: 1618921-20-8 · File #: 1-36759

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 1/08/20  Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.    10-Q       11/30/19   89:10M

Quarterly Report — Form 10-Q — Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.06M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
45: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     88K 
74: R2          Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets               HTML    140K 
62: R3          Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets               HTML     41K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
18: R4          Consolidated Condensed Statements of Equity         HTML     70K 
43: R5          Consolidated Condensed Statements of Earnings       HTML     92K 
73: R6          Consolidated Condensed Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     59K 
                Income                                                           
61: R7          Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    119K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
14: R8          Accounting policies                                 HTML     29K 
47: R9          Acquisitions                                        HTML     28K 
24: R10         Exit and disposal activities                        HTML    138K 
33: R11         Leases                                              HTML    151K 
85: R12         Equity method investments                           HTML     45K 
55: R13         Goodwill and other intangible assets                HTML     92K 
23: R14         Debt                                                HTML     93K 
32: R15         Financial instruments                               HTML     73K 
84: R16         Fair value measurements                             HTML     84K 
54: R17         Commitments and contingencies                       HTML     43K 
25: R18         Income taxes                                        HTML     27K 
31: R19         Retirement benefits                                 HTML     44K 
80: R20         Accumulated other comprehensive income (Loss)       HTML    107K 
69: R21         Segment reporting                                   HTML     77K 
22: R22         Sales                                               HTML     52K 
50: R23         Related parties                                     HTML     35K 
79: R24         New accounting pronouncements                       HTML    102K 
68: R25         Supplemental information                            HTML     54K 
21: R26         Accounting policies (Policies)                      HTML    107K 
49: R27         Exit and disposal activities (Tables)               HTML    137K 
78: R28         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    112K 
70: R29         Equity method investments (Tables)                  HTML     40K 
52: R30         Goodwill and other intangible assets (Tables)       HTML     94K 
81: R31         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML    138K 
34: R32         Financial instruments (Tables)                      HTML     72K 
26: R33         Fair value measurements (Tables)                    HTML     80K 
53: R34         Retirement benefits (Tables)                        HTML     39K 
82: R35         Accumulated other comprehensive income (Loss)       HTML    107K 
                (Tables)                                                         
36: R36         Segment reporting (Tables)                          HTML     73K 
27: R37         Sales (Tables)                                      HTML     50K 
51: R38         Related parties (Tables)                            HTML     34K 
83: R39         New accounting pronouncements New accounting        HTML     78K 
                pronouncements (Tables)                                          
66: R40         Supplemental information (Tables)                   HTML     65K 
75: R41         Acquisitions (Details)                              HTML     33K 
41: R42         Exit and disposal activities - Narrative (Details)  HTML     84K 
11: R43         Exit and disposal activities - Restructuring Costs  HTML     64K 
                (Details)                                                        
67: R44         Exit and disposal activities - Restructuring        HTML     65K 
                Reserve Activity (Details)                                       
76: R45         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     30K 
42: R46         Leases - Supplemental Balance Sheet Information     HTML     44K 
                (Details)                                                        
12: R47         Leases - Components of Lease Cost (Details)         HTML     38K 
65: R48         Leases - Supplemental Cash Flow Information         HTML     41K 
                (Details)                                                        
77: R49         Leases - Average Lease Terms And Discounts          HTML     35K 
                (Details)                                                        
89: R50         Leases - Future Lease Payments for Operating and    HTML     67K 
                Finance Leases (Details)                                         
59: R51         Equity method investments - Schedule of Equity      HTML     42K 
                Method Investments (Details)                                     
29: R52         Equity method investments - Narrative (Details)     HTML     46K 
38: R53         Goodwill and other intangible assets - Schedule of  HTML     41K 
                Goodwill (Details)                                               
88: R54         Goodwill and other intangible assets - Schedule of  HTML     51K 
                Finite-Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class                    
                (Details)                                                        
58: R55         Goodwill and other intangible assets - Narrative    HTML     31K 
                (Details)                                                        
28: R56         Goodwill and other intangible assets - Schedule of  HTML     36K 
                Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future                           
                Amortization Expense (Details)                                   
37: R57         Debt - Short and Long-Term Debt (Details)           HTML     77K 
87: R58         Debt - Note Issuances (Details)                     HTML     45K 
60: R59         Debt - Additional Information (Details)             HTML     76K 
16: R60         Financial instruments (Details)                     HTML     57K 
48: R61         Fair value measurements (Details)                   HTML     59K 
72: R62         Commitments and contingencies (Details)             HTML     26K 
64: R63         Income taxes (Details)                              HTML     29K 
15: R64         Retirement benefits (Details)                       HTML     52K 
46: R65         Accumulated other comprehensive income (Loss)       HTML     63K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R66         Segment reporting (Details)                         HTML     62K 
63: R67         Sales (Details)                                     HTML     43K 
17: R68         Related parties (Details)                           HTML     30K 
44: R69         New accounting pronouncements - Narrative           HTML     52K 
                (Details)                                                        
39: R70         New accounting pronouncements - Effect of Lease     HTML     89K 
                842 Adoption (Details)                                           
30: R71         Supplemental information - Narrative (Details)      HTML     44K 
56: R72         Supplemental information - Depreciation and         HTML     33K 
                Amortization Expense (Details)                                   
86: R73         Supplemental information - Summary of Cash, Cash    HTML     36K 
                Equivalents and Restricted Cash (Details)                        
40: R74         Supplemental information - Summary of Dividends     HTML     26K 
                per Share (Details)                                              
35: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    160K 
20: XML         XBRL Instance -- wba-20191130_htm                    XML   3.08M 
13: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     91K 
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 8: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- wba-20191130_def                 XML    680K 
 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- wba-20191130_lab                      XML   1.64M 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- wba-20191130_pre               XML   1.02M 
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57: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              370±   549K 
19: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001618921-20-000008-xbrl      Zip    328K

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