Sycamore Partners has approached lenders including Bank of America (BAC) and JPMorgan (JPM) about funding its prospective bid for Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Mark Kleinman of Sky News reports. Sycamore is arranging debt funding for a deal to buy Walgreens with Bank of America, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo (WFC), according to Sky. Shares of Walgreens are up 4%, or 41c, to $10.14 following the report.
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