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Fairfax Partners With Wittington Investments in Acquisition of Boots
GlobeNewswire ·
GlobeNewswire reports: TORONTO, Oct. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (“ Fairfax ”) (TSX: FFH and FFH.U) announces that it has entered into agreements to partner with Wittington Investments, Limited (“ Wittington ”), the holding company of the Weston family based in Canada, to acquire from The Boots Group the Boots retail operations in the UK and Ireland, the Boots Opticians business, the No7 Beauty Company, and Boots’ Thailand and franchised businesses…