UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):

June 23, 2016 (June 22, 2016)

 

Rite Aid Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-5742

 

23-1614034

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification Number)

 

30 Hunter Lane, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 17011

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(717) 761-2633

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

Item 5.07.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

Rite Aid held its 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 22, 2016.  The following is a summary of the matters voted on at that meeting.

 

(a)         The stockholders elected Rite Aid’s nominees to the Board of Directors.  The persons elected to Rite Aid’s Board of Directors and the number of shares cast for, the number against, the number abstaining and broker non-votes, with respect to each of these persons, were as follows:

 

Name

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-
Votes

 

Joseph B. Anderson, Jr.

 

520,767,321

 

95,830,913

 

2,418,388

 

269,634,941

 

Bruce G. Bodaken

 

595,353,977

 

22,145,413

 

1,517,232

 

269,634,941

 

David R. Jessick

 

604,254,093

 

13,345,201

 

1,417,328

 

269,634,941

 

Kevin E. Lofton

 

604,944,098

 

12,708,606

 

1,363,918

 

269,634,941

 

Myrtle S. Potter

 

594,110,601

 

23,553,070

 

1,352,951

 

269,634,941

 

Michael N. Regan

 

595,049,419

 

22,599,458

 

1,367,745

 

269,634,941

 

Frank A. Savage

 

594,357,729

 

23,323,238

 

1,335,655

 

269,634,941

 

John T. Standley

 

588,845,856

 

22,457,916

 

7,712,850

 

269,634,941

 

Marcy Syms

 

594,527,692

 

22,927,724

 

1,561,206

 

269,634,941

 

 

(b)         The stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Rite Aid’s independent registered public accounting firm.  The number of shares cast in favor of the ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP, the number against, the number abstaining and broker non-votes were as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-
Votes

 

875,118,855

 

9,854,030

 

3,678,678

 

0

 

 

(c)          The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Rite Aid’s Named Executive Officers as set forth in Rite Aid’s proxy statement for the 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.  The number of shares cast in favor of the compensation of Rite Aid’s Named Executive Officers, the number against, the number abstaining and broker non-votes were as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-
Votes

 

321,404,695

 

293,724,045

 

3,887,882

 

269,634,941

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereto duly authorized.

 

Date: June 23, 2016

By:

/s/ James J. Comitale

 

Name:

James J. Comitale

 

Title:

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

 

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