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): September 11, 2017 (September 6, 2017)


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)


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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
(b) The employment of Kenneth Martindale, Rite Aid Corporation’s President and CEO of Rite Aid Stores, terminated effective as of September 6, 2017.

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 
RITE AID CORPORATION
     
Dated: September 11, 2017
By: 
/s/ James J. Comitale
   
Name: James J. Comitale
   
Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel