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)
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Delaware |
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1-5742 |
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23-1614034 |
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(State or Other Jurisdiction |
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(Commission File Number) |
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(IRS Employer |
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)
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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:
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Name |
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For |
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Against |
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Abstain |
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Broker Non- |
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Joseph B. Anderson, Jr. |
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520,767,321 |
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95,830,913 |
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2,418,388 |
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269,634,941 |
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Bruce G. Bodaken |
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595,353,977 |
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22,145,413 |
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1,517,232 |
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269,634,941 |
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David R. Jessick |
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604,254,093 |
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13,345,201 |
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1,417,328 |
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269,634,941 |
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Kevin E. Lofton |
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604,944,098 |
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12,708,606 |
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1,363,918 |
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269,634,941 |
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Myrtle S. Potter |
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594,110,601 |
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23,553,070 |
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1,352,951 |
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269,634,941 |
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Michael N. Regan |
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595,049,419 |
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22,599,458 |
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1,367,745 |
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269,634,941 |
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Frank A. Savage |
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594,357,729 |
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23,323,238 |
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1,335,655 |
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269,634,941 |
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John T. Standley |
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588,845,856 |
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22,457,916 |
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7,712,850 |
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269,634,941 |
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Marcy Syms |
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594,527,692 |
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22,927,724 |
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1,561,206 |
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269,634,941 |
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(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:
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For |
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Against |
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Abstain |
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Broker Non- |
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875,118,855 |
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9,854,030 |
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3,678,678 |
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0 |
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(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:
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For |
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Against |
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Abstain |
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Broker Non- |
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321,404,695 |
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293,724,045 |
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3,887,882 |
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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.
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Date: June 23, 2016 |
By: |
/s/ James J. Comitale |
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Name: |
James J. Comitale |
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Title: |
Senior Vice President, General Counsel |