rite8k.htm
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):
April
8, 2009
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
of
Incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
Number)
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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
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Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item
5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of
Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
(b) On
April 8, 2009, George G. Golleher notified the Board of Directors (the
"Board") of Rite Aid Corporation (the "Company") of his decision to resign from
the Board effective as of April 14, 2009.
(d) On
April 8, 2009, the Board appointed David R. Jessick as a member of the Board,
effective as of April 14, 2009, to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Golleher’s
resignation. Mr. Jessick's term will expire at the Company's 2010
annual meeting of stockholders.
Mr.
Jessick previously served as a consultant to the Chief Executive Officer and
senior management of the Company from July 2002 to February 2005 and as Senior
Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer from December 1999 to
July 2002. From January 1997 to July 1999, Mr. Jessick was Chief
Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations
of Fred Meyer, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Jessick spent 17 years with
Thrifty PayLess Holdings, Inc., with his last position being Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Jessick also served as
non-executive Chairman of the Board of Pathmark Stores, Inc. from August 2005 to
December 2007.
It
is expected that Mr. Jessick will be appointed to the audit
committee. Mr. Jessick was not selected as a director pursuant to any
arrangement or understanding with any other person. As a non-employee
director, Mr. Jessick will receive compensation in accordance with the Company's
policies for compensating outside directors. Pursuant to the terms of
a deferred compensation program in place during Mr. Jessick's prior service with
the Company, Mr. Jessick received a payment of approximately $109,000 in fiscal
2009 and a final payment of approximately $61,000 in March 2009.
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.
Date: April 14, 2009
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By:
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/s/
Marc A. Strassler
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Name:
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Marc
A. Strassler
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Title:
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Executive
Vice President,General Counsel and
Secretary
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