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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 144
NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ATTENTION: | Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker |
1 (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print) RITE AID CORP |
(b) IRS IDENT. NO. 23-1614034 |
(c) S.E.C. FILE NO. 1-5742 |
1(d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER | STREET | CITY |
STATE | ZIP CODE | (e) TELEPHONE NO. | |||||||
AREA CODE | NUMBER | |||||||||||
30 Hunter Lane, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 17011 | (717) | 761-2633 |
2(a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc. |
(b) IRS IDENT. NO. 98-0397546 |
(c) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER 10% Shareholder |
(d) ADDRESS STREET
530 rue Beriault, Longueuil QC, Canada, J4G 1S8 |
CITY |
STATE |
ZIP CODE |
INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
3 (a) |
(b) | SEC USE ONLY | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title of the Class of Securities To Be Sold |
Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker who is Acquiring the Securities |
Broker-Dealer File Number |
Number of Shares or Other Units To Be Sold (See instr. 3(c)) |
Aggregate Market Value (See instr. 3(d)) |
Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding (See instr. 3(e)) |
Approximate Date of Sale (See instr. 3(f)) (MO. DAY YR.) |
Name of Each Securities Exchange (See instr. 3(g)) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share | RBC Capital Markets Inc 1, Place Ville-Marie, Suite 300 Montréal, QC, H3B 4R8 |
25,000,000 | 31,500,000 | 890,240,871 | July 5, 2011 | New York Stock Exchange | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold
and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:
Title of the Class |
Date you Acquired |
Nature of Acquisition Transaction | Name of Person from Whom Acquired (If gift, also give date donor acquired) |
Amount of Securities Acquired |
Date of Payment |
Nature of Payment | ||||||||||||||
Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share | June 4, 2007 | On June 4, 2007, the Issuer completed its acquisition (the Acquisition) of the Brooks and Eckerd drugstore chains from The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc., a Quebec corporation (PJC). Pursuant to the terms of the Acquisition, the Issuer paid approximately $2.36 billion in cash, and issued 250,000,000 shares of Common Stock, to PJC | Issuer | 250,000,000 | June 4, 2007 | The shares of Common Stock were initially acquired as consideration in the Acquisition. | ||||||||||||||
Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share | October 5, 2007 | Shares acquired on October 5, 2007 were acquired through open market purchases. | Not applicable | 1,975,262 | October 5, 2007 | Cash |
INSTRUCTIONS: | 1. If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid. |
2. If within two years after the acquisition of the securities the person for whose account they are to be sold had any short positions, put or other option to dispose of securities referred to in paragraph (d)(3) of Rule 144, furnish full information with respect thereto. |
TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
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Name and Address of Seller | Title of Securities Sold | Date of Sale | Amount of Securities Sold |
Gross Proceeds | ||||||||||||||||
None |
REMARKS:
INSTRUCTIONS: See the definition of person in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice. |
ATTENTION: The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed. If such person has adopted a written trading plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, by signing the form and indicating the date that the plan was adopted or the instruction given, that person makes such representation as of the plan adoption or instruction date. | |
July 5, 2011 DATE OF NOTICE |
/s/ Brigitte Dufour, Corporate Secretary (SIGNATURE) | |
The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed. Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures. |
ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)
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