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 1, 2007

 

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):

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Item 8.01.

Other Events.

 

On June 1, 2007, Rite Aid Corporation ("Rite Aid" or the "Company") issued a press release announcing that the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has accepted Rite Aid's proposed consent order relating to the closing of Rite Aid's acquisition of the Brooks and Eckerd drugstore chains from The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc. Rite Aid also said that it expects the acquisition to close on June 4, 2007. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

 

Exhibit

Number

Description

99.1

Press Release of Rite Aid Corporation dated June 1, 2007

 


 

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:

June 1, 2007

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert B. Sari

 

 

 

Name:

Robert B. Sari

 

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President,

 

 

 

 

General Counsel and Secretary

 

 

 


 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

Description

99.1

Press Release of Rite Aid Corporation dated June 1, 2007