Rite Aid Stockholders Approve Reverse Stock Split

Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) announced that its stockholders approved a reverse stock split of the company’s common stock at today’s Special Meeting of Stockholders. According to preliminary tabulations, with approximately 987 million eligible votes cast, stockholders voted 78% in favor of the reverse split.

Rite Aid’s Board of Directors may select a reverse stock split ratio of either 1-for-10, 1-for-15 or 1-for-20 in due course. The decision to effect the reverse stock split and the effective date of the reverse stock split will be determined by the Board at a future date. The reverse stock split, if implemented, would become effective upon filing of a charter amendment with the Delaware Secretary of State.

A reverse stock split would reduce the total number of Rite Aid’s issued and outstanding common shares, resulting in an increase in the price per share. The objective of the reverse stock split is to ensure that Rite Aid regains full compliance with the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) share price listing rule and maintains its listing on the NYSE.

As previously announced, Rite Aid will regain compliance with the NYSE share price listing rule if at the last trading day of any month during the six-month cure period, or at July 3, 2019, the end of the six-month cure period, the Company has at least a $1.00 share price and has maintained at least a $1.00 average closing share price over the preceding 30 consecutive trading days. Rite Aid's common stock continues to be listed on the NYSE and will continue to trade as usual during the six-month cure period.

About Rite Aid Corporation

Rite Aid Corporation is one of the nation's leading drugstore chains with fiscal 2018 annual revenues of $21.5 billion. Information about Rite Aid, including corporate background and press releases, is available through the company's website at www.riteaid.com.

Important Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Statements in this release that are not historical, are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the timing of the reverse stock split, the potential benefits of a reverse stock split, including but not limited to continued listing on the New York Stock Exchange, the potential for a higher stock price and any assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” and “will” and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements.