Refinancing Amendment – To Credit Agreement – Rite Aid Corp.
REFINANCING AMENDMENT NO. 4 dated as of March 3, 2011 (this
“Amendment“), relating to the Credit Agreement dated as of June 27, 2001,
as amended and restated as of June 5, 2009 (as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement“), among Rite
Aid Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware
(the “Borrower“), the lenders from time to time party thereto (the
“Lenders“), Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent and
collateral agent (in such capacities, the “Administrative Agent“), and
the other agents party thereto.
RECITALS
A. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. The rules of
construction specified in Section 1.03 of the Credit Agreement also apply to
this Amendment.
B. The Credit Agreement permits the Borrower to obtain from any Lender or
Additional Lender Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any Indebtedness
outstanding under the Credit Agreement in the form of Other Term Loans pursuant
to a Refinancing Amendment.
C. On the Amendment Effective Date (as defined below), the Borrower intends
to incur additional Term Loans pursuant to Section 6.01(c) of the Credit
Agreement in an aggregate principal amount of at least $343,000,000 (the
“Tranche 5 Term Loans“) to be made available to the Borrower by the
lenders signatory hereto (the “Tranche 5 Term Lenders“). The proceeds of
the Tranche 5 Term Loans will be used on the Amendment Effective Date (a) to
repay all outstanding Tranche 3 Term Loans and accrued interest thereon and (b)
to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the foregoing.
D. This Amendment is a Refinancing Amendment effected pursuant to Section
6.01(c) of the Credit Agreement.
AGREEMENTS
In consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
Borrower, the Subsidiary Loan Parties, the Tranche 5 Term Lenders and the
Administrative Agent hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Amendment
SECTION 1.1. Amendment of Credit Agreement. Pursuant to Section
6.01(c) of the Credit Agreement, effective as of the Amendment Effective Date,
for all purposes of the Senior Loan Documents, (a) the Tranche 5 Term
Commitments (as defined below), the Tranche 5 Term Loans and the Tranche 5 Term
Borrowings shall constitute “Other Term Commitments”, “Other Term Loans” and
“Other Term Borrowings”, respectively and (b) each Tranche 5 Term
Lender shall become an “Additional Lender” and a “Lender” (if such Tranche 5
Term Lender is not already a Lender prior to the effectiveness of this
Amendment). Certain terms of the Tranche 5 Term Loans are set forth in
Exhibit A attached hereto.
SECTION 1.2. Tranche 5 Term Commitments. i)Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, each Tranche 5 Term Lender agrees to make a Tranche
5 Term Loan to the Borrower on the Amendment Effective Date in a principal
amount not exceeding such Tranche 5 Term Lender153s Tranche 5 Term Commitment.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein (and without affecting
any other provision hereof or of the Credit Agreement), the funded portion of
each Tranche 5 Term Loan to be made on the Amendment Effective Date (i.e., the
amount advanced in cash to the Borrower on the Amendment Effective Date) shall
be equal to 99.5% of the principal amount of such Tranche 5 Term Loan (it being
agreed that the Borrower shall be obligated to repay 100.0% of the principal
amount of each such Tranche 5 Term Loan and interest shall accrue on 100.0% of
the principal amount of each such Tranche 5 Term Loan, in each case as provided
hereunder and under the Credit Agreement). A Person shall become a Tranche 5
Term Lender and a Lender under the Credit Agreement by executing and delivering
to the Administrative Agent, on or prior to the Amendment Effective Date, a
signature page to this Amendment as a “Tranche 5 Term Lender”. The “Tranche 5
Term Commitment” of any Tranche 5 Term Lender will be the amount of Tranche
5 Term Loans that such Person commits to make, as set forth on Schedule B
hereto. The commitments of the Tranche 5 Term Lenders are several and no Tranche
5 Term Lender shall be responsible for any other Tranche 5 Term Lender153s failure
to make Tranche 5 Term Loans.
(b) The obligation of each Tranche 5 Term Lender to make Tranche 5 Term Loans
on the Amendment Effective Date is subject to the satisfaction of the following
conditions:
(i) After giving effect to the borrowing of the Tranche 5 Term Loans, the
conditions set forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of Section 4.02 of the
Credit Agreement shall be satisfied on and as of the Amendment Effective Date,
and the Tranche 5 Term Lenders shall have received a certificate of a Financial
Officer dated the Amendment Effective Date to such effect.
(ii) The Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall have been satisfied.
(iii) The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable legal opinion
of each of (i) Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel to the
Borrower and (ii) Marc Strassler, General Counsel of the Borrower, in each case
addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Credit
Agreement, including the Tranche 5 Term Lenders, and dated the Amendment
Effective Date, in substantially the forms thereof delivered in connection with
Refinancing Amendment No. 3, dated as of August 19, 2010, modified, however, to
address the Tranche 5 Term Loans and this Amendment, and covering such other
matters relating to the Loan Parties, the other Senior Loan Documents, the
Senior Collateral and the transactions contemplated hereby to occur on the
Amendment Effective Date as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, and
otherwise reasonably satisfactory
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to the Administrative Agent. The Borrower hereby requests such counsel to
deliver such opinions.
(iv) The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and
certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request
relating to the good standing of the Borrower and the organization and existence
of each Loan Party, the organizational documents of each Loan Party, the
resolutions of each Loan Party that authorize the transactions contemplated
hereby, the incumbency and authority of the Person or Persons executing and
delivering the Amendment and the other documents contemplated hereby, all in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(v) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the
Amendment Effective Date and signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower,
certifying that the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.1
hereof are true and correct as of the Amendment Effective Date.
(vi) The Administrative Agent shall have received a borrowing request in a
form acceptable to the Administrative Agent requesting that the Tranche 5 Term
Lenders make the Tranche 5 Term Loans to the Borrower on the Amendment Effective
Date.
(vii) After giving effect to the borrowing of the Tranche 5 Term Loans, the
Borrowing Base Amount on the Amendment Effective Date shall be no less than the
sum of (A) the aggregate principal amount of Loans outstanding on the Amendment
Effective Date, (B) the LC Exposure on the Amendment Effective Date and (C) the
aggregate principal amount of Additional Senior Debt outstanding on the
Amendment Effective Date. The Administrative Agent shall have received a
completed Borrowing Base Certificate dated the Amendment Effective Date and
signed by a Financial Officer.
(viii) The conditions to effectiveness of this Amendment set forth in Section
1.3 hereof shall have been satisfied.
(ix) Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall have entered into a Reaffirmation
Agreement pursuant to which such Subsidiary Guarantor reaffirms its obligations
under the Senior Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement and the other Senior Collateral
Documents, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
SECTION 1.3. Amendment Effectiveness. The Amendment shall become
effective as of the first date (the “Amendment Effective Date“) on which
the following conditions have been satisfied:
(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received duly
executed counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of
(i) the Borrower, (ii) each Subsidiary Loan Party, (iii) each Tranche 5 Term
Lender and (iv) the Administrative Agent. The aggregate amount of Tranche 5 Term
Commitments shall not exceed $343,000,000.
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(b) The conditions to the making of the Tranche 5 Term Loans set forth in
Section 1.2(b) hereof shall have been satisfied.
(c) The principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on all outstanding
Tranche 3 Term Loans, in each case as of the Amendment Effective Date, and all
amounts owed in respect of the prepayment thereof pursuant to Section 2.16 of
the Credit Agreement shall have been (or substantially simultaneously with the
effectiveness of this Amendment shall be) paid in full, and the Administrative
Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of such
payment.
(d) To the extent invoiced at least two days prior to the Amendment Effective
Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received payment or reimbursement of
its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Amendment,
including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the
Administrative Agent.
(e) To the extent invoiced at least two days prior to the Amendment Effective
Date, CGMI shall have received, for the account of the Tranche 5 Term Lenders,
payment of all fees owed to such Tranche 5 Term Lenders by the Borrower on the
Amendment Effective Date in connection with this Amendment and the transactions
contemplated hereby.
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower, the Tranche 5 Term
Lenders and the other Lenders of the Amendment Effective Date and such notice
shall be conclusive and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amendment
effected hereby shall not become effective, and the obligations of the Tranche 5
Term Lenders hereunder to make Tranche 5 Term Loans will automatically
terminate, if each of the conditions set forth or referred to in Sections 1.2(b)
and 1.3 hereof has not been satisfied at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City
time, on March 4, 2011.
ARTICLE II
Miscellaneous
SECTION 2.1. Representations and Warranties. To induce the other
parties hereto to enter into this Amendment, the Borrower represents and
warrants to each of the Lenders, including the Tranche 5 Term Lenders, and the
Administrative Agent that, as of the Amendment Effective Date and after giving
effect to the transactions and amendments to occur on the Amendment Effective
Date, this Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Borrower and constitutes, and the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby on the
Amendment Effective Date, will constitute, its legal, valid and binding
obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws
affecting creditors153 rights generally and subject to general principles of
equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
SECTION 2.2. Effect of Amendment. ii)Except as expressly set forth
herein, this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair,
constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of, the
Lenders or the Agents under the Credit
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Agreement or any other Senior Loan Document, and shall not alter, modify,
amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants
or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Senior Loan
Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall
continue in full force and effect. Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle any
Loan Party to a consent to, or a waiver, amendment, modification or other change
of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained
in the Credit Agreement or any other Senior Loan Document in similar or
different circumstances. This Amendment shall apply to and be effective only
with respect to the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other Senior Loan
Documents specifically referred to herein.
(b) On and after the Amendment Effective Date, each reference in the Credit
Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein” or words of like
import, and each reference to the Credit Agreement, “thereunder”, “thereof”,
“therein” or words of like import in any other Senior Loan Document, shall be
deemed a reference to the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby. This Amendment
shall constitute a “Senior Loan Document” for all purposes of the Credit
Agreement and the other Senior Loan Documents.
SECTION 2.3. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
SECTION 2.4. Costs and Expenses. The Borrower agrees to reimburse the
Administrative Agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection
with this Amendment, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of
counsel for the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 2.5. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts,
each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but
all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
Delivery of any executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by
facsimile transmission or other electronic imaging means shall be effective as
delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.
SECTION 2.6. Headings. The headings of this Amendment are for purposes
of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly
executed and delivered by their officers as of the date first above written.
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RITE AID CORPORATION, |
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by |
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/s/ Matt Schroeder |
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Name: Matt Schroeder |
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Title: EVP : Strategy, IR and Treasurer |
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EACH OF THE SUBSIDIARIES LISTED ON SCHEDULE A HERETO, |
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by |
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/s/ Marc Strassler |
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Name: Marc Strassler |
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Title: Senior Vice President & Assistant Secretary |
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CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as Administrative Agent, |
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by |
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/s/ David Leland |
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Name: David Leland |
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Title: Vice President |
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EXHIBIT A
ECONOMIC TERMS OF THE TRANCHE 5 TERM LOANS
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Interest: |
At the option of the Borrower, (a) Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable For purposes of calculating interest in respect of any Tranche 5 Term Loan For purposes of calculating interest in respect of any Tranche 5 Term Loan The “Applicable Rate” means, on any day, with respect to any ABR Tranche 5 |
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Tranche 5 Term Maturity Date: |
March 3, 2018 (the “Tranche 5 Term Maturity Date“), provided |
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Amortization and Repayment of Tranche 5 Term Loans: |
The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account |
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To the extent not previously paid, all Tranche 5 Term Loans shall be due and |
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Call Protection: |
All prepayments of Tranche 5 Term Loans effected on or prior to the first |
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SCHEDULE A
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
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1. |
112 Burleigh Avenue Norfolk, LLC |
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2. |
1515 West State Street Boise, Idaho, LLC |
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3. |
1740 Associates, L.L.C. |
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4. |
3581 Carter Hill Road:Montgomery Corp. |
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5. |
4042 Warrensville Center Road : Warrensville Ohio, Inc. |
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6. |
5277 Associates, Inc. |
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7. |
537 Elm Street Corp. |
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8. |
5600 Superior Properties, Inc. |
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9. |
657-659 Broad St. Corp. |
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10. |
764 South Broadway-Geneva, Ohio, LLC |
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11. |
Ann & Government Streets – Mobile, Alabama, LLC |
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12. |
Apex Drug Stores, Inc. |
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13. |
Broadview and Wallings-Broadview Heights Ohio, Inc. |
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14. |
Central Avenue and Main Street : Petal, MS, LLC |
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15. |
Eagle Managed Care Corp. |
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16. |
Eckerd Corporation |
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17. |
EDC Drug Stores, Inc. |
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18. |
Eighth and Water Streets : Urichsville, Ohio, LLC |
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19. |
England Street-Asheland Corporation |
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20. |
Fairground, L.L.C. |
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21. |
GDF, Inc. |
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22. |
Genovese Drug Stores, Inc. |
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23. |
Gettysburg and Hoover-Dayton, Ohio, LLC |
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24. |
Harco, Inc. |
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25. |
K & B Alabama Corporation |
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26. |
K & B Louisiana Corporation |
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27. |
K & B Mississippi Corporation |
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28. |
K & B Services, Incorporated |
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29. |
K & B Tennessee Corporation |
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30. |
K&B Texas Corporation |
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31. |
K & B, Incorporated |
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32. |
Keystone Centers, Inc. |
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33. |
Lakehurst and Broadway Corporation |
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34. |
Maxi Drug North, Inc. |
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35. |
Maxi Drug South, L.P. |
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36. |
Maxi Drug, Inc. |
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37. |
Maxi Green Inc. |
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38. |
Mayfield & Chillicothe Roads : Chesterland, LLC |
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39. |
MC Woonsocket, Inc. |
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40. |
Munson & Andrews, LLC |
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41. |
Name Rite, L.L.C. |
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42. |
Northline & Dix : Toledo : Southgate, LLC |
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43. |
P.J.C. Distribution, Inc. |
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44. |
P.J.C. Realty Co., Inc. |
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45. |
Patton Drive and Navy Boulevard Property Corporation |
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46. |
Paw Paw Lake Road & Paw Paw Avenue:Coloma, Michigan, LLC |
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47. |
PDS-1 Michigan, Inc. |
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48. |
Perry Distributors, Inc. |
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49. |
Perry Drug Stores, Inc. |
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50. |
PJC Dorchester Realty LLC |
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51. |
PJC East Lyme Realty LLC |
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52. |
PJC Haverhill Realty LLC |
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53. |
PJC Hermitage Realty LLC |
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54. |
PJC Hyde Park Realty LLC |
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55. |
PJC Lease Holdings, Inc. |
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56. |
PJC Manchester Realty LLC |
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57. |
PJC Mansfield Realty LLC |
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58. |
PJC New London Realty LLC |
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59. |
PJC of Cranston, Inc. |
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60. |
PJC of East Providence, Inc. |
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61. |
PJC of Massachusetts, Inc. |
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62. |
PJC of Rhode Island, Inc. |
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63. |
PJC of Vermont Inc. |
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64. |
P.J.C. of West Warwick, Inc. |
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65. |
PJC Peterborough Realty LLC |
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66. |
PJC Providence Realty LLC |
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67. |
PJC Realty MA, Inc. |
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68. |
PJC Realty N.E. LLC |
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69. |
PJC Revere Realty LLC |
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70. |
PJC Special Realty Holdings, Inc. |
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71. |
Ram-Utica, Inc. |
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72. |
RDS Detroit, Inc. |
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73. |
Read’s Inc. |
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74. |
Rite Aid Drug Palace, Inc. |
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75. |
Rite Aid Hdqtrs. Corp. |
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76. |
Rite Aid of Alabama, Inc. |
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77. |
Rite Aid of Connecticut, Inc. |
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78. |
Rite Aid of Delaware, Inc. |
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79. |
Rite Aid of Florida, Inc. |
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80. |
Rite Aid of Georgia, Inc. |
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81. |
Rite Aid of Illinois, Inc. |
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82. |
Rite Aid of Indiana, Inc. |
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83. |
Rite Aid of Kentucky, Inc. |
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84. |
Rite Aid of Maine, Inc. |
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85. |
Rite Aid of Maryland, Inc. |
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86. |
Rite Aid of Massachusetts, Inc. |
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87. |
Rite Aid of Michigan, Inc. |
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88. |
Rite Aid of New Hampshire, Inc. |
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89. |
Rite Aid of New Jersey, Inc. |
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90. |
Rite Aid of New York, Inc. |
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91. |
Rite Aid of North Carolina, Inc. |
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92. |
Rite Aid of Ohio, Inc. |
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93. |
Rite Aid of Pennsylvania, Inc. |
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94. |
Rite Aid of South Carolina, Inc. |
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95. |
Rite Aid of Tennessee, Inc. |
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96. |
Rite Aid of Vermont, Inc. |
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97. |
Rite Aid of Virginia, Inc. |
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98. |
Rite Aid of Washington, D.C., Inc. |
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99. |
Rite Aid of West Virginia, Inc. |
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100. |
Rite Aid Realty Corp. |
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101. |
Rite Aid Rome Distribution Center, Inc. |
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102. |
Rite Aid Services, L.L.C. |
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103. |
Rite Aid Transport, Inc. |
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104. |
RX Choice, Inc. |
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105. |
Seven Mile and Evergreen : Detroit, LLC |
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106. |
Silver Springs Road : Baltimore, Maryland/One, LLC |
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107. |
Silver Springs Road : Baltimore, Maryland/Two, LLC |
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108. |
State & Fortification Streets : Jackson, Mississippi, LLC |
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109. |
State Street and Hill Road : Gerard, Ohio, LLC |
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110. |
The Lane Drug Company |
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111. |
Thrift Drug, Inc. |
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112. |
Thrifty Corporation |
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113. |
Thrifty PayLess, Inc. |
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114. |
Tyler and Sanders Roads, Birmingham : Alabama, LLC |
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115. |
Rite Aid Payroll Management, Inc. |
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116. |
Rite Aid Online Store, Inc. |
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117. |
Rite Fund, Inc. |
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118. |
Rite Investments Corp. |
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119. |
Rite Aid Hdqtrs. Funding, Inc. |
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120. |
JCG Holdings (USA), Inc. |
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121. |
JCG (PJC) USA, LLC |
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122. |
The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) USA, Inc. |
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SCHEDULE B
TRANCHE 5 TERM COMMITMENTS
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Tranche 5 Term Lender |
Tranche 5 Term Commitment |
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Citicorp North America, Inc. |
$343,000,000 |
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Total |
$343,000,000 |
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