Albertsons Companies, Inc. filings document material events for a public food and drug retailer, including furnished operating results, Regulation FD disclosures, board changes, and financing transactions. Recent 8-Ks cover quarterly and annual financial results, opioid-related claim disclosures, director appointments and resignations, and senior note offerings or refinancings involving the company and subsidiary co-issuers such as Safeway Inc., New Albertsons L.P., Albertson's LLC and Albertsons Safeway LLC.
The filing record also describes capital-structure terms for senior notes due 2031, 2032 and 2034, use of proceeds for debt refinancing and revolver repayment, stockholder-agreement governance matters, Class A common stock ownership references, exhibits, and Inline XBRL cover-page data.
Albertsons Companies SVP & Chief Accounting Officer Robert Bruce Larson reported routine equity compensation adjustments tied to existing restricted stock awards. On February 6, 2026, he was credited multiple batches of dividend equivalent units at no cash cost, each linked to Class A common stock.
Footnotes explain that several time-based restricted stock unit grants each represent the right to receive one share of Class A common stock and are scheduled to vest in full on February 28, 2026, February 27, 2027, and February 26, 2028, subject to continued employment where stated. Additional RSUs were credited as dividend equivalents on performance-based awards, with the reported amounts reflecting a quarterly dividend equivalent of $0.15 per share and vesting and settling together with the underlying performance RSUs.
Albertsons Companies’ Chief Merchandising Officer Michelle Larson reported multiple acquisitions of dividend equivalent units on February 6, 2026. These derivative units are linked to existing restricted stock unit (RSU) awards and were credited at no cash cost to her, reflecting accrued dividends at $0.15 per share on performance-based RSUs. The awards will vest and settle together with the underlying time-based and performance-based RSUs, which have vesting dates ranging from February 28, 2026 through February 26, 2028 and May 1, 2027, subject to continued employment.
Albertsons Companies, Inc. director Kim S. Fennebresque reported routine equity compensation in the form of dividend equivalent units. On February 6, 2026, Fennebresque acquired 78 dividend equivalent units and separately 42 dividend equivalent units at a price of $0.00 per unit.
Each related restricted stock unit represents a right to receive one share of Albertsons Class A common stock, and the award fully vested on February 28, 2026. Following these transactions, Fennebresque held 9,471 and 5,158 derivative securities, respectively, in direct ownership.
Albertsons Companies, Inc. officer Anuj Dhanda, Chief Tech & Transformation Officer, reported multiple awards of dividend equivalent units on February 6, 2026. These are derivative awards that accrue on existing restricted stock units and are recorded at a price of $0.00 per unit.
Each time-based restricted stock unit represents a right to receive one share of Class A common stock and vests in full on specific dates, including Feb-28-2026, Feb-27-2027, Feb-26-2028, and May-01-2027, subject to continued employment. Additional RSUs were credited as dividend equivalents on performance-based RSUs, reflecting a quarterly dividend of $0.15 per share.
Albertsons Companies director Frank W. Bruno reported a routine equity award. On 02/06/2026 he acquired 78 dividend equivalent units, a type of derivative linked to Class A common stock, at no stated price. Each unit represents the right to receive one share of Class A common stock.
Following this transaction, Bruno held 9,471 derivative securities directly. According to the footnote, the related restricted stock unit award fully vested on Feb-28-2026, meaning the shares tied to this grant were no longer subject to service-based vesting conditions after that date.
Albertsons Companies EVP Retail Operations East Robert Backus reported automatic grants of dividend equivalent units tied to existing equity awards. On February 6, 2026, he acquired several blocks of Dividend Equivalent Units at a price of $0.00 per unit, increasing his holdings in these derivative units to amounts including 5,663, 26,365, 36,818, 69,825, 15,856 and 35,636 units under different awards.
The footnotes explain that each time-based restricted stock unit represents the right to receive one share of Albertsons Class A common stock, with vesting dates on February 28, 2026, February 27, 2027, February 26, 2028 and May 1, 2027, subject to continued employment. Additional RSUs were credited as dividend equivalents on performance-based RSUs, based on a quarterly dividend of $0.15 per share.
Albertsons Companies director Sharon L. Allen reported a routine equity award. On February 6, 2026, she acquired 78 dividend equivalent units at a price of $0.00 per unit, treated as derivative securities.
Each unit represents the right to receive one share of Albertsons Class A common stock. The award fully vested on February 28, 2026. After this grant, Allen beneficially owned 9,471 derivative units directly.
Albertsons Companies EVP Retail Operations West Michael Withers reported equity compensation activity involving Class A common stock. On February 4, 2026, he acquired 4,182 shares through the exercise of time-based restricted stock units at $0.00 per share under transaction code M.
On the same date, he disposed of 1,769 shares of Class A common stock at $16.86 per share under transaction code F. After these transactions, he directly beneficially owned 6,854 shares of Class A common stock and 8,363 time-based restricted stock units, each representing a right to receive one share. The filing notes this restricted stock unit award fully vested on February 3, 2028.
Albertsons Companies, Inc. issued $1,200 million of new 5.625% senior notes due 2032 and $900 million of additional 5.750% senior notes due 2034. These unsecured notes were sold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A and to certain non-U.S. investors under Regulation S.
The company plans to use the net proceeds, along with cash on hand, to redeem in full $1,350 million of 4.625% senior notes due 2027 and $750 million of 5.875% senior notes due 2028, and to pay related fees and expenses. The notes are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by specified domestic subsidiaries and carry standard covenants, change-of-control repurchase rights at 101% of principal, and customary events of default.
The Vanguard Group filed an amended Schedule 13G reporting a passive ownership stake in Albertsons Cos Inc common stock. As of 12/31/2025, Vanguard reported beneficial ownership of 39,330,507 shares, representing 7.16% of the outstanding common stock.
Vanguard reported shared voting power over 3,129,106 shares and shared dispositive power over all 39,330,507 shares, with no sole voting or dispositive power. The filing states the shares are held in the ordinary course of business, not to change or influence control, and that Vanguard’s clients have the right to receive dividends and sale proceeds. Vanguard also notes an internal realignment effective January 12, 2026, after which certain subsidiaries are expected to report beneficial ownership separately.