Rite Aid to Withdraw Pacific Exchange Listing, Retains New York Stock Exchange Listing.CAMP HILL, Pa. -- Rite Aid Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) is a United States retailer and pharmacy chain, operating over 5,000 stores in 31 states and the District of Columbia. Rite Aid Corporation is one of the nation's leading drugstore chains. Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange , PCX (1) A bitmapped graphics file format that handles monochrome, 2-bit, 4-bit, 8-bit and 24-bit color and uses RLE to achieve compression ratios of approximately 1.1:1 to 1.5:1. Images with large blocks of solid colors compress best under the RLE method. See PC Paintbrush. :RAD) today announced plans to withdraw the listing of its common stock from the former Pacific Stock Exchange, now NYSE Arca For other uses of "ARCA", see ARCA. NYSE Arca, previously known as ArcaEx, an abbreviation of Archipelago Exchange, is an entirely online securities exchange on which both stocks and options are traded. , Inc. Rite Aid's common stock will continue to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. (NYSE). Rite Aid has decided to withdraw its listing from NYSE Arca, Inc. because of the duplicative services inherent in the dual listings as a result of the NYSE Group's recent merger with Archipelago Holdings, the parent company of NYSE Arca. The withdrawal is expected to be effective within the next month. Rite Aid believes that withdrawing its listing from NYSE Arca, Inc. will not have any impact on the liquidity of its stock. NYSE Arca will continue to trade Rite Aid common stock on an unlisted trading Unlisted trading Trading in unlisted securities that occurs on an organized exchange to accommodate members. This practice is not permitted at the NYSE. unlisted trading privilege basis. About Rite Aid Rite Aid Corporation is one of the nation's leading drugstore chains with annual revenues of $17.3 billion and more than 3,300 stores in 27 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). . Information about Rite Aid, including corporate background and press releases, is available through the company's website at www.riteaid.com. This press release may contain forward-looking statements, which are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements include our high level of indebtedness, our ability to make interest and principal payments on our debt and satisfy the other covenants contained in our senior secured credit facility and other debt agreements, our ability to improve the operating performance of our existing stores in accordance with our long term strategy, our ability to hire and retain pharmacists and other store personnel, the efforts of private and public third-party payors to reduce prescription drug prescription drug Prescription medication Pharmacology An FDA-approved drug which must, by federal law or regulation, be dispensed only pursuant to a prescription–eg, finished dose form and active ingredients subject to the provisos of the Federal Food, Drug, reimbursements and encourage mail order, competitive pricing pressures, continued consolidation of the drugstore industry, changes in state or federal legislation or regulations, the outcome of lawsuits and governmental investigations, general economic conditions and inflation, interest rate movements, access to capital, the ability of Rite Aid to consummate the transaction with The Jean Coutu Group The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc. TSX: PJC is a Canadian company headquartered in Longueuil, Quebec with its Jean Coutu Group (PJC) U.S.A. Inc. in Warwick, Rhode Island. and realize the benefits of such transaction and our ability to assume the senior subordinated notes. Consequently, all of the forward-looking statements made in this press release are qualified by these and other factors, risks and uncertainties. Readers are also directed to consider other risks and uncertainties discussed in documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements can be identified through the use of words such as "may", "will", "intend", "plan", "project", "expect", "anticipate", "could", "should", "would", "believe", "estimate", "contemplate", and "possible". |
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