---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-265342"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACI"
cik: "0001646972"
company_name: "Albertsons Companies, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-10-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T02:41:18.650729+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Albertsons enters merger agreement with Kroger; major stockholders consent

## Summary
- Albertsons signed merger agreement with Kroger on Oct 13, 2022; Merger Sub will merge into Albertsons, which will become Kroger subsidiary.
- Cerberus affiliates entered Support Agreements agreeing to consent to merger; delivered written consent by Oct 18, 2022 for 6,498,880 shares.
- Director Shant Babikian resigned Oct 14, 2022; resignation not due to any disagreement with company.
- Amendment to Series A Preferred Stock: Merger Agreement not a Fundamental Change; HPS consent right revised to require ≥25% of preferred held as of Oct 19.
- Holders of 55.4% of common stock (296M shares) and 87% of preferred stock (584K shares) gave written consent; no further stockholder approval needed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-265342
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACI
- cik: 0001646972
- company_name: Albertsons Companies, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-10-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.07, 3.03, 5.03, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1646972/000119312522265342/0001193125-22-265342-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1646972/000119312522265342/d87494d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-265342.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Shant Babikian resigned as Director at Albertsons Companies, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 14, 2022, Shant Babikian, a director of the Company and a nominee of HPS Investment Partners, LLC (“HPS”), resigned from the Board of Directors
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1646972/000119312522265342/0001193125-22-265342-index.htm

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