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form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACI"
cik: "0001646972"
company_name: "Albertsons Companies, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-12-11T23:59:59+00:00"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Albertsons terminates Kroger merger after federal court blocks deal with preliminary injunction

## Summary
- December 10, 2024: Albertsons sent termination notice to Kroger under Section 8.1(e) of the October 2022 Merger Agreement.
- Termination follows December 10, 2024 federal court preliminary injunction in FTC v. Kroger and Albertsons (Case No. 3:24-cv-00347-AN).
- Albertsons will remain independent; the planned merger with Kroger is called off.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001646972-24-000231
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACI
- cik: 0001646972
- company_name: Albertsons Companies, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-12-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1646972/000164697224000231/0001646972-24-000231-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1646972/000164697224000231/aci-20241210.htm

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