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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001646972-25-000028"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACI"
cik: "0001646972"
company_name: "Albertsons Companies, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-03-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-25T18:00:34.025264+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Albertsons CEO Vivek Sankaran to retire May 1; COO Susan Morris appointed successor

## Summary
- CEO Vivek Sankaran to retire effective May 1, 2025, as part of planned succession; no disagreement with company.
- Susan Morris, EVP and COO, appointed CEO effective May 1, 2025; she will also join the Board.
- Morris has nearly 40 years at Albertsons, starting as a store employee in Denver; current COO since 2018.
- Company reaffirms FY2024 outlook: identical sales 1.8-2.0%, adjusted EBITDA $3.95B-$3.99B, adjusted EPS $2.25-$2.31.
- Fiscal Q4 earnings call planned to discuss strategy and fiscal 2025 outlook.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001646972-25-000028
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACI
- cik: 0001646972
- company_name: Albertsons Companies, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-03-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1646972/000164697225000028/0001646972-25-000028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1646972/000164697225000028/aci-20250227.htm

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