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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001646972-26-000054"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACI"
cik: "0001646972"
company_name: "Albertsons Companies, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-09T10:31:50+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-09T10:35:05.180638+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Albertsons appoints Meg Whitman as Executive Chair; board expands to 11

## Summary
- Meg Whitman appointed Executive Chair effective Sept 8, 2026; board grows from 10 to 11 directors.
- Kim Fennebresque transitions from Chair to Lead Independent Director.
- Whitman receives $100,000 annual base salary and $8.9M in time-based RSUs vesting in one year.
- Whitman is not independent under NYSE rules; she will advise CEO Susan Morris on strategy and AI.
- Whitman previously led eBay (1998-2008) and HP/HPE; also served as U.S. Ambassador to Kenya.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001646972-26-000054
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACI
- cik: 0001646972
- company_name: Albertsons Companies, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-09T10:31:50+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1646972/000164697226000054/0001646972-26-000054-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1646972/000164697226000054/aci-20260908.htm

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