secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Albertsons Companies, Inc. (ACI)
CIK:        0001646972
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-09T10:31:50+00:00
Accession:  0001646972-26-000054
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1646972/000164697226000054/0001646972-26-000054-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1646972/000164697226000054/aci-20260908.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001646972-26-000054

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