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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001646972-26-000057"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACI"
cik: "0001646972"
company_name: "Albertsons Companies, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-30T20:18:58+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:06:01.261969+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Albertsons appoints three directors and names Cody Perdue interim CFO

## Summary
- Albertsons appointed Bill Boltz, Chris Drumgoole and Meg Ham to its board effective Oct. 14, 2026, expanding the board from 11 to 14 directors.
- Cody Perdue was named Interim CFO effective Sept. 30, 2026, succeeding Sharon McCollam; McCollam will stay as an advisor through fiscal year-end Feb. 27, 2027.
- Perdue, SVP of Treasury, Investor Relations and Risk Management, will receive a $350,000 annual stipend during his interim CFO service.
- New director Meg Ham led Food Lion, a $22 billion grocery business with over 1,100 stores, delivering 50 consecutive quarters of comparable-store sales growth.
- Albertsons said its search for a permanent CFO is underway; CEO Susan Morris and Executive Chair Meg Whitman commented on the appointments.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001646972-26-000057
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACI
- cik: 0001646972
- company_name: Albertsons Companies, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-30T20:18:58+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1646972/000164697226000057/0001646972-26-000057-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1646972/000164697226000057/aci-20260930.htm

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