Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom llp
ONE MANHATTAN WEST NEW YORK, NY 10001 ________
TEL: (212) 735-3000 FAX: (212) 735-2000 www.skadden.com
March 7, 2023 | FIRM/AFFILIATE OFFICES ----------- BOSTON CHICAGO HOUSTON LOS ANGELES NEW YORK WASHINGTON, D.C. WILMINGTON ----------- BEIJING BRUSSELS FRANKFURT HONG KONG LONDON MOSCOW MUNICH PARIS SÃO PAULO SEOUL SHANGHAI SINGAPORE TOKYO TORONTO |
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Trade & Services
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attn: Scott Stringer / Lyn Shenk
| Re: | Rite Aid Corporation Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended February 26, 2022 Filed April 25, 2022 File No. 001-05742 |
Dear Messrs. Stringer and Shenk:
This is to confirm that on March 6, 2023 in a telephone conversation Michael Zeidel spoke to Mr. Shenk to request that Rite Aid Corporation (the “Company”) be granted an extension of 10 business days to provide responses to the comments of the Securities and Exchange Commission staff contained in its letter dated February 21, 2023 with respect to the Company’s Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended February 26, 2022. Such extension was granted, and the Company will provide its responses no later than March 21, 2023. If you have any questions or comments to this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me directly at (212) 735-3259.
| Sincerely, | ||
| /s/ Michael J. Zeidel | ||
Via E-mail:
| cc: | Matthew C. Schroeder, Chief Financial Officer |
Steven Bixler, Chief Accounting Officer
Paul Gilbert, General Counsel
Christin Bassett, Deputy General Counsel
