ACI: Leadership change

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. Effective, September 8, 2026, Margaret Whitman was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Albertsons Companies, Inc. (the "Company") for a term expiring at the Company's 2027 annual meeting of stockholders or until a successor is duly elected and qualified. In connection with Ms. Whitman's appointment, the Board will expand from 10 to 11 directors. In addition, the Board announced that Ms. Whitman has been elected to serve as Executive Chair of the Board and Kim Fennebresque, who has served as Chair of the Board since September 2025, has been appointed as the Board's Lead Independent Director. Ms. Whitman has not been appointed to any committee of the Board. Because Ms. Whitman is an employee, the Board has determined that Ms. Whitman is not an independent director under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange. Ms. Whitman will receive an annual base salary of $100,000 and time-based restricted stock units with a grant date value of $8.9 million vesting in one year, subject to continued employment. There are no arrangements or understanding between Ms. Whitman and any other person pursuant to which Ms. Whitman was selected as a director, nor are there any family relationships between Ms. Whitman and any director or executive officer of the Company or any person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer. Ms. Whitman is not party to any transaction with the Company that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. A copy of the press release announcing these updates is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference