AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER Among WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE, INC., RITE AID CORPORATION and VICTORIA MERGER SUB, INC. Dated as of October 27, 2015Merger Agreement • October 29th, 2015 • Rite Aid Corp • Retail-drug stores and proprietary stores • Delaware
Contract Type FiledOctober 29th, 2015 Company Industry JurisdictionThis AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of October 27, 2015 (this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among Rite Aid Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and Victoria Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned direct subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub” and, together with the Company and Parent, the “Parties” and each, a “Party”).