SUPERVALU INC. (a Delaware corporation)Purchase Agreement • October 31st, 2006 • Supervalu Inc • Wholesale-groceries & related products • New York
SUPERVALU INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), confirms its agreement with Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill Lynch”), Banc of America Securities LLC (“Banc of America”) and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (“Credit Suisse”) (each, a “Representative” and together, the “Representatives”), as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof) with respect to the issue and sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective principal amounts set forth in said Schedule A of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 7.5% Senior Notes due 2014 (the “Securities”). The Securities are to be issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of July 1, 1987 (the “Indenture”) between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Co
