Rite Aid Gets Interim OK For Ch. 11 Deal With Meds Supplier

By Emily Lever · October 26, 2023, 7:05 PM EDT

Rite Aid Corp. on Thursday temporarily resolved its dispute with medicine supplier McKesson Corp. to keep medicine deliveries to the bankrupt drugstore chain running uninterrupted, with the two parties agreeing to...

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Bankruptcy Scorecard

Summary

Bankrupt drugstore chain Rite Aid filed for Chapter 11 Oct. 15 with plans to close more retail locations, sell its pharmacy benefits manager business and shed some of its $4 billion of total funded debt. A New Jersey bankruptcy judge in June agreed to approve its Chapter 11 plan to pay $2.6 billion in term and asset-based loans in cash, exchange $1.2 billion in senior notes for equity and set up a recovery fund for some 1,600 opioid claims that includes $43 million in cash and 10% equity in the reorganized company.

Case Number

3:23-bk-18993

Judge

Michael B. Kaplan

Venue

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey

Capital Structure

Total Liabilities:

$4 billion

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Case Information

Case Title

Rite Aid Corporation

Case Number

3:23-bk-18993

Court

New Jersey

Nature of Suit

Date Filed

October 15, 2023

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