ACI Albertsons Companies Inc

Dear Fellow Albertsons Companies, Inc. Stockholder:

It is my pleasure to invite you to attend the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Albertsons Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) at 2:30 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time on Thursday, August 5, 2021. This will be the first annual meeting of the Company since our initial public offering in 2020. I encourage our stockholders to read my letter in our 2020 annual report, where I review many of our accomplishments in the last year and the significant progress we have made against our strategic goals. I am proud of how our team worked together to take care of our customers, our communities and each other during a year like no other. As we enter fiscal 2021, we are emerging from the pandemic as a stronger company and better positioned than ever for the future.

Due to ongoing precautions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 Annual Meeting will be a virtual meeting of stockholders. You will be able to vote your shares electronically, attend the Annual Meeting, and submit your questions during the meeting via live webcast by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ABS2021. Stockholders will be able to vote, listen, and submit questions from their home or any location with internet connectivity. To participate in the Annual Meeting, you must have the sixteen-digit number that is shown on your Notice of Internet Availability or on your proxy card if you elected to receive proxy materials by mail. The following pages contain the formal Notice of the Annual Meeting and our Proxy Statement.

At this year’s Annual Meeting, you will be asked to elect as directors the 14 nominees named in the attached Proxy Statement, ratify the selection of Deloitte and Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending February 26, 2022, cast an advisory (non-binding) vote approving the Company’s Named Executive Officer compensation, cast an advisory (non-binding) vote on the frequency of future advisory votes to approve executive compensation and approve an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the maximum size of the board of directors from 15 members to 17 members.

We have elected to provide access to proxy materials over the Internet under the Securities and Exchange Commission’s “notice and access” rules to reduce the environmental impact and cost of our Annual Meeting. However, if you prefer to receive paper copies of our proxy materials, please follow the instructions included in the Notice of Internet Availability.

Your vote is important. Please mark, sign, date and return the accompanying proxy card or voting instruction form in the postage-paid envelope or instruct us by telephone or via the internet as to how you would like your shares voted. Instructions are included on the proxy card and voting instruction form.

On behalf of our board of directors, we would like to thank you for your continued interest and investment in Albertsons Companies.

As used herein, “Albertsons,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” “our” or “our business” refers to Albertsons Companies, Inc. (collectively with its wholly owned subsidiaries), except as expressly indicated or the context otherwise requires.

If at the close of business on June 7, 2021, you were a stockholder of record or held shares through a broker or bank, you may vote your shares by proxy at the Annual Meeting. If you were a stockholder of record, you may vote your shares over the Internet, by telephone or by mail, or you may vote via webcast during the Annual Meeting. You may also revoke your proxy at the times and in the manners described in the General Information section of this Proxy Statement. For shares held through a broker, bank or other nominee, you may submit voting instructions to your broker, bank or other nominee. Please refer to information from your broker, bank or other nominee on how to submit voting instructions.

If you are a stockholder of record and would like to vote prior to the beginning of the Annual Meeting, your vote must be received by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on August 4, 2021 to be counted. If you hold shares through a broker, bank or other nominee, please refer to information from your bank, broker or nominee for voting instructions.

To vote by proxy if you are a stockholder of record:

To reduce the environmental impact and the administrative and postage costs of the Annual Meeting, we encourage stockholders to vote prior to the beginning of the Annual Meeting via the Internet or by telephone, both of which are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, until 11:59 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on August 4, 2021. Stockholders may revoke their proxies at the times and in the manners described on page 1 of this Proxy Statement.

This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this Proxy Statement. This summary does not contain all of the information that you should consider, and you should read the entire Proxy Statement and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 27, 2021 (our “Annual Report”) before voting. A copy of our Annual Report, including financial statements, is being sent simultaneously with this Proxy Statement to each stockholder who requested paper copies of these materials and will also be available at www.proxyvote.com.

We operate on a fiscal calendar that results in a given fiscal year consisting of a 52- or 53-week period ending on the last Saturday in February. Our last three fiscal years consisted of the 52 weeks ended February 27, 2021 (“fiscal 2020”), the 53 weeks ended February 29, 2020 (“fiscal 2019”) and the 52 weeks ended February 23, 2019 (“fiscal 2018”). Our next three fiscal years consist of the 52 weeks ending February 26, 2022 (“fiscal 2021”), February 25, 2023 (“fiscal 2022”) and February 24, 2024 (“fiscal 2023”).

To participate in the Annual Meeting, you must have the sixteen-digit number that is shown on your Notice of Internet Availability or on your proxy card if you elected to receive proxy materials by mail.

(other than those who previously requested electronic delivery or previously elected to receive delivery of a paper copy of the proxy materials) a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice of Internet Availability”) containing instructions on how to access and review the proxy materials via the internet and how to submit a proxy electronically using the internet. The Notice of Internet Availability also contains instructions on how to receive, free of charge, paper copies of the proxy materials. If you received the Notice of Internet Availability, you will not receive a paper copy of the proxy materials unless you request one.

We believe the delivery options that we have chosen will allow us to provide our stockholders with the proxy materials they need, while minimizing the cost of the delivery of the materials and the environmental impact of printing and mailing paper copies.

We are providing these proxy materials in connection with the solicitation by our board of directors of proxies to be voted at the Annual Meeting and any adjournments or postponements of the meeting.

At the Annual Meeting, you will be asked to vote on the following matters:

The board of directors recommends that you vote your shares as follows:

Yes.

Due to the public health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and to support the health and well-being of our stockholders and other participants at the Annual Meeting, our board of directors has determined to hold our 2021 Annual Meeting via live webcast. This virtual meeting will provide the same rights and advantages that would be provided by a physical meeting. Stockholders will be able to present questions online during the meeting, providing our stockholders with the opportunity for meaningful engagement with the Company.

The record date for the Annual Meeting is June 7, 2021 (the “Record Date”). You have one vote for each share of our common stock that you owned at the close of business on the Record Date, provided that on the Record Date those shares were either held directly in your name as the stockholder of record or were held for you as the beneficial owner through a bank, broker or other intermediary. As of that date, there were approximately 466,510,961 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote. In addition, each share of Series A convertible preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series A preferred stock”), is entitled to vote on each matter to come before the Annual Meeting as if the shares of Series A preferred stock were converted into shares of common stock as of the Record Date, meaning that each share of Series A preferred stock is entitled to approximately 58.064 votes on each matter to come before the Annual Meeting. As of the Record Date, there were 924,000 shares of Series A preferred stock issued and outstanding, representing approximately 53,651,136 votes.

As summarized below, there are some distinctions between shares held of record and those owned beneficially.

Stockholder of Record. If your shares are registered directly in your name with our transfer agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, you are considered to be the stockholder of record with respect to those shares, and we have sent the Notice of Internet Availability directly to you. As a stockholder of record, you have the right to grant your voting proxy directly to us or to vote during the live webcast of the Annual Meeting.

Beneficial Owner. If your shares are held in a stock brokerage account or by a bank or other intermediary, you are considered to be the beneficial owner of shares held in “street name,” and the Notice of Internet Availability has been forwarded to you by your bank, broker or intermediary (which is considered to be the stockholder of record with respect to those shares). As a beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your bank, broker or intermediary on how to vote. Your bank, broker or intermediary has sent you a voting instruction card for you to use in directing the bank, broker or intermediary regarding how to vote your shares. However, since you are not the stockholder of record, you may not vote these shares during the live webcast of the Annual Meeting.

Whether you hold shares directly as the stockholder of record or through a bank, broker or other intermediary, your shares may be voted at the Annual Meeting by following any of the voting options available to you below:

You may vote via the telephone.

If you received a printed set of the proxy materials, you can submit your proxy or voting instructions by completing and signing the separate proxy card or voting instruction form you received and mailing it in the accompanying prepaid and addressed envelope.

All stockholders of record may vote while attending the Annual Meeting via live webcast while the polls remain open at visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ABS2021. You will need your number found in the Notice of Internet Availability or your proxy card. However, if you are the beneficial owner of shares held in street name through a bank, broker or other intermediary, you should receive separate instructions from the holder of your common stock describing how you can vote that stock.

If you properly execute and return your proxy card but do not mark selections, your shares will be voted in accordance with the recommendations of our board of directors. If you indicate a choice with respect to any matter to be acted upon on your proxy card, your shares will be voted in accordance with your instructions.

If you are a beneficial owner and hold your shares in street name through a bank, broker or other intermediary and do not give voting instructions to the bank, broker or intermediary, the bank, broker or other intermediary, as applicable, will determine if it has the discretionary authority to vote on the particular matter. Under applicable rules, brokers have the discretion to vote on routine matters (sometimes referred to as “broker discretionary voting”), such as the ratification of the selection of accounting firms, but do not have discretion to vote on non-routine matters, including the election of directors. We have been informed that Proposal 2 (ratify the appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2021) and Proposal 5 (increase the size of the board of directors from 15 to 17) are the only proposals in this Proxy Statement that are considered routine matters. The other proposals are not considered routine matters, and without your instructions, your broker cannot vote your shares.

If you do not provide voting instructions to your broker, and your broker indicates on its proxy card that it does not have discretionary authority to vote on a particular proposal, your shares will be considered to be “broker non-votes” with regard to that matter. Proxy cards that reflect a broker non-vote with respect to at least one proposal to be considered at the Annual Meeting (so long as they do not apply to all proposals to be considered) will be considered to be represented for purposes of determining a quorum but generally will not be considered to be entitled to vote with respect to that proposal. Broker non-votes are not counted in the tabulation of the voting results with respect to proposals that require a majority of the votes cast.

The representation, at the Annual Meeting or by proxy, of holders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast at the Annual Meeting constitutes a quorum at the Annual Meeting. Abstentions, broker votes and broker non-votes (only when accompanied by broker votes with respect to at least one matter at the meeting) are considered present and entitled to vote for purposes of establishing a quorum for the transaction of business at the Annual Meeting. Accordingly, holders of shares of our common stock or Series A preferred stock outstanding on the Record Date representing 260,081,049 votes must be present at the Annual Meeting. If a quorum is not present by attendance at the Annual Meeting or represented by proxy, the stockholders present by attendance at the meeting or by proxy may adjourn the Annual Meeting, until a quorum is present. If a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, we will provide notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

With respect to Proposals 1, 2, 3 and 5 you may vote “FOR”, “AGAINST” or “ABSTAIN”.

With respect to Proposal 4, you may vote for “EVERY YEAR”, for “EVERY 2 YEARS”, for “EVERY 3 YEARS” or “ABSTAIN”.

If you abstain from voting on any of these matters, your shares will be counted as present and entitled to vote on that matter for purposes of establishing a quorum. A “majority of the votes cast” means that

the number of votes cast “for” a proposal or a candidate for director must exceed the number of votes cast “against” that proposal or candidate for director (with “abstentions” and “broker non-votes” (i.e., shares held by a bank, broker or other nominee which are present or represented by proxy at the meeting, but with respect to which such bank, broker or nominee is not empowered to vote) not counted as votes cast either “for” or “against” such proposal or candidate for director).

Yes. Any stockholder of record has the power to change or revoke a previously submitted proxy at any time before it is voted at the Annual Meeting by:

For shares held in street name, you may revoke any previous voting instructions by submitting new voting instructions to the bank, broker or intermediary holding your shares by the deadline for voting specified in the voting instructions provided by your bank, broker or intermediary.

We do not know of any other matters that may come before the Annual Meeting other than Proposals 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 included herein. If any other matters are properly presented at the Annual Meeting, the persons named as proxies in the enclosed proxy card intend to vote or otherwise act in accordance with their judgment on the matter.

Questions can be submitted in advance for the Annual Meeting. To submit a question in advance, with your 16-digit control number, visit www.proxyvote.com and use the “Submit Question” tab to submit a question.

To submit a question during the Annual Meeting, follow the instructions at our virtual annual meeting website www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ABS2021.

During the Annual Meeting, we will spend up to 15 minutes answering stockholder questions that comply with the meeting rules of procedure. Any relevant questions which we do not have time to address will be posted on our Investor Relations section of our website for one week after the Annual Meeting.

The names of stockholders of record entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will be available for review by stockholders during the Annual Meeting.

A list of these stockholders will be open for examination electronically by any stockholder for any purpose germane to the Annual Meeting for a period of 10 days prior to the Annual Meeting by contacting our Investor Relations department at Investor-Relations@albertsons.com.

Preliminary voting results are expected be announced at the Annual Meeting, and final voting results will be reported in a Current Report on Form 8-K, which we will file with the SEC within four business days following the Annual Meeting.

The solicitation of proxies is being made on behalf of our board of directors, and we will bear the costs of the solicitation. This solicitation is being made by mail and through the internet, but also may be made by telephone or in person. We will reimburse brokerage firms and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses for sending proxy materials to stockholders and obtaining their votes.

Our certificate of incorporation and our Amended and Restated Bylaws (our “bylaws”) provide that the number of members of our board of directors shall be determined by our board from time to time. The number of members of our board is currently 14.

Unless otherwise specified in the proxy, the shares voted pursuant thereto will be cast for each of the nominees listed in Proposal 1. If, for any reason, at the time of election any of the nominees named therein should decline or be unable to accept his or her nomination or election, it is intended that such proxy will be voted for a substitute nominee, who would be recommended by our board of directors. Our board of directors, however, has no reason to believe that any of the nominees will be unable to serve as a director.

The following biographical information is furnished as to each nominee for election as a director as of June 24, 2021.

Vivek Sankaran, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director. Mr. Sankaran has served as our President, Chief Executive Officer and Director since April 2019. Mr. Sankaran previously served from January 2019 to March 2019 as Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo Foods North America, which includes Frito-Lay North America (“Frito-Lay”). There he led PepsiCo, Inc.’s (“PepsiCo”) snack and convenient foods business. Prior to that, Mr. Sankaran served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Frito-Lay from April 2016 to December 2018; Chief Operating Officer of Frito-Lay from February 2016 to April 2016; Chief Commercial Officer, North America of PepsiCo from 2014 to February 2016, where he led PepsiCo’s cross-divisional performance across its North American customers; Chief Customer Officer of Frito-Lay from 2012 to 2014; Senior Vice President and General Manager of Frito-Lay’s South business unit from 2011 to 2012; and Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development of PepsiCo from 2009 to 2010. Before joining PepsiCo in 2009, Mr. Sankaran was a partner at McKinsey and Company, where he served various Fortune 100 companies, bringing a strong focus on strategy and operations. Mr. Sankaran co-led the firm’s North American purchasing and supply management practice and was on the leadership team of the North American retail practice. Mr. Sankaran also serves on the board of directors of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, one of the nation’s largest mutual life insurers, where he also serves as a member of the human resources and governance committee. Mr. Sankaran has an MBA from the University of Michigan, a master’s degree in manufacturing from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Chennai.

Jim Donald, Co-Chairman. Mr. Donald has served as our Co-Chairman and has been a member of our board of directors since April 2019. Prior to that, Mr. Donald served as our President and Chief Executive Officer from September 2018 to April 2019 and, prior to that, served as President and Chief Operating Officer from joining ACI in March 2018 to September 2018. Previously, Mr. Donald served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of Extended Stay America, Inc., a large North American owner and operator of hotels, and its subsidiary, ESH Hospitality, Inc. (together with Extended Stay America, Inc., “ESH”), from February 2012 to July 2015, and as Senior Advisor of ESH from August 2015 to December 2015. Prior to joining ESH, Mr. Donald served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Starbucks Corporation, President and Chief Executive Officer of regional food and drug retailer Haggen Food & Pharmacy, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of regional food and drug retailer Pathmark Stores, Inc., and in a variety of other senior and executive roles at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Safeway Inc. (“Safeway”) and Albertson’s, Inc. Mr. Donald began his grocery and retail career in 1971 with Publix Super Markets, Inc. Mr. Donald has served on the board of directors of Nordstrom, Inc., a leading fashion retailer, since April 2020, on the Advisory Board of Jacobs Holding AG, a Switzerland-based global investment firm, since 2015, and as a member of the board of directors at Barry Callebaut

AG, a Switzerland-based manufacturer of chocolate and cocoa, from 2008 to 2018. Mr. Donald’s decades of experience in the retail industry and his intimate familiarity with the affairs of the Company and the industry as a whole makes him a valuable member of our board of directors.

Chan W. Galbato, Co-Chairman. Mr. Galbato has served as our Co-Chairman and has been a member of our board of directors since April 2021. Mr. Galbato is the Chief Executive Officer of Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company, LLC, the operations platform of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. (“Cerberus”). Mr. Galbato oversees the platform’s operating executives and functional experts to integrate operating expertise within Cerberus’ portfolio companies and investment strategies. Mr. Galbato serves on the board of directors of various Cerberus portfolio companies, including Electrical Components International, FirstKey Homes and Staples Solutions. Mr. Galbato also is a board member for Blue Bird Corporation, a major manufacturer of school buses and a former Cerberus portfolio company, where he previously served as Chairman, and AutoWeb, Inc., a marketing services company catering to the automotive industry. Mr. Galbato held board memberships for prior Cerberus investments, including Chairman of Avon Products, Chairman of YP Holdings, Chairman of North American Bus Industries, Chairman of Guilford Mills, Director of Steward Health Care, Director of New Avon, Director of Tower International and Director of DynCorp International. Separately, Mr. Galbato served as the Lead Director for Brady Corporation, a publicly-traded manufacturing company. Prior to joining Cerberus in 2009, Mr. Galbato was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Controls Division of Invensys plc and separately, was the President of Services at The Home Depot. Mr. Galbato also held the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Armstrong Floor Products and prior to that, was the Chief Executive Officer of Choice Parts. He spent 14 years with General Electric, holding several operating and finance leadership positions within their various industrial divisions as well as holding the role of President and Chief Executive Officer of Coregis, a GE Capital company. Before beginning his corporate career, he played professional baseball with the Montreal Expos in their minor league system. Mr. Galbato is an experienced business leader who provides our board of directors with valuable insights into competitive strategy and organizational effectiveness. Mr. Galbato graduated from the State University of New York and received an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.

Sharon Allen, Director. Ms. Allen has been a member of our board of directors since June 2015. Ms. Allen served as U.S. Chairman of Deloitte LLP from 2003 to 2011, retiring from that position in May 2011. Ms. Allen was also a member of the Global Board of Directors, Chair of the Global Risk Committee and U.S. Representative of the Global Governance Committee of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited from 2003 to May 2011. Ms. Allen worked at Deloitte for nearly 40 years in various leadership roles, including partner and regional managing partner, and was previously responsible for audit and consulting services for a number of Fortune 500 and large private companies. Ms. Allen is currently an independent director of Bank of America Corporation. Ms. Allen has also served as a director of First Solar, Inc. since 2013. Ms. Allen is a Certified Public Accountant (Retired). Ms. Allen’s extensive leadership, accounting and audit experience broadens the scope of our board of directors’ oversight of our financial performance and reporting and provides our board of directors with valuable insight relevant to our business.

Shant Babikian, Director. Mr. Babikian has been a member of our board of directors since September 2020. Mr. Babikian is a Managing Director at HPS Investment Partners, LLC (“HPS”). Prior to joining HPS in 2014, Mr. Babikian was a Vice President at Oaktree Capital Management, where he focused on investing in privately structured debt and equity transactions. Prior to joining Oaktree, Mr. Babikian was an Analyst in JPMorgan’s Syndicated and Leveraged Finance Group. Mr. Babikian also serves on the boards of a number of privately held companies. Mr. Babikian brings years of experience in the finance and private equity space to the board of directors. Mr. Babikian holds a BBA with Honors from the CUNY Macaulay Honors Collage at Baruch with a concentration in Economics.

Steven A. Davis, Director. Mr. Davis has been a member of our board of directors since June 2015. Mr. Davis is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bob Evans Farms, Inc., a food service and consumer products company, where he served from May 2006 to December 2014. Mr. Davis has also

served as a director of PPG Industries, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of paints, coatings and specialty materials, since April 2019, Marathon Petroleum Corporation, a petroleum refiner, marketer, retailer and transporter, since 2013, and American Eagle Outfitters, a global apparel and accessories retailer, since October 2020. He previously served as a board member for The Legacy Acquisition Corporation, an acquirer of companies in the retail and restaurant sectors, from November 2017 to November 2020; Sonic, a quick service drive-thru restaurant chain, from January 2017 until December 2019 when it was sold to private equity, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (formerly Walgreens Co.), a pharmacy-led wellbeing enterprise, from 2009 to 2015, and CenturyLink, Inc. (formerly Embarq Corporation), a provider of communication services, from 2006 to 2009. Prior to joining Bob Evans Farms, Inc. in 2006, Mr. Davis served in a variety of restaurant and consumer packaged goods leadership positions, including president of Long John Silver’s LLC and A&W Restaurants, Inc. In addition, he held senior executive and operational positions at Yum! Brands, Inc.’s Pizza Hut division and at Kraft General Foods Inc. Mr. Davis has served as a member of the international board of directors for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation since June 2016. Mr. Davis brings to our board of directors extensive strategic, financial and general management leadership experience. In particular, Mr. Davis’ leadership of retail, food service, pharmacies and industrial companies provides our board of directors with valuable insight relevant to our business. He received his MBA from the University of Chicago in 1983 and a BBA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1980. In 2021, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee awarded him an Honorary PhD in Business.

Kim Fennebresque, Director. Mr. Fennebresque has been a member of our board of directors since March 2015. Mr. Fennebresque served as a senior advisor to Cowen Group Inc., a diversified financial services firm, from 2008 until 2020, where he also served as its chairman, president and chief executive officer from 1999 to 2008. Mr. Fennebresque has served on the board of directors of Ally Financial Inc., a financial services company, since May 2009, BlueLinx Holdings Inc., a distributor of building products, since May 2013, as Chairperson of BlueLinx Holdings Inc. since May 2016 and on the board of Roto Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition corporation, since November 2020. Mr. Fennebresque has served as a member of the Supervisory Board of BAWAG P.S.K., one of Austria’s largest banks, since 2017, and as Deputy Chairman since 2019. Mr. Fennebresque previously served as a director of Ribbon Communications Inc., a provider of network communications solutions, from October 2017 to February 2020, and as a director of Delta Tucker Holdings, Inc. (the parent of DynCorp International, a provider of defense and technical services and government outsourced solutions) from May 2015 to July 2017. From 2010 to 2012, Mr. Fennebresque served as chairman of Dahlman Rose & Co., LLC, an investment bank. He has also served as head of the corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions departments at UBS and was a general partner and co-head of investment banking at Lazard Frères & Co. He has also held various positions at First Boston Corporation, an investment bank acquired by Credit Suisse. Mr. Fennebresque’s extensive experience as a director of several public companies and history of leadership in the financial services industry brings corporate governance expertise and a diverse viewpoint to the deliberations of our board of directors.

Allen M. Gibson, Director. Mr. Gibson has been a member of our board of directors since October 2018. Mr. Gibson is currently the Chief Investment Officer of Centaurus Capital LP and Investment Manager for the Laura and John Arnold Foundation. Mr. Gibson has held both positions since April 2011. Centaurus Capital LP is a private investment partnership with interests in oil and gas, private equity, structured finance and the debt capital markets. Prior to Centaurus Capital LP, Mr. Gibson was a Senior Vice President in institutional asset management at Royal Bank of Canada from February 2008 until April 2011. Mr. Gibson has served as a member of the board of directors of ARG Realty, a commercial real estate company based in Argentina, since April 2018, Global Atlantic Financial Group, Inc., a brokerage firm, since May 2013, Cell Site Solutions, LLC, a provider of telecom equipment, products and services, since May 2014 and the Tony Hawk Foundation, a youth-oriented charitable foundation, since July 2016.

Mr. Gibson also serves on the advisory committee of several investment funds, including Cerberus Investment Partners V and Cerberus Investment Partners VI. Centaurus Capital LP is an investor in certain Cerberus funds. Mr. Gibson’s knowledge of capital markets enhances the ability of our board of directors to make prudent financial judgments.

Hersch Klaff, Director. Mr. Klaff has served as a member of our board of directors since March 2010. Mr. Klaff is the Chief Executive Officer of Klaff Realty, L.P., which he formed in 1984. Mr. Klaff has served on the board of directors of Novus Capital Corporation II, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) focused on sustainability and social equity through technological innovation, since September 2020. Mr. Klaff began his career as a Certified Public Accountant with the public accounting firm of Altschuler, Melvoin and Glasser in Chicago. Mr. Klaff’s real estate expertise and accounting and investment experience, as well as his extensive knowledge of our company, broadens the scope of our board of directors’ oversight of our financial performance.

Jay L. Schottenstein, Director. Mr. Schottenstein has served as a member of our board of directors since 2006. Mr. Schottenstein has served as Chairman of the board of directors of American Eagle Outfitters, Inc., a global apparel and accessories retailer, since March 1992 and as Chief Executive Officer since December 2015, a position in which he previously served from March 1992 until December 2002. He has also served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Schottenstein Stores Corp. since March 1992 and as president since 2001. Mr. Schottenstein also served as Executive Chairman of the Board of Designer Brands, Inc. (formerly DSW Inc.), a footwear and accessories retailer, from March 2005 to April 2009, and as Chairman of the board of directors of Designer Brands, Inc. since March 2005. Mr. Schottenstein has deep knowledge of the Company and the retail industry in general. His experience as a chief executive officer and a director of other major publicly-owned retailers, and his expertise across operations, real estate, brand building and team management, gives him and our board of directors valuable knowledge and insight to oversee our operations.

Alan Schumacher, Director. Mr. Schumacher has served as a member of our board of directors since March 2015. Mr. Schumacher has also served on the board of Warrior Met Coal, Inc., a leading producer and exporter of metallurgical coal for the global steel industry, since its initial public offering in April 2017. Mr. Schumacher also currently serves as a director of Evertec Inc., a full-service transaction processing business in Latin America, and Blue Bird Corporation, a school-bus manufacturer. Mr. Schumacher previously served as a director of Quality Distribution Inc., a chemical bulk tank truck operator, Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation, a producer of aluminum, and BlueLinx Holdings Inc., a distributor of building products. Mr. Schumacher was a member of the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board from 2002 through June 2012. Mr. Schumacher currently serves on the respective audit committees of Warrior Met Coal, Inc., Evertec Inc. and Blue Bird Corp. The board of directors has determined that the simultaneous service on more than three audit committees of public companies by Mr. Schumacher does not impair his ability to serve on our audit and risk committee nor does it represent or in any way create a conflict of interest for our Company. Mr. Schumacher’s experience as a board director of several public companies, and his deep understanding of accounting principles, provides our board of directors with experience to oversee our accounting and financial reporting.

Brian Kevin Turner, Vice Chairman. Mr. Turner has served as our Vice Chairman since February 2020, after serving as Vice Chairman and Senior Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer since August 2017. Mr. Turner has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Core Scientific, an emerging leader in blockchain and artificial intelligence infrastructure, hosting, transaction processing and application development, since July 2018. Mr. Turner also serves as Chairman and as a member of the compensation committee of Zayo Group Holdings, Inc., a privately held provider of fiber bandwidth. Mr. Turner was previously a member of the board of directors of Nordstrom, Inc., from 2010 to May 2020, and Chief Executive Officer of Citadel Securities and Vice Chairman of Citadel LLC, global financial institutions, from August 2016 to January 2017. He served as Chief Operating Officer of Microsoft Corporation from 2005 to 2016, and as Chief Executive Officer and President of Sam’s Club, a subsidiary

of Wal-Mart, from 2002 to 2005. Between 1985 and 2002, Mr. Turner held a number of positions of increasing responsibility with Wal-Mart, including Executive Vice President and Global Chief Information Officer from 2001 to 2002. Mr. Turner’s strategic and operational leadership skills and expertise in online worldwide sales, global operations, supply chain, merchandising, branding, marketing, information technology and public relations provide our board of directors with valuable insight relevant to our business.

Mary Elizabeth West, Director. Ms. West has served as a member of our board of directors since October 2020. Ms. West has a proven track record of innovation and transformation across myriad facets of retail. Ms. West began her career at Kraft Foods, Inc., and over the course of 21 years of working on some of the food industry’s most iconic brands like Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, Oreo and Maxwell House coffee, she was named Chief Marketing Officer in 2007. When Kraft Foods spun their snack foods division off in 2012, Ms. West went with the new company, Mondelez International, Inc., and served as Executive Vice President, Chief Category and Marketing Officer from 2012 to 2014. When Ms. West left Mondelez, she joined J.C. Penney Company, Inc. in 2015, after having served on their board of directors from November 2005 to May 2015. Ms. West was then tapped by The Hershey Company in May 2017 for its Senior Vice President and Chief Growth Officer. Ms. West drove the company’s growth and marketing strategies as well as communication, disruptive innovation, research and development, and mergers and acquisitions, and ignited the transformation of the company’s offerings beyond chocolate into snack categories, retiring from the company in January 2020. Ms. West is currently a senior advisor with McKinsey & Co. Ms. West brings to our board of directors extensive experience in some of the food and retail industry’s most respected companies. Ms. West earned an M.B.A. in Marketing from Columbia University and a B.S. in Management from Nazareth College of Rochester. Ms. West is currently a member of the board of directors of Hasbro, Inc., a position she has held since June 2016.

Scott Wille, Director. Mr. Wille has served as a member of our board of directors since October 2020. Mr. Wille is currently a Senior Managing Director and Head of Consumer and Retail Private Equity at Cerberus, which he joined in 2006. Since 2016, Mr. Wille has been a member of Cerberus’ Private Equity Investment Committee. Prior to joining Cerberus, Mr. Wille worked in the leveraged finance group at Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. from 2004 to 2006. Mr. Wille previously served as a director of the Company from January 2015 to June 2020. Mr. Wille has served as a director of NexTier Oilfield Solutions Inc., a provider of hydraulic fracturing, wireline technologies and drilling services, since March 2011. In addition, Mr. Wille currently serves as a director of Off Lease Only, the largest independent used car dealer in Florida. Previously, Mr. Wille served as a director of Remington Outdoor Company, Inc., a designer, manufacturer and marketer of firearms, ammunition and related products, from February 2014 to March 2018, and as a director of Tower International, Inc., a manufacturer of engineered structural metal components and assemblies, from September 2010 to October 2012. Mr. Wille’s experience in the financial and private equity industries, and his in-depth knowledge of the Company and industry, are valuable to the board of director’s understanding of the Company and its financial performance.

None of our officers or directors has any family relationship with any director or other officer. “Family relationship” for this purpose means any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin.

We have adopted a code of business conduct and ethics that applies to all of our employees, officers and directors, including those officers responsible for financial reporting. We have made a current copy of the code available on our website, http://www.albertsonscompanies.com. In addition, we intend to post on our website all disclosures that are required by law or New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) listing standards concerning any amendments to, or waivers from, any provision of the code.

We have adopted corporate governance guidelines in accordance with the corporate governance rules of the NYSE, as applicable, that serve as a flexible framework within which our board of directors and its committees operate. These guidelines cover a number of areas, including the size and composition of the board, board membership criteria and director qualifications, director responsibilities, board agenda, roles of the Chairman of our board of directors and Chief Executive Officer, executive sessions, standing board committees, board member access to management and independent advisors, director communications with third parties, director compensation, director orientation and continuing education, evaluation of senior management and management succession planning.

Our business and affairs are currently managed by our board of directors. Our board of directors currently has 14 members. As presently situated, the board of directors is comprised of one member of management (Mr. Sankaran), two former members of management (Mr. Donald and Mr. Turner), two directors affiliated with Cerberus (Mr. Galbato and Mr. Wille), one director affiliated with each of Klaff Realty, L.P. (Mr. Klaff), Schottenstein Stores Corp. (Mr. Schottenstein) and HPS (Mr. Babikian), and six independent directors (see below). Members of the board of directors are elected at our annual meeting of stockholders to serve for a term of one year or until their successors have been elected and qualified, subject to prior death, resignation, retirement or removal from office.

Our board of directors has affirmatively determined that Sharon Allen, Steven A. Davis, Kim Fennebresque, Allen M. Gibson, Alan Schumacher and Mary Elizabeth West are independent directors under the applicable rules of the NYSE and as such term is defined in Rule 10A-3(b)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

Our board of directors does not have a formal policy on whether the roles of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the board of directors should be separate. Presently, Vivek Sankaran serves as our Chief Executive Officer and Jim Donald and Chan W. Galbato are our Co-Chairmen. Our board of directors has considered its leadership structure and believes at this time that the Company and its stockholders are best served by having these positions divided. Dividing these roles allows for increased focus, as each person can devote their attention to one job, while fostering accountability and effective decision-making. By dividing these roles, each person is better able to successfully address both internal and external issues affecting the Company. While the roles of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman will remain separate, having Co-Chairmen allows each to draw on their extensive knowledge and expertise to set the agenda for and ensure the appropriate focus on issues of concern to the board of directors. Our Co-Chairmen are jointly responsible for presiding over and approving the agendas and schedules of meetings of the board of directors. They are also responsible, along with members of the Compensation Committee and the board of directors as a whole, for evaluating the performance of the Chief Executive Officer.

Our board of directors expects to periodically review its leadership structure to ensure that it continues to meet our needs.

While the full board of directors has the ultimate oversight responsibility for the risk management process, its committees oversee risk in certain specified areas. In particular, our Audit and Risk Committee oversees management of enterprise risks as well as, along with our Finance Committee, financial risks. Our Compensation Committee is responsible for overseeing the management of risks relating to our executive compensation plans and arrangements and the incentives created by the compensation awards it administers. Our Technology Committee is responsible for overseeing the management of our IT structure and risks associated with IT and cybersecurity. Our Governance, Compliance and ESG Committee oversees risks associated with corporate governance, as well as the management of the compliance and regulatory risks we face and risks associated with business conduct and ethics. Pursuant to our board of directors’ instruction, management regularly reports on applicable risks to the relevant committee or the full board of directors, as appropriate, with additional review or reporting on risks conducted as needed or as requested by our board of directors and its committees.

During fiscal 2020, the board of directors met 19 times, the Audit and Risk Committee met six times, the Compensation Committee met six times and the Governance, Compliance and ESG Committee met four times. All of our directors attended at least 75% of the aggregate number of meetings of the board and committees of the board on which the director served. In addition, our independent directors regularly meet in executive session. There is no specified chair of such executive sessions.

Cerberus, Klaff Realty, L.P., Schottenstein Stores Corp., Lubert-Adler Partners, L.P. and Kimco Realty Corporation (collectively, the “Sponsors”), as a group, control a majority of our outstanding voting securities. As a result, we are a “controlled company” within the meaning of the NYSE corporate governance standards. Under NYSE rules, a company of which more than 50% of the voting power is held by an individual, group or another company is a “controlled company” and may elect not to comply with certain NYSE corporate governance requirements, including:

We currently utilize these exemptions. As a result, we do not have a majority of independent directors nor do our Governance, Compliance and ESG Committee and Compensation Committee consist entirely of independent directors. Accordingly, you will not have the same protections afforded to stockholders of companies that are subject to all of the NYSE corporate governance requirements.

In the event that we cease to be a controlled company within the meaning of these rules, we will be required to comply with these provisions after specified transition periods.

More specifically, if we cease to be a controlled company within the meaning of these rules, we will be required to (i) satisfy the majority independent board requirement within one year of our status change, and (ii) have (a) at least one independent member on each of our Governance, Compliance and ESG Committee and Compensation Committee by the date of our status change, (b) at least a majority of independent members on each committee within 90 days of the date of our status change and (c) fully independent committees within one year of the date of our status change.

Our board of directors has assigned certain of its responsibilities to permanent committees consisting of board members appointed by it. Our board of directors has an Audit and Risk Committee, Compensation Committee, Governance, Compliance and ESG Committee, Technology Committee and Finance Committee, each of which have the composition and responsibilities described below.

Our Audit and Risk Committee consists of Steven A. Davis, Kim Fennebresque and Alan Schumacher, with Mr. Schumacher serving as chair of the committee. The committee assists the board of directors in its oversight responsibilities relating to the integrity of our financial statements, our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements (to the extent not otherwise handled by our Governance, Compliance and ESG Committee), our independent auditor’s qualifications and independence and the establishment and performance of our internal audit function and the performance of the independent auditor. We have three independent directors serving on our Audit and Risk Committee. Our board of directors has determined that Mr. Schumacher has the attributes necessary to qualify him as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined by applicable rules of the SEC. Our board of directors has adopted a written charter under which the Audit and Risk Committee operates.

Our Compensation Committee consists of Sharon Allen, Kim Fennebresque, Jay L. Schottenstein, Brian Kevin Turner and Mary Elizabeth West, with Mr. Fennebresque serving as chair of the committee. The Compensation Committee of the board of directors is authorized to review our compensation and benefits plans to ensure they meet our corporate objectives, approve the compensation structure of our executive officers, evaluate our executive officers’ performance and advise on salary, bonus and other incentive and equity compensation, monitor succession planning and review management’s culture, diversity and inclusion policies and initiatives. Our board of directors has adopted a written charter under which the Compensation Committee operates.

Our Technology Committee consists of Allen M. Gibson, Jay L. Schottenstein and Brian Kevin Turner, with Messrs. Gibson and Turner serving as co-chairs of the committee. The purpose of the Technology Committee is to, among other things, meet with our technology leaders to review our internal technology development activities and provide input as it deems appropriate, review technologies that we consider for implementation and review our development of our technical goals and strategies. Our board of directors has adopted a written charter under which the Technology Committee operates.

Our Finance Committee consists of Shant Babikian, Steven A. Davis, Allen M. Gibson, Hersh Klaff and Scott Wille, with Mr. Davis serving as chair of the committee. The purpose of the Finance Committee is to, among other things, assist the board of directors in its oversight of the Company’s capital structure and financial resources, other issues of financial significance and related financial risks. Our board of directors has adopted a written charter under which the Finance Committee operates.

Our Governance, Compliance and ESG Committee consists of Sharon Allen, Allen M. Gibson, Alan Schumacher, Mary Elizabeth West and Scott Wille, with Ms. Allen serving as chair of the committee. The Governance, Compliance and ESG Committee is primarily concerned with identifying individuals qualified to become members of our board of directors, selecting the director nominees for the next annual meeting of stockholders, selection of the director candidates to fill any vacancies on our board of directors and the development of our corporate governance guidelines and principles. The Governance, Compliance and ESG Committee does not maintain a policy for considering nominees but believes the members of the committee have sufficient background and experience to review nominees competently. While the board of directors is solely responsible for the selection and nomination of directors, the Governance, Compliance and ESG Committee may consider nominees recommended by stockholders as deemed appropriate. The Governance, Compliance and ESG Committee evaluates each potential nominee in the same manner regardless of the source of the potential nominee’s recommendation. In addition, the Governance, Compliance and ESG Committee assists the Company in implementing and overseeing our compliance, ethics and ESG programs, policies and procedures that are designed to both respond to the various compliance and regulatory risks facing our Company and engage and initiate our ESG strategy. The Governance, Compliance and ESG Committee monitors our performance with respect to such programs, policies and procedures. Our board of directors has adopted a written charter under which the Governance, Compliance and ESG Committee operates.

In fiscal 2020 and into fiscal 2021, the Company, with the oversight of the Governance, Compliance and ESG Committee, increased its focus on several ESG initiatives that matter to our customers, associates and stockholders. As we continue our transformation in fiscal 2021, we believe that we can do good for our communities and achieve our financial and operating goals. Over the previous year, we completed a new ESG materiality assessment, which will be the foundation for our ESG strategy and initiatives going forward, with particular attention to the following areas:

We have also committed to setting a science-based target to reduce carbon emissions. As a newly-public company, we will continue our communications with our customers, associates and stockholders regarding our ESG initiatives in fiscal 2021 and beyond, including in our recent 2020 Annual Report and upcoming 2020 ESG Report.

None of the members of our Compensation Committee is or has at any time during the past year been an officer or employee of ours. None of our executive officers serves as a member of the Compensation Committee or board of directors of any other entity that has an executive officer serving as a member of our board of directors or Compensation Committee.

In addition, for fiscal 2020, our board of directors approved awards of restricted stock units (“Restricted Stock Units” or “RSUs”) to each non-employee member of our board of directors, other than Messrs. Adler, Babikian, Donald and Miller, with a value of $145,000, which was pro-rated for those directors who served less than the full fiscal year. Due to the timing of the grant of the Restricted Stock Units, certain directors received awards with a grant date fair value that exceeded $145,000 as detailed below. These Restricted Stock Units became 100% vested on February 27, 2021.

See “Executive Compensation—Incentive Plans” for additional information regarding the Restricted Stock Unit Plan (as defined herein).

The members of our board of directors received compensation for their service on our board of directors during fiscal 2020, as set forth in the table below.

Stockholders may initiate in writing any communication with our board of directors or any individual director by sending the correspondence to our General Counsel, Juliette W. Pryor c/o Albertsons Companies, Inc., 250 Parkcenter Blvd., Boise, Idaho, 83706. This centralized process assists our board of directors in reviewing and responding to stockholder communications in an appropriate manner. The General Counsel shall initially review and compile all such communications and may summarize such communications prior to forwarding to the appropriate party.

The General Counsel will not forward communications that are not relevant to the duties and responsibilities of the board of directors, including spam, junk mail and mass mailings, product or service inquiries, new product or service suggestions, resumes or other forms of job inquiries, opinion surveys and polls, business solicitations or advertisements, or other frivolous communications.

The Governance, Compliance and ESG Committee of the board of directors is responsible for facilitating director assessments, identifying skills and expertise that candidates should possess, and screening, selecting and recommending candidates for approval by the board of directors. The Governance, Compliance and ESG Committee may solicit recommendations for nominees from other members of the board and management. Our Governance, Compliance and ESG Committee may also retain professional search firms to identify candidates. While the Governance, Compliance and ESG Committee does not maintain a formal policy for considering nominees, the Governance, Compliance and ESG Committee seeks to identify as candidates for director persons with a reputation for and record of integrity and good business judgment. The Governance, Compliance and ESG Committee considers the nature of the expertise and experience required for the performance of the duties of a director of the Company, and such matters as the candidate’s relevant business and industry experience, professional background, age, current employment, community service and other board service. The Governance, Compliance and ESG Committee shall also consider the racial, ethnic and gender diversity of the board of directors.

As of June 25, 2020, we entered into a stockholders agreement with our Sponsors (the “Stockholders’ Agreement”). The Stockholders’ Agreement provides for designation rights for the Sponsors to nominate directors to our board of directors. Pursuant to the Stockholders’ Agreement, we will be required to appoint to our board of directors individuals designated by and voted for by our Sponsors. If Cerberus (or a permitted transferee or assignee) has beneficial ownership of at least 20% of our then-outstanding common stock, it shall have the right to designate four directors to our board of directors. If Cerberus (or a permitted transferee or assignee) owns less than 20% but at least 10% of our then-outstanding common stock, it shall have the right to designate two directors to our board of directors. If Cerberus (or a permitted transferee or assignee) owns less than 10% but at least 5% of our then-outstanding common stock, it shall have the right to designate one director to our board of directors. If Klaff Realty, L.P. (or a permitted transferee or assignee) owns at least 5% of our then-outstanding common stock, it shall have the right to designate one director to our board of directors. If Schottenstein Stores Corp. (or a permitted transferee or assignee) owns at least 5% of our then-outstanding common stock, it shall have the right to designate one director to our board of directors. Each Sponsor will agree to vote the common stock owned by them in favor of each other Sponsor’s nominees to the board of directors.

On May 20, 2020, we entered into an investment agreement, which was amended and restated on June 9, 2020 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Investment Agreement”), with certain investors (the “Preferred Investors”) led by funds managed, advised or controlled by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. (“Apollo”), relating to the sale and issuance of $1.75 billion aggregate liquidation preference of Series A preferred stock or Series A-1 preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Series A-1 preferred stock” and together with the Series A preferred stock, the “Convertible Preferred Stock”). Pursuant to the Investment Agreement, from and after such time as (i) it is lawful under Section 8 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 for the stockholders affiliated with Apollo (the “Apollo Preferred Investors”), to designate a director to our board of directors and (ii) any waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 applicable to the acquisition of our voting securities expires or is terminated with respect to the Apollo Preferred Investors, and so long as the Apollo Preferred Investors and their affiliates hold at least 25% of the Convertible Preferred Stock issued to the Apollo Preferred Investors on June 9, 2020 (or 25% of the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Conversion Shares”)), the Apollo Preferred Investors will have the right to designate one director to our board of directors.

Candidates proposed by stockholders in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Company’s bylaws will be considered by the Governance, Compliance and ESG Committee under criteria similar to the evaluation of other candidates set forth above in “Board of Directors-Director Nomination Process-Minimum Qualifications of Directors.” Candidates submitted this way may include an analysis of the candidate from our management. Any stockholder making a nomination in accordance with the foregoing process will be notified of the Governance, Compliance and ESG Committee’s decision.

Certain stockholders have director nomination rights pursuant to our Stockholders’ Agreement and Amended and Restated Investment Agreement. See “Board of Directors-Director Nomination Process-Nomination Rights and Support Obligations under Certain Agreements” above for more information.

Our general compensation philosophy is to provide programs that attract, retain and motivate our executive officers who are critical to our long-term success. This compensation program is built with these considerations:

As discussed in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the design of our compensation program and our overall performance in fiscal 2020 resulted in our executive officers receiving annual cash bonuses that exceeded the target set for those awards and earned performance-based equity awards above target levels as well.

We believe our compensation decisions are consistent with a number of best practices in executive compensation design, which can be summarized as follows:

This Compensation Discussion and Analysis is designed to provide an understanding of our compensation philosophy and objectives, compensation-setting process, and the compensation of our Named Executive Officers during fiscal 2020 (“NEOs”). Our NEOs for fiscal 2020 were:

Except as otherwise noted, in this Compensation Discussion and Analysis and accompanying compensation tables, all share numbers and awards have been converted to post-IPO share numbers for ease of comparison.

Our general compensation philosophy is to provide programs that attract, retain and motivate our executive officers who are critical to our long-term success. We strive to provide a competitive compensation package to our executive officers to reward achievement of our business objectives and align their interests with the interests of our stockholders. We have sought to accomplish these goals through a combination of short- and long-term compensation components that are linked to our annual and long-term business objectives and strategies. To focus our executive officers on the fulfillment of our business objectives, a significant portion of their compensation is performance-based.

The Compensation Committee is responsible for determining the compensation of our executive officers. The Compensation Committee’s responsibilities include determining and approving the compensation of the Chief Executive Officer and reviewing and approving the compensation of all other executive officers.

Our board of directors has delegated to the Compensation Committee responsibility for administering our executive compensation programs. As part of the administration of our executive compensation programs, the Chief Executive Officer provides the Compensation Committee with his assessment of the other NEOs’ performance and other factors used in developing his recommendation for their compensation, including salary adjustments, cash incentives and equity grants.

We have engaged a compensation consultant to provide assistance in determining the compensation of our executive officers. Such assistance may include establishing a peer group and formal benchmarking process to ensure that our executive compensation program is competitive and offers the appropriate retention and performance incentives.

We use various compensation elements to provide an overall competitive total compensation and benefits package to the NEOs that is tied to creating value, commensurate with our results, and aligns with our business strategy. Set forth below are the key elements of the compensation program for the NEOs for fiscal 2020:

Other elements of our compensation program include severance protection, business-related perquisites and benefits that are provided to all employees, including healthcare benefits, life insurance, retirement savings plans and disability plans. We also occasionally provide cash bonuses to reflect superior individual performance or new roles and responsibilities, to attract new hires or to compensate new hires for amounts forfeited from their previous employer.

We provide our NEOs with a base salary to compensate them for services rendered during the fiscal year. Base salaries for the NEOs are determined on the basis of each executive’s role and responsibilities, experience, expertise and individual performance. Our NEOs are not eligible for automatic annual salary increases and, in fiscal 2020, our NEO’s base salaries were unchanged from fiscal 2019:

We recognize that our NEOs shoulder responsibility for supporting our operations and achieving positive financial results. Therefore, we believe that a substantial percentage of each NEO’s annual compensation opportunity should be tied directly to the achievement of financial performance goals that impact our critical business initiatives.

All of the NEOs participated in our Corporate Management Bonus Plan established for fiscal 2020 (the “2020 Bonus Plan”). Consistent with our bonus plan for fiscal 2019, the 2020 Bonus Plan consisted of two evenly-weighted components, a quarterly division bonus plan (“Quarterly Division Bonus”) and annual corporate bonus plan (“Annual Corporate Bonus”).

We selected EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA as the performance metrics for the 2020 Bonus Plan as we believe that EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are closely-watched operating metrics by our stockholders and the investment community and align our NEOs’ interests with our stockholders’ interests. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are Non-GAAP Measures. For a reconciliation please see pages 52-54 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 27, 2021.

The goals set under the 2020 Bonus Plan were designed to be challenging and difficult to achieve, but still within a realizable range so that achievement was both uncertain and objective. We did not adjust the goals during fiscal 2020 as a result of the impact of COVID-19. We believe that the overall design of the 2020 Bonus Plan helps drive quarter to quarter performance and the overall annual performance of our Company.

Each NEO’s target bonus opportunity for fiscal 2020 under the 2020 Bonus Plan was set at 100% of the NEO’s annual base salary, except for our CEO’s target which is set at 150%. We believe that the target bonus opportunity for our NEOs is appropriate based on their positions and responsibilities, as well as their individual ability to impact our financial performance, and places a proportionately larger percentage of total annual pay for our NEOs at risk based on our performance.

After the end of the fiscal quarter, our corporate finance team calculated the financial results for each retail division to determine the modifier for that quarter (“Quarterly Performance Modifier”). A division earned between 0% to 100% of the Quarterly Target Amount for achievement of EBITDA for the fiscal quarter between the threshold and target levels. If the division exceeded 100% of target EBITDA for a fiscal quarter, the amount in excess of target EBITDA would be earned in proportion to the maximum goals, subject to a cap based on achievement of division sales goals for such fiscal quarter. The maximum bonus opportunity for each fiscal quarter under the Quarterly Division Bonus was 200% of the applicable Quarterly Target Amount. No amount would be payable for an applicable fiscal quarter if results for that quarter fell below established threshold levels. We believe that having a maximum cap encourages good judgment by the NEOs, promotes responsible risk management procedures, reduces the likelihood of windfalls and makes the maximum cost of the plan predictable.

The Quarterly Division Bonus Program is summarized below. The total Quarterly Division Bonus is reported below.

Based on the performance of the divisions in each fiscal quarter, the NEOs each earned approximately 186% of their target bonus for the Quarterly Division Bonus in fiscal 2020.

Annual Corporate Bonus. The Annual Corporate Bonus component was based on achievement versus an annual Adjusted EBITDA target for fiscal 2020 of $2,900 million. Amounts under the Annual Corporate Bonus could be earned above or below the target level. The threshold level above which a percentage of the Annual Corporate Bonus could be earned was 90% of the Adjusted EBITDA target and 100% of the Annual Corporate Bonus could be earned at achievement of 100% of the Adjusted EBITDA target, with interim percentages earned for achievement between levels. If achievement exceeded 100% of the Adjusted EBITDA target, 10% of the excess Adjusted EBITDA would be added to the bonus pool, but payout was capped at 200% on the Annual Corporate Bonus component of the NEO’s target bonus opportunity for fiscal 2020. Similar to the

Quarterly Division Bonus program, we believe that having a maximum cap encourages good judgment by the NEOs, promotes responsible risk management procedures, reduces the likelihood of windfalls and makes the maximum cost of the plan predictable.

Our Adjusted EBITDA of $4,524 million in fiscal 2020 exceeded 200% of the target goal. Consequently, the Compensation Committee determined that 200% of the Annual Corporate Bonus component, or the maximum amount, of each NEO’s fiscal 2020 target bonus opportunity was earned.

The NEOs earned the following amounts under the 2020 Bonus Plan:

In addition to the annual cash incentive program, we may from time to time pay our NEOs discretionary bonuses as determined by the board of directors or the Compensation Committee to reflect superior individual performance, to recognize new roles and responsibilities, to attract new hires or to compensate new hires for amounts forfeited from their previous employer.

As discussed under “Employment Agreements— Employment Agreement with Vivek Sankaran” Mr. Sankaran earned $2,500,000 in connection with a sign-on retention award that was paid on April 25, 2020.

In connection with the hiring of Ms. Pryor in 2020, Ms. Pryor received a sign-on retention award of $3.25 million consisting of three separate payments - $1.5 million was paid within thirty days of the commencement of her employment, $875,000 was paid on June 15, 2021 and, subject to her continued employment, $875,000 is payable on June 15, 2022.

Ms. Rupp received a retention bonus payment of $500,000 on December 1, 2020.

The Company maintains the Albertsons Companies, Inc. Restricted Stock Unit Plan (the “Restricted Stock Unit Plan”), which was previously named the “Albertsons Companies, Inc. Phantom Unit Plan” (the “Phantom Unit Plan”). Prior to being amended and restated, the Phantom Unit Plan provided for grants of “Phantom Units” to certain employees, directors and consultants. Each Phantom Unit provided a participant with a contractual right to receive, upon vesting, equity in each of the Company’s former parents, Albertsons Investor Holdings LLC (“Albertsons Investor”) and KIM ACI, LLC (“KIM ACI”), consisting of one management incentive unit in Albertsons Investor and one management incentive unit in KIM ACI. Upon the amendment and restatement of the Phantom Unit Plan as the Restricted Stock Unit Plan, all outstanding awards of Phantom Units were converted to awards of Restricted Stock Units under

the Restricted Stock Unit Plan, subject to substantially identical terms and conditions as applied prior to the conversion. No changes to vesting conditions or the fair value of the award occurred as a result of the conversion. All share disclosures within this Proxy Statement are presented on a post-IPO conversion basis. Upon vesting, an award of Restricted Stock Units will be settled in shares of our common stock.

On May 5, 2020, we adopted the Albertsons Companies, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Omnibus Plan”). The Omnibus Plan became effective upon our IPO. A maximum of 43,563,800 shares of our common stock may be issued or transferred pursuant to awards under the Omnibus Plan. The number of shares of our common stock available under the Omnibus Plan will be reduced by one share for each share issued under an award. During fiscal 2020, we granted Restricted Stock Units under the Omnibus Plan.

As discussed under “Employment Agreements—Employment Agreement with Vivek Sankaran” Mr. Sankaran was granted equity awards in 2019 that were intended to cover his initial employment term. As a result, Mr. Sankaran was not granted any equity awards in fiscal 2020, but had the ability to earn shares of restricted stock based on our fiscal 2020 performance.

During fiscal 2020, our NEOs, with the exception of Mr. Sankaran, were awarded Restricted Stock Units. The RSUs vest based on the NEO’s continued service in one-third installments at the end of each of fiscal 2020, fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2022 (collectively, the “Time-Based RSUs”), other than Ms. Pryor’s awards. Following a change of control, if an NEO’s employment is terminated by us without “cause” or due to the NEO’s death or disability, all Time-Based RSUs not previously forfeited would become 100% vested.

The number of Time-Based RSUs granted to each NEO are set forth below under the “Grants of Plan Based Awards in Fiscal 2020” table on page 41.

With respect to fiscal 2020, the NEO may earn between 0% and 200% of one-third of the total target number of Performance-Based RSUs based on our achievement of our annual Adjusted EBITDA target for such fiscal year in accordance with the schedule below:

If Mr. Sankaran’s employment is terminated by us without cause or by Mr. Sankaran for good reason, subject to his execution of a release, Mr. Sankaran would be entitled to receive (i) the earned but unpaid portion of any bonus earned in respect of any completed performance period prior to the date of termination; (ii) a lump sum payment in an amount equal to 200% of the sum of his base salary plus target bonus; (iii) a bonus for the fiscal year of termination based on actual performance metrics for the fiscal year of the Company in which the termination date occurs, but prorated based on the number of days of service during the applicable fiscal year through the termination date; (iv) payment of the unvested or unpaid portions of his sign-on retention award; and (v) reimbursement of the cost of continuation coverage of group health coverage for a period of 18 months.

If Mr. Sankaran’s employment is terminated due to our election not to renew the term of his employment, subject to his execution of a release, Mr. Sankaran would be entitled to receive: (i) the earned but unpaid portion of any bonus earned in respect of any completed performance period prior to the date of termination; (ii) a lump sum payment in an amount equal to 200% of the sum of his base salary plus target bonus; and (iii) reimbursement of the cost of continuation coverage of group health coverage for a period of 18 months.

In connection with our repurchase 101,611,736 shares of outstanding common stock from certain pre-IPO stockholders (the “Repurchase”) on June 9, 2020, Mr. Sankaran received a cash distribution of approximately $2.6 million from Albertsons Investor and KIM ACI in respect to the portion of Mr. Sankaran’s Class B-1 Units that became vested in April 2020 and Class B-2 Units that became vested

in February 2020 and as a tax distribution in respect of the portion of Mr. Sankaran’s total allocation attributable to his unvested Class B-1 Units and Class B-2 Units. Mr. Sankaran will be entitled to approximately $4.2 million, the cash distribution in connection with the Repurchase attributable to Mr. Sankaran’s unvested Class B-1 Units and Class B-2 Units in accordance with the same vesting schedule that applies to the Time-Based Restricted Stock and Performance-Based Restricted Stock.

During fiscal 2020, each of Mr. Dimond and Mses. Morris, Pryor and Rupp were subject to a respective employment agreement with the Company (collectively, the “Executive Employment Agreements”). Each Executive Employment Agreement has a term that ends on January 30, 2023 and provides that the respective NEO is entitled to a specified annual base salary and eligibility for an annual bonus targeted at 100% of his or her annual base salary.

If the NEO’s employment terminates due to his or her death or he or she is terminated due to disability, the executive or his or her legal representative, as appropriate, would be entitled to receive a lump sum payment in an amount equal to 25% of his or her base salary. If the NEO’s employment is terminated by us without cause or by the executive for good reason, subject to his or her execution of a release, the executive would be entitled to a lump sum payment in an amount equal to 200% of the sum of his or her base salary plus target bonus and reimbursement of the cost of continuation coverage of group health coverage for a period of 12 months.

For the purposes of each Executive Employment Agreement, good reason generally means:

Our subsidiaries, Albertson’s LLC and New Albertsons L.P., maintain the Albertson’s LLC Makeup Plan and NALP Makeup Plan, respectively (collectively, the “Makeup Plans”). The Makeup Plans are unfunded nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements. Designated employees may elect to defer the receipt of a portion of their base pay, bonus and incentive payments under the Makeup Plans. The amounts deferred are held in a book entry account and are deemed to have been invested by the participant in investment options designated by the participant. Participants are vested in their accounts under the Makeup Plans to the same extent they are vested in their accounts under the 401(k) plan discussed below, except that accounts under the Makeup Plans will become fully vested upon a change of control.

No deferral contributions for a year will be credited, however, until the participant has been credited with the maximum amount of elective deferrals permitted by the terms of the 401(k) plans and/or the limitations imposed by the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). In addition, participants will be credited with an amount equal to the excess of the amount we would contribute to the 401(k) plans as a Company contribution on the participant’s behalf for the plan year without regard to any limitations imposed by the Code based on the participant’s compensation over the amount of our actual Company contributions for the plan year. Generally, payment of the participant’s account under the Makeup Plans will be made in a lump sum following the participant’s separation from service. Participants in the Makeup Plans are unsecured general creditors. Effective December 31, 2018, the Makeup Plans were frozen. The Makeup Plans were replaced by the Albertsons Companies Deferred Compensation Plan effective January 1, 2019, which provides for deferral on substantially the same terms as the Makeup Plans.

In addition to the Makeup Plans, our subsidiary, Safeway, maintained the Safeway Executive Deferred Compensation Program II (the “Safeway Plan” and together with the Makeup Plans and Albertsons Companies Deferred Compensation Plan, the “Deferred Compensation Plans”), which was an unfunded nonqualified deferred compensation arrangement. The Safeway Plan was replaced by the Albertsons Companies Deferred Compensation Plan effective January 1, 2019.

For fiscal 2020, Messrs. Sankaran and Dimond and Mses. Morris, Pryor and Rupp were eligible to participate in the Albertsons Companies Deferred Compensation Plan. For fiscal 2020, Mr. Dimond and Ms. Morris were the only participants in the Deferred Compensation Plans. See the table entitled “Nonqualified Deferred Compensation” below for information with regard to the participation of the NEOs in the Deferred Compensation Plans.

The Albertsons Companies 401(k) Plan (the “ACI 401(k) Plan”) permits eligible employees to make voluntary, pre-tax employee contributions and/or voluntary after-tax Roth contributions up to a specified percentage of compensation, subject to applicable tax limitations. We may make a discretionary matching contribution equal to a pre-determined percentage of an employee’s contributions, subject to applicable tax limitations. Eligible employees who elect to participate in the ACI 401(k) Plan are generally 50% vested upon completion of two years of service and 100% vested after three years of service in any discretionary matching contribution, and fully vested at all times in their employee contributions. For the 2020 plan year, our board of directors set a matching contribution rate equal to 65% of an employee’s contribution up to 7% of base salary.

The NEOs participate in the health and dental coverage, Company-paid term life insurance, disability insurance, paid time off and paid holidays programs applicable to other employees in their locality. We also maintain a relocation policy applicable to employees who are required to relocate their residence. These benefits are designed to be competitive with overall market practices and are in place to attract and retain the necessary talent in the business.

Except as otherwise noted below, the NEOs generally are not entitled to any perquisites that are not otherwise available to all of our employees.

Mr. Sankaran is entitled to the use of our corporate aircraft for up to 50 hours per year for himself, his family members and guests at no cost to him, other than the payment of income tax on such usage at the lowest permissible rate. Other executives, generally those with the title of executive vice president or above, may request the personal use of a Company-owned aircraft subject to availability.

For fiscal 2020, Mr. Dimond and Mses. Morris, Pryor and Rupp were eligible for financial and tax planning services up to a maximum annual amount of $8,000 and were eligible for an executive physical.

To more closely align the interests of senior management with the interests of our stockholders, the board of directors has adopted stock ownership guidelines. These guidelines require certain senior executives to acquire and hold a minimum dollar value of our common stock as set forth below:

All covered individuals are expected to achieve the target level within five years from the later of June 30, 2020 or appointment to their positions. Until the requirements are met, covered individuals, including the NEOs, must hold 50% of common stock issued pursuant to performance units earned, shares received and upon the vesting of restricted stock and upon the vesting and settlement of restricted stock units, except those necessary to pay applicable taxes using a tax rate based on the maximum marginal federal, state and local employment and income tax rates applicable to the covered individual. Hedging and pledging of our common stock may be prohibited in accordance with (i) any “lock-up” agreements that the individual may have entered into with us, (ii) under our insider trading policy or (iii) as may be prohibited by the terms of any other agreement with us.

We have a recoupment and forfeiture policy which provides that if an executive officer at the level of Senior Vice President or higher received an annual cash incentive or a long-term cash incentive in an amount higher than otherwise would have been paid upon restated financial results or based upon the recalculation of performance achieved, as determined by the Compensation Committee, then the executive, upon demand from the Compensation Committee, will reimburse us for the amounts that would not have been paid if the error had not occurred. This recoupment policy applies to those amounts paid by us within the three-year period prior to the detection of the error.

Our Compensation Committee has assessed the risk associated with our compensation practices and policies for employees, including a consideration of the balance between risk-taking incentives and risk-mitigating factors in our practices and policies. The assessment determined that any risks arising from our compensation practices and policies are not reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on our business or financial condition.

As a general matter, the Compensation Committee is responsible for reviewing and considering the various tax and accounting implications of compensation vehicles that we utilize. With respect to accounting matters, the Compensation Committee examines the accounting cost associated with equity compensation in light of ASC 718.