POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the
undersigned hereby constitutes, designates and appoints Thomas Sabatino, Jessica
Kazmaier, Emily H. Edmunds, and Francine Henderson as such person's true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution
and resubstitution and full power to act alone and without the other, for the
undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to:
(a) prepare, execute
in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Form ID
(or any successor form), including amendments thereto, and any other documents
necessary or appropriate to
obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic
filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) or any rule or
regulation of the SEC promulgated thereunder;
(b) execute for and
on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an
officer and/or director of Rite Aid Corporation (the “Company”),
Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(c) do and perform
any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be
necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5,
complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such
form with the SEC and any
stock exchange or similar authority; and
(d) take any other
action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in
the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest
of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the
documents executed
by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such
attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act
and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of
any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full
power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5
with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 18th day of August, 2023.
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By:
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/s/
Christopher W. DuPaul
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Name:
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Christopher W. DuPaul
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