Redeemable Preferred Stock

12 Months Ended

Mar. 03, 2012

Redeemable Preferred Stock

Redeemable Preferred Stock

11. Redeemable Preferred Stock

        In March 1999 and February 1999, Rite Aid Lease Management Company, a 100 percent owned subsidiary of the Company, issued 63,000 and 150,000 shares of Cumulative Preferred Stock, Class A, par value $100 per share, respectively. The Class A Cumulative Preferred Stock is mandatorily redeemable on April 1, 2019 at a redemption price of $100 per share plus accumulated and unpaid dividends. The Class A Cumulative Preferred Stock pays dividends quarterly at a rate of 7.0% per annum of the par value of $100 per share when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors of Rite Aid Lease Management Company in its sole discretion. The amount of dividends payable in respect of the Class A Cumulative Preferred Stock may be adjusted under certain events. The outstanding shares of the Class A Preferred Stock were recorded at their estimated fair value of $19,253 for the fiscal 2000 issuances, which equaled the sale price on the date of issuance. Because the fair value of the Class A Preferred Stock was less than the mandatory redemption amount at issuance, periodic accretions to expense using the interest method are made so that the carrying amount equals the redemption amount on the mandatory redemption date. Accretion was $102 in fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010. The amount of this instrument is $20,583 and $20,481 and is recorded in Other Non-Current Liabilities as of March 3, 2012 and February 26, 2011, respectively.