Basis of Presentation (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Dec. 01, 2018

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X and therefore do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete annual financial statements. The accompanying financial information reflects all adjustments which are of a recurring nature and, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods. The results of operations for the thirteen and thirty-nine week periods ended December 1, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Rite Aid Corporation (“Rite Aid”) and Subsidiaries (together with Rite Aid, the “Company”) Fiscal 2018 10-K.

The discussion and presentation of the operating and financial results of our business segments have been impacted by the following event.

Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Amended and Restated Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Amended and Restated Asset Purchase Agreement”), dated as of September 18, 2017, by and among Rite Aid, WBA and Walgreen Co., an Illinois corporation and wholly owned direct subsidiary of WBA (“Buyer”), Buyer agreed to purchase from Rite Aid 1,932 stores (the “Acquired Stores”), three distribution centers, related inventory and other specified assets and liabilities related thereto for a purchase price of approximately $4,375,000, on a cash free, debt free basis (the “Asset Sale” or the “Sale”). As of December 1, 2018, the Company has sold all 1,932 Acquired Stores, one (1) distribution center, and related assets to WBA in exchange for proceeds of $4,217,937, which were used to repay outstanding debt. Based on its magnitude and because the Company has exited certain markets, the Sale represents a significant strategic shift that has a material effect on the Company’s operations and financial results. Accordingly, the Company has applied discontinued operations treatment for the Asset Sale as required by Accounting Standards Codification 210-05—Discontinued Operations (ASC 205-20). In accordance with ASC 205-20, the Company reclassified the assets and liabilities to be sold, including the 1,932 Acquired Stores, three (3) distribution centers, related inventory and other specified assets and liabilities related thereto (collectively the “Assets to be Sold” or “Disposal Group”) to assets and liabilities held for sale on its consolidated balance sheets as of the periods ended December 1, 2018 and March 3, 2018, and reclassified the financial results of the Disposal Group in its consolidated statements of operations and consolidated statements of cash flows for all periods presented. Additionally, corporate support activities related to the Disposal Group were not reclassified to discontinued operations. Please see additional information as provided in Note 3 Asset Sale to WBA.

Revenue Recognition

Retail Pharmacy Segment

For front end sales, the Retail Pharmacy segment recognizes revenues upon the transfer of control of the goods to the customer. The Company satisfies its performance obligation at the point of sale for front end transactions. The Retail Pharmacy segment front end revenue is measured based on the amount of fixed consideration that we expect to receive, net of an allowance for estimated future returns. Return activity is immaterial to revenues and results of operations in all periods presented.

For pharmacy sales, the Retail Pharmacy segment recognizes revenue upon the transfer of control of the goods to the customer. The Company satisfies its performance obligation, upon pickup by the customer, which is when the customer takes title to the product. Each prescription claim is its own arrangement with the customer and is a performance obligation, separate and distinct from other prescription claims. The Company’s revenue is measured based on the amount of fixed consideration that we expect to receive, reduced by refunds owed to the third party payor for pricing guarantees and performance against defined value-based service and performance metrics. The inputs to these estimates are not highly subjective or volatile. The effect of adjustments between estimated and actual amounts have not been material to the Company’s results of operations or financial position. Prescriptions are generally not returnable.

The Retail Pharmacy segment offers a chain-wide loyalty card program titled wellness +. Individual customers are able to become members of the wellness + program. Members participating in the wellness + loyalty card program earn points on a calendar year basis for eligible front end merchandise purchases and qualifying prescription purchases. One point is awarded for each dollar spent towards front end merchandise and 25 points are awarded for each qualifying prescription.

Members reach specific wellness + tiers based on the points accumulated during the calendar year, which entitles such customers to certain future discounts and other benefits upon reaching that tier. For example, any customer that reaches 1,000 points in a calendar year achieves the "Gold" tier, enabling him or her to receive a 20% discount on qualifying purchases of front end merchandise for the remaining portion of the calendar year and also the next calendar year. There is also a similar "Silver" level with a lower threshold and benefit level.

Points earned pursuant to the wellness+ program represent a performance obligation and the Company allocates revenue between the merchandise purchased and the wellness + points based on the relative stand-alone selling price of each performance obligation. The relative value of the wellness + points is initially deferred as a contract liability (included in other current and noncurrent liabilities). As customers redeem the points to receive discounted front end merchandise or when the points expire, the Retail Pharmacy segment recognizes an allocable portion of the deferred contract liability into revenue. The Retail Pharmacy segment had accrued contract liabilities of $60,560 as of December 1, 2018, of which $55,907 is included in other current liabilities and $4,653 is included in noncurrent liabilities. The Retail Pharmacy segment had accrued contract liabilities of $63,851 as of March 3, 2018, of which $50,036 is included in other current liabilities and $13,815 is included in noncurrent liabilities.

The wellness + program also allows a customer to earn Bonus Cash based on qualifying purchases. Wellness + Rewards members have the opportunity to redeem their accumulated Bonus Cash on a future purchase with a 60 day expiration window.

For a majority of the Bonus Cash issuances, funding is provided by our vendors through contractual arrangements. This funding is treated as a contract liability and remains a contract liability until (i) wellness + Rewards members redeem their Bonus Cash, or (ii) wellness + Rewards members allow the Bonus Cash to expire. Upon redemption or expiration, the Retail Pharmacy segment recognizes an allocable portion of the accrued contract liability into revenue. For Bonus Cash issuances that are not vendor funded, the contract liability is recorded at the time of issuance through a reduction to revenues, and not recognized until the Bonus Cash is redeemed or expires.

Pharmacy Services Segment

The Pharmacy Services segment sells prescription drugs indirectly through its retail pharmacy network and directly through its mail service dispensing pharmacy. The Pharmacy Services segment recognizes revenue from prescription drugs sold by (i) its mail service dispensing pharmacy and (ii) under retail pharmacy network contracts where it is the principal at the contract prices negotiated with its clients, primarily employers, insurance companies, unions, government employee groups, health plans, Managed Medicaid plans, Medicare plans, and other sponsors of health benefit plans, and individuals throughout the United States. Revenues include: (i) the portion of the price the client pays directly to the Pharmacy Services segment, net of any volume-related or other discounts paid back to the client (see “Drug Discounts” below), (ii) the price paid to the Pharmacy Services segment by client plan members for mail order prescriptions (“Mail Co-Payments”), (iii) client plan member copayments made directly to the retail pharmacy network, and (iv) administrative fees. Revenue is recognized when the Pharmacy Services segment meets its performance obligations relative to each transaction type. The following revenue recognition policies have been established for the Pharmacy Services segment:

Revenues generated from prescription drugs sold by third party pharmacies in the Pharmacy Services segment’s retail pharmacy network and associated administrative fees are recognized at the Pharmacy Services segment’s point-of-sale, which is when the claim is adjudicated by the Pharmacy Services segment’s online claims processing system. At this point the Company has performed all of its performance obligations.

Revenues generated from prescription drugs sold by the Pharmacy Services segment’s mail service dispensing pharmacy are recognized when the prescription is shipped. At the time of shipment, the Pharmacy Services segment has performed all of its performance obligations under its client contracts, as control of and title to the product has passed to the client plan members. The Pharmacy Services segment does not experience a significant level of returns or reshipments.

Revenues generated from administrative fees based on membership or claims volume are recognized monthly based on the terms within the individual contracts, either a monthly member based fee, or a claims volume based fee.

In the majority of its contracts, the Pharmacy Services segment is the principal because its client contracts give clients the right to obtain access to its pharmacy contracts under which the Pharmacy Services segment directs its pharmacy network to provide the services (drug dispensing, consultation, etc.) and goods (prescription drugs) to the clients’ members at its negotiated pricing. The Pharmacy Services segment’s obligations under its client contracts are separate and distinct from its obligations to the third party pharmacies included in its retail pharmacy network contracts. Pursuant to these contracts, the Pharmacy Services segment is contractually required to pay the third party pharmacies in its retail pharmacy network for products sold after payment is received from its clients. The Pharmacy Services segment has control over these transactions until the prescription is transferred to the member and, thus, that it is acting as a principal. As such, the Pharmacy Services segment records the total prescription price contracted with clients in revenues.

Amounts paid to pharmacies and amounts charged to clients are exclusive of the applicable co-payment under Pharmacy Services segment contracts. Retail pharmacy co-payments, which we instruct retail pharmacies to collect from members, are included in our revenues and our cost of revenues.

For contracts under which the Pharmacy Services segment acts as an agent or does not control the prescription drugs prior to transfer to the client, no revenue is recognized.

Drug Discounts—The Pharmacy Services segment deducts from its revenues that are generated from prescription drugs sold by third party pharmacies any rebates, inclusive of discounts and fees, earned by its clients based on utilization levels and other factors as negotiated with the prescription drug manufacturers or suppliers. Rebates are paid to clients in accordance with the terms of client contracts.

Medicare Part D—The Pharmacy Services segment, through its EIC subsidiary, participates in the federal government’s Medicare Part D program as a Prescription Drug Plan (“PDP”). Please refer to Note 8, Medicare Part D.

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following tables disaggregate the Company’s revenue by major source in each segment for the thirteen and thirty-nine week periods ended December 1, 2018:


	For the thirteen week period		For the thirty-nine week period
In thousands	ended December 1, 2018		ended December 1, 2018
Retail Pharmacy segment:
Pharmacy sales	$	2,664,200	$	7,803,395
Front end sales		1,276,621		3,873,830
Other revenue		35,898		108,771
Total Retail Pharmacy segment	$	3,976,719	$	11,785,996

Pharmacy Services segment		1,525,837		4,630,410
Intersegment elimination		(52,496)		(156,494)
Total revenue	$	5,450,060	$	16,259,912

Impact of New Revenue Recognition Standard on Financial Statement Line Items

The Company adopted the new revenue standard using the modified retrospective method. The cumulative effect of applying the new standard to all contracts was recorded as an adjustment to accumulated deficit as of the adoption date. As a result of applying the modified retrospective method to adopt the new revenue standard, the following adjustments were made to accounts on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 4, 2018:


	Impact of Change in Accounting Policy
	As Reported				Adjusted
In thousands	March 3, 2018		Adjustments		March 4, 2018
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet:
Accounts receivable, net	$	1,869,100	$	(57,897)	$	1,811,203
Inventories, net		1,799,539		51,121		1,850,660
Deferred tax assets		594,019		(1,772)		592,247
Total assets		8,989,327		(8,548)		8,980,779
Accumulated deficit		(4,282,471)		(8,548)		(4,291,019)
Total shareholders' equity		1,601,010		(8,548)		1,592,462

Reclassification of the Statements of Cash Flows presentation

During the thirty-nine week period ended December 1, 2018, the Company expanded its disclosure on its Statements of Cash Flows to include changes in other assets separate from changes in other liabilities, which had historically been combined. Prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements and Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). ASU No. 2014-09 outlines a single comprehensive model for companies to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers and supersedes most current revenue recognition guidance, including industry-specific guidance. In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-08, "Principal Versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross Versus Net)," which amends the principal-versus-agent implementation guidance and in April 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-10, "Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing," which amends the guidance in those areas in the new revenue recognition standard. These ASUs, collectively the “new revenue standard“, are effective for annual reporting periods (including interim reporting periods within those periods) beginning January 1, 2018.

The Company adopted the new revenue standard as of March 4, 2018 using the modified retrospective method and applying the new standard to all contracts with customers. Therefore, the comparative financial information has not been restated and continues to be reported under the accounting standards in effect for those periods. In connection with the adoption of the new revenue standard, the Company identified one difference in its Retail Pharmacy segment related to the timing of revenue recognition for third party prescription revenues, which was historically recognized at the time the prescription was filled. Upon adoption of ASU No. 2014-09, this revenue is recognized at the time the customer takes possession of the merchandise. In connection with its March 4, 2018 adoption of the new revenue standard on a modified retrospective basis, the Company recorded a reduction to accounts receivable of $57,897, a reduction to deferred tax assets of $1,772, an increase to inventory of $51,121, and a corresponding increase to accumulated deficit of $8,548 within its Retail Pharmacy segment.

In addition, the Company identified revenues under one specific rebate administration program under which the Company's Pharmacy Services segment was determined to be the principal and historically recognized revenues and cost of revenues on a gross basis of approximately $123,500 during fiscal 2018. Upon adoption of the new revenue standard, the Company is now recording revenue from this program on a net basis.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-14, Compensation - Retirement benefits (Topic 715-20). This ASU amends ASC 715 to add, remove and clarify disclosure requirements related to defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans. The ASU eliminates the requirement to disclose the amounts in accumulated other comprehensive income expected to be recognized as part of net periodic benefit cost over the next year. The ASU also removes the disclosure requirements for the effects of a one-percentage-point change on the assumed health care costs and the effect of this change in rates on service cost, interest cost and the benefit obligation for postretirement health care benefits. This ASU is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2020 and must be applied on a retrospective basis. The Company is evaluating the effect of adopting this new accounting guidance, but does not expect adoption will have a material impact on the Company's financial position.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases, (Topic 842) (“ASU-2016-02” or the “Lease Standard”), which is intended to improve financial reporting around leasing transactions. The ASU affects all companies and other organizations that engage in lease transactions (both lessee and lessor) of lease assets such as real estate and equipment. This ASU will require organizations that lease assets—referred to as “lessees”—to recognize on the balance sheet the assets and liabilities for the rights and obligations created by those leases. ASU No. 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those years beginning January 1, 2019.

During July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842): Targeted Improvements. Among other things, ASU 2018-11 provides administrative relief by allowing entities to implement the Lease Standard on a modified retrospective basis, similar to the method used by the Company to adopt the revenue standard. Effectively, the modified retrospective basis permits the Company to adopt the Lease Standard through a cumulative effect adjustment to its opening balance sheet for the first quarter of fiscal 2020, with the cumulative effect accounted for as a component of retained earnings, and report under the new Lease Standard on a post adoption basis. The Company expects to adopt this standard on a modified retrospective basis. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that the Lease Standard implementation will have on its balance sheet, results of operations and cash flows. At this time, the Company does not anticipate a material impact on its consolidated results of operations and cash flows, however, the Lease Standard is anticipated to have a material impact on the Company’s total assets and liabilities due to the recording of the required right of use asset and corresponding liability for all lease obligations that are currently classified as operating leases.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-15, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other-Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40), which is intended to provide entities with additional guidance to determine which software implementation costs to capitalize and which costs to expense. The ASU will allow entities to capitalize costs for implementation activities during the application development stage. ASU No. 2018-15 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those years beginning after December 15, 2019 (fiscal 2020). Early adoption of ASU 2018-15 is permitted. The Company is in the process of assessing the impact of the adoption of ASU 2018-15, but does not expect adoption will have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows.