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STATES\n\nSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION\n\nWashington, D.C. 20549\n\nFORM 10-K\n\n \n\n☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934\n\nFor the fiscal year ended February 28, 2026\n\nOR\n\n☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934\n\nFor the transition period from _____ to _____\n\nCommission File Number: 001-39350\n\nAlbertsons Companies, Inc.\n\n(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)\n\nDelaware 47-4376911\n\n(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)\n\n250 Parkcenter Blvd.\n\nBoise, Idaho, 83706\n\n(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)\n\n(208) 395-6200\n\n(Registrant's telephone number, including area code) \n\nSecurities registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:\n\nTitle of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered\n\nClass A common stock, $0.01 par valueACINew York Stock Exchange\n\nSecurities registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act: None\n\n \n\nIndicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☒ No ☐\n\nIndicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No ☒\n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐\n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐\n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of \"large accelerated filer,\" \"accelerated filer,\" \"smaller reporting company,\" and \"emerging growth company\" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.\n\nLarge accelerated filer\n☒\nAccelerated filer\n☐\n\nNon-accelerated filer\n☐\nSmaller reporting company\n☐\n\nEmerging growth company\n☐\n\nIf an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐\n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☒\n\nIf securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐\n\nIndicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐\n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒\n\nAs of September 5, 2025, the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter, the aggregate market value of the registrant's common stock held by non-affiliates was approximately $7.5 billion.\n\nAs of April 23, 2026, the registrant had 494,534,842 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, outstanding.\n\nDOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE\n\nItems 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of Part III incorporate information by reference from the registrant's definitive proxy statement related to its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year ended February 28, 2026 (the \"Proxy Statement\").\n\nAlbertsons Companies, Inc. and Subsidiaries\n\n Page\n\n[PART I](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_10)\n\n[4](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_10)\n\n[Item 1 - Business](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_19)\n\n[6](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_19)\n\n[Item 1A - Risk Factors](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_22)\n\n[11](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_22)\n\n[Item 1B - Unresolved Staff Comments](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_25)\n\n[24](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_25)\n\n[Item 1C - Cybersecurity](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_28)\n\n[24](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_28)\n\n[Item 2 - Properties](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_31)\n\n[27](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_31)\n\n[Item 3 - Legal Proceedings](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_34)\n\n[27](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_34)\n\n[Item 4 - Mine Safety Disclosures](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_37)\n\n[28](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_37)\n\n[PART II](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_40)\n\n[29](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_40)\n\n[Item 5 - Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_43)\n\n[29](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_43)\n\n[Item 6 - [Reserved]](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_46)\n\n[31](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_46)\n\n[Item 7 - Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_49)\n\n[32](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_49)\n\n[Item 7A - Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_73)\n\n[47](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_73)\n\n[Item 8 - Financial Statements and Supplementary Data](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_76)\n\n[49](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_76)\n\n[Item 9 - Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_154)\n\n[98](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_154)\n\n[Item 9A - Controls and Procedures](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_157)\n\n[98](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_157)\n\n[Item 9B - Other Information](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_160)\n\n[99](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_160)\n\n[Item 9C - Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_163)\n\n[99](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_163)\n\n[PART III](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_166)\n\n[100](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_166)\n\n[Item 10 - Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_169)\n\n[100](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_169)\n\n[Item 11 - Executive Compensation](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_175)\n\n[100](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_175)\n\n[Item 12 - Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_181)\n\n[100](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_181)\n\n[Item 13 - Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_187)\n\n[100](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_187)\n\n[Item 14 - Principal Accountant Fees and Services](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_193)\n\n[100](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_193)\n\n[PART IV](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_199)\n\n[101](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_199)\n\n[Item 15 - Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_202)\n\n[101](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_202)\n\n[Item 16 - Form 10-K Summary](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_205)\n\n[105](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_205)\n\n[SIGNATURES](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_208)\n\n[106](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_208)\n\n[Table of Contents](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_7)\n\nAs used in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, unless the context otherwise requires, references to \"Albertsons,\" the \"Company,\" \"ACI,\" \"we,\" \"us\" and \"our\" refer to Albertsons Companies, Inc. and, where appropriate, its consolidated subsidiaries. Our last three fiscal years consisted of the 53 weeks ended February 28, 2026 (\"fiscal 2025\"), the 52 weeks ended February 22, 2025 (\"fiscal 2024\") and the 52 weeks ended February 24, 2024 (\"fiscal 2023\"). Our next three fiscal years consist of the 52 weeks ending February 27, 2027 (\"fiscal 2026\"), the 52 weeks ending February 26, 2028 (\"fiscal 2027\") and the 52 weeks ending February 24, 2029 (\"fiscal 2028\").\n\nPART I\n\nSPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS\n\nThis Annual Report on Form 10-K includes \"forward-looking statements\" within the meaning of the federal securities laws. The \"forward-looking statements\" include our current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections about our business and our industry. They include statements relating to our future operating or financial performance which the Company believes to be reasonable at this time. You can identify forward-looking statements by the use of words such as \"outlook,\" \"may,\" \"should,\" \"could,\" \"estimates,\" \"predicts,\" \"potential,\" \"continue,\" \"anticipates,\" \"believes,\" \"plans,\" \"expects,\" \"future\", \"intends\" and similar expressions which are intended to identify forward-looking statements.\n\nThese statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties which are beyond our control and difficult to predict and could cause actual results to differ materially from the results expressed or implied by the statements. Risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements and may adversely impact our financial condition and results of operations include:\n\n•changes in macroeconomic conditions such as rates of food price inflation or deflation, fuel and commodity prices and macroeconomic uncertainty, including in international trade and current and potential future tariffs;\n\n•changes in consumer behavior and spending patterns resulting from macroeconomic conditions, including shifts in state and federal assistance programs;\n\n•changes in wage rates and our ability to negotiate acceptable contracts with labor unions, including the outcome of pending union negotiations;\n\n•changes in price of goods sold in our stores and cost of goods used in our food products, as well as limitations in our ability to provide certain services, due to changes in various state and federal government legislation, regulation and executive orders;\n\n•uncertainty regarding the geopolitical environment;\n\n•our ability to succeed in a competitive environment;\n\n•our ability to execute on our business and value-creating strategies;\n\n•our ability to attract and retain qualified or specialized associates who are critical to the success of our business strategy;\n\n•failure to achieve productivity initiatives, including those related to artificial intelligence, unexpected changes in our objectives and plans, inability to implement our strategies, plans, programs and initiatives, or enter into strategic transactions, investments or partnerships in the future on terms acceptable to us, or at all;\n\n•challenges with our supply chain;\n\n•operational and financial effects resulting from cyber incidents at the Company or at a third party, including outages in the cloud environment and the effectiveness of business continuity plans during a ransomware or other cyber incident; and\n\n•changes in tax rates, tax laws, and regulations that directly impact our business or our customers.\n\n4\n\n[Table of Contents](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_7)\n\nAll forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements and risk factors. Forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K reflect our view only as of the date of this Annual Report. We undertake no obligation, other than as required by law, to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.\n\nIn evaluating our financial results and forward-looking statements, you should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties more fully described in the section of this Annual Report on Form 10-K entitled \"Risk Factors.\" Consequently, all of the forward-looking statements we make in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are qualified by the information contained in this section and the information discussed under \"Part I—Item 1A. Risk Factors.\"\n\nNON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES\n\nWe define EBITDA as generally accepted accounting principles (\"GAAP\") earnings (net loss) before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization. We define Adjusted EBITDA as earnings (net loss) before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, further adjusted to eliminate the effects of items management does not consider in assessing our ongoing core performance. We define Adjusted net income as GAAP net income adjusted to eliminate the effects of items management does not consider in assessing our ongoing core performance. We define Adjusted net income per Class A common share as Adjusted net income divided by the weighted average diluted Class A common shares outstanding, as adjusted to reflect all restricted stock units and awards outstanding at the end of the period, as well as the conversion of Convertible Preferred Stock when it is antidilutive for GAAP. See \"Part II—Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations\" for further discussion and a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted net income and Adjusted net income per Class A common share.\n\nEBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted net income and Adjusted net income per Class A common share (collectively, the \"Non-GAAP Measures\") are performance measures that provide supplemental information we believe is useful to analysts and investors to evaluate our ongoing results of operations, when considered alongside other GAAP measures such as net income, operating income, gross margin and net income per Class A common share. These Non-GAAP Measures exclude the financial impact of items management does not consider in assessing our ongoing core operating performance, and thereby provide useful measures to analysts and investors of our operating performance on a period-to-period basis. Other companies may have different definitions of Non-GAAP Measures and provide for different adjustments, and comparability to our results of operations may be impacted by such differences. We also use Adjusted EBITDA for board of director and bank compliance reporting. Our presentation of Non-GAAP Measures should not be construed as an inference that our future results will be unaffected by unusual or non-recurring items.\n\nNon-GAAP Measures should not be considered as measures of discretionary cash available to us to invest in the growth of our business. We compensate for these limitations by relying primarily on our GAAP results and using Non-GAAP Measures only for supplemental purposes.\n\n5\n\n[Table of Contents](#i04215854cf2748c6bf450001f66c5329_7)"}