LASS ACTION ) TO: ALL PERSONS OR ENTITIES WHO PURCHASED OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRED RITE AID CORPORATION ("RITE AID") COMMON STOCK BETWEEN OCTOBER 20, 2016, AND JUNE 28, 2017, INCLUSIVE (THE "CLASS PERIOD"), AND WERE DAMAGED THEREBY. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED, pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, that the above-captioned securities class action lawsuit (the "Litigation") is currently pending before the Honorable Chief Judge John E. Jones III, United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. The Court certified as a "Class" all persons or entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Rite Aid common stock between October 20, 2016, and June 28, 2017, inclusive, and were damaged thereby. Excluded from the Class are: (i) defendant Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. ("Walgreens") and any of its subsidiaries, parents, and affiliates; (ii) defendants Stefano Pessina and George R. Fairweather and any members of their immediate families, any entities in which they have a controlling interest, and their legal representatives, heirs, successors, or assigns; and (iii) the officers and directors of Rite Aid during the Class Period and any members of their immediate families, any entities in which they have a controlling interest, and their legal representatives, heirs, successors, or assigns.