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1-Oct-2009
Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
On December 20, 2007, The Kroger Co., and its subsidiary guarantors, filed Registration Statement No. 333-148216 on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 415 registering an indeterminate amount of securities (the "Registration Statement"). Pursuant to a Prospectus Supplement dated September 24, 2009, The Kroger Co. is issuing $500,000,000 of debt securities denominated 3.90% Senior Notes due 2015 (the "Notes"). The Notes are guaranteed by the subsidiary guarantors.
Filed as Exhibit 1.1 to the Registration Statement was a form of Underwriting Agreement for the issuance of debt securities. In connection with the issuance of the Notes, the Registrant has executed an Underwriting Agreement and a Pricing Agreement both dated as of September 24, 2009, among The Kroger Co., its subsidiary guarantors, Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Fortis Securities LLC and The Williams Capital Group, L.P. The Underwriting Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and the Pricing Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1.1
The form of Indenture for the Notes was filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement. The Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2009, among The Kroger Co., its subsidiary guarantors, and U.S. Bank National Association (formerly known as Firstar Bank, National Association), as Trustee, supplements the Indenture dated as of June 25, 1999, among The Kroger Co., its subsidiary guarantors, and Firstar Bank, National Association, as Trustee. The Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.3.1.
The Registrant intends to use the proceeds of the issuance of the Notes to repay short-term borrowings and borrowings under its revolving credit facility, if any such borrowings are outstanding at the time the Registrant receives the proceeds, and thereafter to use those borrowings to repurchase, repay or redeem its outstanding indebtedness, including its 8.05% Senior Notes due February 1, 2010. The Registrant also expects to use borrowing proceeds for other general corporate purposes.
(d) Exhibits.
1.1 Underwriting Agreement dated as of September 24, 2009, among The Kroger Co., its subsidiary guarantors, Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Fortis Securities LLC and The Williams Capital Group, L.P.
1.1.1 Pricing Agreement dated as of September 24, 2009, among The Kroger Co., its subsidiary guarantors, Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Fortis Securities LLC and The Williams Capital Group, L.P.
4.3.1 Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2009, relating to the 3.90% Senior Notes due 2015, among The Kroger Co., its subsidiary guarantors, and U.S. Bank National Association (formerly known as Firstar Bank, National Association), as Trustee
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