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Springfield, MO
Rite Aid filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Sunday as the U.S. chain pharmacy began massive restructuring to reduce its mounting debt amid countless lawsuits and dwindling sales.
The Philadelphia-based company was awarded a commitment for $3.45 billion in new financing – which is expected to provide liquidity as it faces more than $8.6 billion in debt – as part of the filing.
The bankruptcy process will also allow Rite Aid to resolve over a thousand federal, state and local lawsuits alleging it oversupplied opioids in an “equitable manner,” the company said in a release.
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