Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2020, by and among Albertsons Companies, Inc., New Albertsons L.P., Safeway Inc. and Albertsons LLC, the additional issuers, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee with respect to the 5.750% Senior Notes due 2025

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Exhibit 4.12.8

EIGHTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

EIGHTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of June 9, 2020 (the “Effective Date”), among ALBERTSONS COMPANIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), NEW ALBERTSONS L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“NALP”), SAFEWAY INC., a Delaware corporation (“Safeway”) and ALBERTSON’S LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Albertsons”, together with the Company, Safeway and NALP, collectively, the “Lead Issuers”), the Existing Additional Issuers and Existing Subsidiary Guarantors that are signatories hereto under the heading Existing Additional Issuers and Existing Subsidiary Guarantors (each, an “Existing Subsidiary Note Party,” and collectively, the “Existing Subsidiary Note Parties”), the New Additional Issuer and New Subsidiary Guarantor signatory hereto under the heading New Additional Issuer and New Subsidiary Guarantor (the “New Subsidiary Note Party”) and WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as trustee (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS the Lead Issuers and the Existing Subsidiary Note Parties have executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Indenture”) dated as August 9, 2016, providing for the issuance of the Lead Issuers’ 5.750% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Securities”), initially in the aggregate principal amount of $1,250,000,000; and

WHEREAS pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee and the Company are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities as follows:

1. Defined Terms. As used in this Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture or in the preamble or recital hereto are used herein as therein defined. The words “herein,” “hereof” and hereby and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.

2. Subsidiary Guarantee.

(a) Each Existing Subsidiary Note Party, as a Subsidiary Guarantor, hereby confirms, jointly and severally, that its Guarantee shall apply to the Lead Issuers’ Obligations under the Securities and the Indenture on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article X of the Indenture and will continue to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture and the Securities and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture.

(b) The New Subsidiary Note Party, as a Subsidiary Guarantor, hereby agrees, jointly and severally with all existing Guarantors, to unconditionally guarantee the Lead Issuers’ Obligations under the Securities on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article X of the Indenture and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture and the Securities and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture.

3. Agreement to Assume Issuer Obligations.

(a) The New Subsidiary Note Party, as an Additional Issuer, hereby agrees, to unconditionally assume, jointly and severally with the Lead Issuers, the Obligations under the Securities and the Indenture as an Issuer (as defined in the Indenture) under the Indenture.

(b) Each Lead Issuer, joint and severally, confirms that nothing in this Supplemental Indenture relieves any Lead Issuer of its Obligations under the Securities and the Indenture.

4. Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Securities heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.

5. Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

6. Trustee Makes No Representation. The Trustee makes no representation as to the recitals or the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.

7. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

8. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction thereof.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.


Lead Issuers

ALBERTSONS COMPANIES, INC.

By:		/s/ Robert B. Dimond
		Name: Robert B. Dimond
		Title: Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer


NEW ALBERTSONS L.P.

By:		/s/ Robert B. Dimond
		Name: Robert B. Dimond
		Title: Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer


ALBERTSON’S LLC

By:		/s/ Robert A. Gordon
		Name: Robert A. Gordon
		Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary


SAFEWAY INC.

By:		/s/ Robert A. Gordon
		Name: Robert A. Gordon
		Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary