arties. and structuring and monitoring various classes of asset-backed transactions. In 1994. Mr. Bakalar joined the Conununications Division within The First National Bank of Chicago. ultimately serving as a senior underwriter responsible for structuring and managing leveraged transactions for issuers in the broadcasting and med

American Stores Company, LLC ("ASC") is party to an indenture, dated as of May 1. 1995 with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (as successor to The First National Bank of Chicago), as trustee (as further supplemented; together the "ASC Indenture"), under which ASC has the following four outstanding issues of notes: a) $1,741