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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q
Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Pathmark Stores, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(732) 499-3000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
Warrants to purchase Common Stock

        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

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        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court.

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        As of September 4, 2002, 30,071,192 shares of the Common Stock were outstanding.

Part I. Financial Information

Item 1. Consolidated Financial Statements

Pathmark Stores, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)
(in millions, except per share data)

See notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

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Pathmark Stores, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)
(in millions, except share and per share amounts)

See notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

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Pathmark Stores, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
(in millions)

See notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

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Pathmark Stores, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

Note 1. Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

        Business.    The Company operated 143 supermarkets as of August 3, 2002, primarily in the New York-New Jersey and Philadelphia metropolitan areas.

        Basis of Presentation.    The unaudited consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared by the Company pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). In the opinion of management, the consolidated financial statements included herein reflect all adjustments which are of a normal and recurring nature and are necessary to present fairly the results of operations and financial position of the Company. This report should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 2, 2002.

        Principles of Consolidation.    The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries, all of which are 100% owned. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

        New Accounting Pronouncements.    In June 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the "FASB") issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets" which addresses financial accounting and reporting for acquired goodwill and other intangible assets and supersedes APB Opinion No. 17, "Intangible Assets." SFAS No. 142 also provides that goodwill should not be amortized, but rather shall be tested for impairment annually, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the asset might be impaired. The Company adopted SFAS No. 142 effective with the beginning of fiscal 2002. Based on an independent evaluation of its fair value completed in the first quarter of fiscal 2002, the Company concluded that there is no impairment of its goodwill.

        The following table represents the pro forma effect of SFAS No. 142 on net earnings (loss) and net earnings (loss) per share—basic and diluted as if SFAS No. 142 was adopted at the beginning of fiscal 2001:

        In June 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 143, "Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations," which addresses financial accounting and reporting for obligations associated with the retirement of tangible long-lived assets and the associated asset retirement costs. SFAS No. 143 requires that asset

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retirement costs be capitalized as part of the carrying amount of the long-lived asset and depreciated over the useful life of the related asset. The provisions of SFAS No. 143 are required to be adopted effective with the beginning of fiscal 2003. The Company believes that the adoption of SFAS No. 143 will not have a significant impact on its financial position or results of operations.

        In August 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 144, "Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets," which supersedes SFAS No. 121 but retains many of its fundamental provisions. Additionally, SFAS No. 144 expands the scope of discontinued operations to include more disposal transactions. The Company adopted SFAS No. 144 effective with the beginning of fiscal 2002 and it did not have an impact on the Company's financial position or results of operations.

        In April 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 145, "Rescission of FASB Statements 4, 44 and 64, Amendment of FASB Statement No. 13, and Technical Corrections." SFAS No. 145 rescinds the provisions of SFAS No. 4 that requires companies to classify certain gains and losses from debt extinguishments as extraordinary items, eliminates the provisions of SFAS No. 44 regarding transition to the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 and amends the provisions of SFAS No. 13 to require that certain lease modifications be treated as sale-leaseback transactions. The provisions of SFAS No. 145 related to classification of debt extinguishments are effective for fiscal years beginning after May 15, 2002. The Company will adopt SFAS No. 145 in fiscal 2003 by applying APB Opinion No. 30 to all gains and losses related to extinguishment of debt. Gains and losses from extinguishment of debt will be classified as extraordinary items only if they meet the criteria in APB Opinion No. 30, otherwise such costs will be classified within income from operations. The provisions of SFAS No. 145 related to lease modification are effective for transactions occurring after May 15, 2002. The Company believes that the provisions of SFAS No. 145 related to lease modification will not have a significant impact on the Company's financial position or results of operations.

        In June 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 146, "Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities", which addresses financial accounting and reporting for cost associated with exit or disposal activities and nullifies Emerging Issues Task Force ("EITF") Issue No. 94-3, "Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in a Restructuring)." SFAS No. 146 requires that a liability for a cost associated with an exit or disposal activity be recognized when the liability is incurred rather than at the exit plan commitment date. The provisions of SFAS No. 146 are effective for exit or disposal activities initiated after December 31, 2002. The Company believes that the adoption of SFAS No. 146 will not have a significant impact on its financial position or results of operations.

        In November 2001, the EITF reached a consensus on EITF Issue No. 01-09, "Accounting for Consideration Given by a Vendor to a Customer or a Reseller of the Vendor's Products." EITF Issue No. 01-09 codifies and reconciles the consensuses on all or specific issues of EITF Issues No. 00-14, "Accounting for Certain Sales Incentives," No. 00-22, "Accounting for 'Points' and Certain Other Time-Based or Volume-Based Sales Incentives Offers, and Offers for Free Products or Services to be Delivered in the Future," and No. 00-25, "Vendor Income Statement Characterization of Consideration Paid to a Reseller of the Vendor's Products," which address various aspects of the accounting for consideration given by a vendor to a customer or a reseller of the vendor's products. The Company adopted EITF Issue No. 01-09 effective in the first quarter of fiscal 2002. The adoption of EITF Issue No. 01-09 did not have an impact on the Company's financial position or results of operations.

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Note 2. Net Earnings (Loss) Per Share

        The following table represents the computation of net earnings (loss) per share—basic and diluted:

Note 3. Cash and Cash Equivalents

        Cash and cash equivalents are comprised of the following (in millions):

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Note 4. Long-Term Debt

        Long-term debt is comprised of the following (in millions):

        Senior Subordinated Notes.    On January 29, 2002, the Company issued $200.0 million aggregate principal amount of unregistered 8.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 (the "Notes"), which pay cash interest on a semi-annual basis, beginning on August 1, 2002. The proceeds from the issuance of the Notes were used to repay a portion of the Company's outstanding loans under its bank credit facility and to repay in the first quarter of fiscal 2002 $6.4 million of the Company's outstanding industrial revenue bonds. During the first quarter of fiscal 2002, the Company completed an exchange offer pursuant to which all of the Notes were exchanged for $200.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Company's registered 8.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 (the "Senior Subordinated Notes"). The Senior Subordinated Notes are unconditionally guaranteed as to payment of principal and interest by the subsidiary guarantors and contain customary covenants. The Company is in compliance with all such covenants as of August 3, 2002.

        Credit Facility.    On September 19, 2000, the Company entered into a credit agreement with a group of lenders led by JPMorgan Chase Bank. The bank credit facility initially consisted of (a) term loans in an aggregate principal amount of $425.0 million (consisting of $125.0 million in Term Loan A and $300.0 million in Term Loan B) and (b) a $175.0 million revolving working capital facility (including a maximum of $125.0 million in letters of credit). After giving effect to the prepayment of indebtedness with the proceeds of the offering of the Senior Subordinated Notes, the Company had no indebtedness under Term Loan A and $218.0 million under Term Loan B. The weighted average interest rate in effect on all borrowings under the term loan was 7.7% during the first six months of fiscal 2002.

        Borrowings under the bank credit facility bear interest at floating rates equal to LIBOR plus an applicable margin, depending on the total debt to consolidated EBITDA ratio. The Company is required to repay a portion of the borrowing under the term loan each year, so as to retire such indebtedness in its entirety by July 15, 2007. The working capital facility expires on July 15, 2005. As of August 3, 2002, borrowings under the working capital facility were $18.4 million and $41.2 million in letters of credit were outstanding.

        All of the obligations under the bank credit facility are guaranteed by the Company's 100% owned subsidiaries that are not special purpose vehicles organized for the purpose and are engaged solely in the business of owning or leasing real property or equipment. The obligations under the bank credit facility and those of the subsidiaries guaranteeing the bank credit facility are secured by substantially all of the Company's tangible and intangible assets including, without limitation, intellectual property, real property, including leasehold interests, and the capital stock in each of these subsidiaries.

        The bank credit facility requires the Company to meet certain financial tests including, without limitation, a maximum total debt to consolidated EBITDA ratio, a minimum interest and rental expense coverage ratio and a minimum consolidated EBITDA. In addition, the bank credit facility contains certain covenants which, among other things, limit the incurrence of additional indebtedness, issuance of cash-pay preferred stock, repurchase of Company stock, incurrence of liens, sale-leaseback transactions, hedging activities, sale or discount of receivables, investments, loans, advances, guarantees, transactions with affiliates, asset sales, acquisitions, capital expenditures, mergers and consolidations, changing lines of business, dividends or prepayments of other indebtedness, amendments to the organizational documents and other matters customarily restricted in such agreements. The bank credit

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facility contains customary events of default, including without limitation, payment defaults, material breaches of representations and warranties, material covenant defaults, certain events of bankruptcy and insolvency, and a change of control. The Company is in compliance with all such covenants as of August 3, 2002.

        The Senior Subordinated Notes restrict and the bank credit facility prohibits the payment of cash dividends.

Note 5. Derivative Instruments, Hedging Activities and Comprehensive Earnings

        On February 4, 2001, the Company adopted SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities". The Company formally documents all relationships between hedging instruments and hedged items, as well as its risk management objectives and strategies for undertaking various hedging transactions. The Company also assesses, both at the inception of the hedge and on an on-going basis, whether the derivative designated as a hedge is highly effective in offsetting changes in fair value of the item being hedged. Should it be determined that a derivative is not highly effective as a hedge, the Company will discontinue hedge accounting prospectively.

        As part of its overall strategy to manage the level of exposure to interest rate risk, in July 2001, the Company entered into a three-year interest rate zero-cost collar, consisting of a cap with a strike of 10% and a floor with a strike of 8.39%, on a notional amount of $150 million of its term loan. At inception, the derivative was designated, and continues to qualify, as a highly-effective cash-flow hedge of the Company's forecasted variable interest rate payments due on the term loan. The Company does not hold or issue derivative financial instruments for speculative or trading purposes but rather to hedge against the risk of rising interest rates. This derivative is recorded on the balance sheet at fair value, included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities, with the related unrealized loss on this cash-flow hedge, net of tax, recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss ("AOCL"). The fair value of the derivative is based on its market value as determined by an independent party. However, considerable judgment is required in developing estimates of fair values. Accordingly, the estimates presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that the Company could settle for in a current market exchange. The use of different market assumptions or methodologies could affect the estimated fair value. The Company does not expect any amount currently recorded in AOCL to be recognized in its statement of operations in fiscal 2002.

        The impact of this cash-flow hedge is as follows (in millions):

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Note 6. Interest Expense, Net

        Interest expense, net is comprised of the following (in millions):