Symphony Investors LLC's Tender Offer For Shares Of SUPERVALU Common Stock Scheduled To Expire At 5:00 P.m. New York City Time On March 20, 2013; No Further Extensions Expected

NEW YORK, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Symphony Investors LLC ("Symphony") confirmed today that Symphony's tender offer for up to 30% of the shares of common stock (the "Shares") of SUPERVALU Inc. (NYSE: SVU) (the "Company") outstanding as of immediately prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on March 20, 2013 (the "Expiration Time") at a purchase price of $4.00 per share, net to the seller in cash, without interest and subject to any applicable withholding tax, will expire at the Expiration Time, unless further extended in accordance with the terms of the tender offer agreement (the "Tender Offer Agreement") between Symphony, the Company and Cerberus Capital Management, L.P., the managing member of Symphony ("Cerberus").  Symphony does not currently expect to extend the tender offer beyond its current expiration time.

All of the terms and conditions of the tender offer remain the same. 

The depositary for the tender offer has advised Symphony that as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on March 18, 2013, approximately 16,933,862 Shares had been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the tender offer.  The tendered Shares represent approximately 7.9% of the Shares outstanding as of such time.  

In the event that less than 30% of the Shares outstanding as of immediately prior to the expiration of the tender offer are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn in the tender offer, the Company may be required to or may have the option to effect the primary issuance of Shares, at a price per Share equal to the offer price, to Symphony in accordance with Section 1.03 of the Tender Offer Agreement.

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