Rite Aid Corp (RADCQ)

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What are you not understanding? Albertson's deal is to buyout RAD. Albertson's will go public via a reverse merger and RAD shares will be converted to Albertson's shares at which time it will get a new CUSIP number and new trading symbol. Read this: https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/08/reverse-merger-ipo.asp

Also, private companies do have shares. They just do not trade publicly. Therefore valuation is different and more difficult. Basically what investors will pay for shares when they make a private placement into the private company. Read this:
https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/09/how-to-value-shares-in-private-company.asp