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EXHIBIT 4.4  


 
 

FORM OF FACE OF EXCHANGE SECURITY    
    


        UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE
COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC) ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE
OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 


        TRANSFERS
OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF
PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF. 





 


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83/4% Senior Subordinated Note due 2012  


        Pathmark Stores, Inc., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum
of                        on
February 1, 2012. 


        Interest
Payment Dates: February 1 and August 1, commencing February 1, 2004. 


        Record
Dates:    January 15 and July 15. 


        Additional
provisions of this Security are set forth on the other side of this Security. 



	Dated:	 	 	 	PATHMARK STORES, INC.,
	 	 	
	 	 
	 	 	 	 	by
	 	 	 	 	
 Name:

Title:
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	by
	 	 	 	 	
 Name:

Title:
	TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF

        AUTHENTICATION	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,

        NATIONAL ASSOCIATION	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	    as Trustee, certifies

        that this is one of

        the Securities referred

        to in the Indenture.	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	by

    
        Authorized Signatory	 	 




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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF EXCHANGE SECURITY]  


 83/4% Senior Subordinated Note due 2012  


	1.
	Interest





        Pathmark
Stores, Inc., a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the "Company"),
promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at the rate per annum shown above. The Company will pay interest semiannually in arrears on February 1 and August 1 of
each year, commencing February 1, 2004. Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from August 1,
2003. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. 


	2.
	Method of Payment




        The
Company will pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered holders of Securities at the close of business on the January 15 or
July 15 next preceding the interest payment date even if Securities are canceled after the record date and on or before the interest payment date. Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying
Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
Payments in respect of the Securities represented by a Global Security (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts
specified by The Depository Trust Company. The Company will make all payments in respect of a certificated Security (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) by mailing a check to the
registered address of each Holder thereof; provided, however, that payments on a certificated Security will be made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar
account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect designating
such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion). 


	3.
	Paying Agent and Registrar




        Initially,
Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association (the "Trustee"), will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Registrar or
co-registrar without notice. The Company or any of its domestically incorporated Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar. 


	4.
	Indenture





        The
Company issued the Securities under an Indenture dated as of January 29, 2002, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 30, 2002
("Indenture"), among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the "TIA"). Terms
defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and
the TIA for a statement of those terms. 


        The
Securities are general unsecured obligations of the Company. The Company shall be entitled, subject to its compliance with Section 4.03 of the Indenture, to issue Additional
Securities pursuant to Section 2.13 of the Indenture. The Initial Securities issued on the Issue Date, any Additional Securities and all Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities
issued in exchange therefor will be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture. The Indenture contains covenants that limit the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to incur
additional indebtedness; pay dividends or 


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distributions
on, or redeem or repurchase capital stock; make investments; engage in transactions with affiliates; transfer or sell assets; guarantee indebtedness; restrict dividends or other payments
of subsidiaries; engage in any business other than a permitted business; and consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially all of its assets and the assets of its subsidiaries. These covenants
are subject to important exceptions and qualifications and certain of them are subject to suspension during any period that the Securities have an Investment Grade Rating from both of the Rating
Agencies. 


	5.
	Optional Redemption



        Except
as set forth below, the Company shall not be entitled to redeem the Securities at its option prior to February 1, 2007. 



        On
and after February 1, 2007, the Company shall be entitled at its option to redeem all or a portion of the Securities upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice,
at the redemption prices (expressed in percentages of principal amount), plus accrued interest to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive
interest due on the relevant interest payment date), if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on February 1 of the years set forth below: 



	Period
 
	 	Redemption

Price

	2007	 	104.375%
	2008	 	102.917%
	2009	 	101.458%
	2010 and thereafter	 	100.000%






        Prior
to February 1, 2005, the Company shall be entitled at its option on one or more occasions to redeem Securities (which includes Additional Securities, if any) in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities (which includes Additional Securities, if any) originally issued at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage
of principal amount) of 108.750%, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date, with the Net Cash Proceeds from one or more Equity Offerings; provided,
however, that (1) at least 65% of such aggregate principal amount of Securities (which includes Additional Securities, if any) remains outstanding immediately after the
occurrence of each such redemption (other than Securities held, directly or indirectly, by the Company or its Affiliates); and (2) each such
redemption occurs within 90 days after the date of the related Equity Offering. 


        In
addition, prior to February 1, 2007, the Company shall be entitled at its option on one or more occasions to redeem Securities (which includes Additional Securities, if any) at
a redemption price equal to the sum of: 



        (1)    the
principal amount thereof, plus 



        (2)    accrued
and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date, plus 


        (3)    the
Applicable Premium at the redemption date. 




        "Applicable
Premium" means, with respect to a Security at any time, the greater of (1) 1.0% of the principal amount of such Security at such time and (2) the excess of
(A) the present value at such time of (i) the redemption price of such Security at February 1, 2007 (such redemption price being described in the second paragraph of this
paragraph 5 above, exclusive of any accrued interest) plus (ii) any required interest payments due on such Security through February 1, 2007, computed using a discount rate equal
to the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, over (B) the principal amount of such Security. 


        "Treasury
Rate" means the yield to maturity at the time of computation of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal
Reserve 


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Statistical
Release H.15(519) which has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the date fixed for redemption (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any
publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the then remaining average life to February 1, 2007; provided, however,
that if the average life to February 1, 2007 of the Securities is not equal to the constant maturity of a United States Treasury security for which a weekly average yield is given, the Treasury
Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of United States Treasury securities for which such yields
are given, except that if the average life to February 1, 2007 of the Securities is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to
a constant maturity of one year shall be used. 


	6.
	Notice of Redemption



        Notice
of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed at its registered
address. Securities in denominations larger than $1,000 principal amount may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000. If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued
interest on all Securities (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with the Paying Agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions are satisfied,
on and after such date interest ceases to accrue on such Securities (or such portions thereof) called for redemption. 


	7.
	Put Provisions



        Upon
a Change of Control Event, any Holder of Securities will have the right to cause the Company to purchase all or any part of the Securities of such Holder at a purchase price equal
to 101% of the principal amount of the Securities to be purchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date
of purchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the related interest payment date) as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the
Indenture. 


        Under
certain circumstances as set forth in the Indenture, the Company will be required to offer to purchase Securities with the Net Available Cash from Asset Dispositions. 


	8.
	Subordination



        The
Securities are subordinated to Senior Indebtedness of the Company, as defined in the Indenture. To the extent provided in the Indenture, Senior Indebtedness of the Company must be
paid before the Securities may be paid. The Company agrees, and each Securityholder by accepting a Security agrees, to the subordination provisions contained in the Indenture and authorizes the
Trustee to give it effect and appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for such purpose. 


	9.
	Guaranty



        The
payment by the Company of the principal of, and premium and interest on, the Securities is unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several senior subordinated basis by each of the
Subsidiary Guarantors. The Subsidiary Guaranties are subject to suspension during any period that the Securities have an Investment Grade Rating from both of the Rating Agencies. 


	10.
	Denominations; Transfer; Exchange





        The
Securities are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000. A Holder may transfer or exchange Securities in
accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or
permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer or exchange of any Securities selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Security to be redeemed in part, the portion of
the Security not to 


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be
redeemed) or any Securities for a period of 15 days before a selection of Securities to be redeemed or 15 days before an interest payment date. 


	11.
	Persons Deemed Owners



        The
registered Holder of this Security may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes. 


	12.
	Unclaimed Money



        If
money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its request unless an abandoned
property law designates another Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to the Company and not to the Trustee for payment. 


	13.
	Discharge and Defeasance



        Subject
to certain conditions, the Company at any time shall be entitled to terminate some or all of its obligations under the Securities and the Indenture if the Company deposits with
the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the Securities to redemption or maturity, as the case may be. 


	14.
	Amendment, Waiver




        Subject
to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture and the Securities may be amended with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount outstanding of the Securities and (ii) any default or noncompliance with any provision may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount
outstanding of the Securities. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Securityholder, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee shall be
entitled to amend the Indenture or the Securities to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, or to comply with Article 5 of the Indenture, or to provide for uncertificated
Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities, or to add guarantees with respect to the Securities, including Subsidiary Guaranties, or to secure the Securities, or to add
additional covenants or surrender rights and powers conferred on the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors, or to comply with any request of the SEC in connection with qualifying the Indenture under
the Act, or to make certain changes in the subordination provisions, or to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder. 


	15.
	Defaults and Remedies



        Under
the Indenture, Events of Default include (i) default for 30 days in payment of interest on the Securities; (ii) default in payment of principal on the
Securities at maturity, upon redemption pursuant to paragraph 5 of the Securities, upon acceleration or otherwise, or failure by the Company to redeem or purchase Securities when required;
(iii) failure by the Company to comply with other agreements in the Indenture or the Securities, in certain cases subject to notice and lapse of time; (iv) certain accelerations
(including failure to pay within any grace period after final maturity) of other Indebtedness of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary if the amount accelerated (or so
unpaid) exceeds $15 million; (v) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary; (vi) certain final
judgments or decrees for the payment of money in excess of $15 million; and (vii) certain defaults with respect to Subsidiary Guaranties. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing,
the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities may declare all the Securities to be due and payable; provided,
however, that so long as any Bank Indebtedness remains outstanding, no such acceleration shall be effective until the earlier of (1) five business days after the giving
of written notice to the Company and the administrative agent (or similar agent if there is no administrative agent) under the Credit Agreement and (2) the day on which any Bank Indebtedness is
accelerated. Certain 


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events
of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default which will result in the Securities being due and payable immediately upon the occurrence of such Events of Default. 


        Securityholders
may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Securities unless it receives
indemnity or security satisfactory to it. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The
Trustee may withhold from Securityholders notice of any continuing Default (except a Default in payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is not opposed to the
interest of the Holders. 


	16.
	Trustee Dealings with the Company



        Subject
to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may
otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee. 


	17.
	No Recourse Against Others




        A
director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company or the Trustee shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture
or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each Securityholder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release
are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities. 


	18.
	Authentication




        This
Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this
Security. 


	19.
	Abbreviations





        Customary
abbreviations may be used in the name of a Securityholder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants
with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act). 


	20.
	CUSIP Numbers




        Pursuant
to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures the Company has caused CUSIP numbers and corresponding ISINs to be printed on the
Securities and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers and corresponding ISINs in notices of redemption as a convenience to Securityholders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such
numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon. 


	21.
	Holders' Compliance with Registration Rights Agreement.




        Each
Holder of a Security, by acceptance hereof, acknowledges and agrees to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, including the obligations of the Holders with respect to
a registration and the indemnification of the Company to the extent provided therein. 


	22.
	Governing Law.



        THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE  


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 PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.


        The
Company will furnish to any Securityholder upon written request and without charge to the Securityholder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Security in larger
type. Requests may be made to: 



	Pathmark Stores, Inc.

200 Milik Street

Carteret, NJ 07008-1194
	Attention: General Counsel





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ASSIGNMENT FORM    
    


        To assign this Security, fill in the form below: 



        I
or we assign and transfer this Security to 



        (Print
or type assignee's name, address and zip code) 


        (Insert
assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.) 


and
irrevocably appoint                        agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute
another to act for him. 



	

	 	 	 	 
	Date:	 	Your Signature:	 
	 	
	 	

	 	 	 	 
	






        Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security. 


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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY    
    


        The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made: 



	Date of

Exchange
	 	Amount of decrease in Principal amount of this Global Security
	 	Amount of increase in Principal amount of this Global Security
	 	Principal amount of this Global Security following such decrease or increase
	 	Signature of authorized officer of Trustee or Securities Custodian

	

 	
 	

 	
 	

 	
 	

 	
 	

 




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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE    
    



        If
you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.06 or 4.08 of the Indenture, check the box: 


o 


        If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.06 or 4.08 of the Indenture, state the amount in
principal amount: $ 



	Date:	 	Your Signature:	 	 
	 	
	 	 	
 (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security.)







	Signature Guarantee:	 
	 	
 (Signature must be guaranteed)







        Signatures must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for,
STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 


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FORM OF FACE OF EXCHANGE SECURITY

ASSIGNMENT FORM

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY

OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE