Form of 3.400% Note Due 2016


 Exhibit 4.4 
 THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (THE
“DEPOSITARY”), OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF
SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. 
 UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY 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 IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE
TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), 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. 
 SAFEWAY INC. 

3.400% Note Due 2016 
 $400,000,000 
 CUSIP No. 786514BT5 

SAFEWAY INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to), for value received promises to pay to 
  

					
		 	CEDE & CO.	 	, or registered assigns,
			
	the principal sum of	 	FOUR HUNDRED MILLION	 	DOLLARS

 on December 1, 2016, and to pay interest thereon from December 5, 2011, or the most recent interest payment
date to which interest has been paid or provided for, as the case may be, payable on June 1 and December 1 (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), beginning June 1, 2012, at the rate of 3.400% per annum, until the principal
hereof is paid or made available for payment, and (to the extent that the payment of such interest is permitted by law) to pay interest at the rate per annum borne by this Security on any overdue principal and on any overdue installment of interest
until paid. If any Interest Payment Date falls on a date that is not a Business Day, interest will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day. The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date will,
except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, be paid to the person in whose name this Security (or one or more predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest, which shall be the
May 15 and November 15, respectively (whether or not a Business Day), immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such
regular record date and may either 






 
be paid to the person in whose name this Security (or one or more predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such defaulted
interest to be fixed by the Company, notice whereof shall be given to the Trustee and the Holders not less than 10 days prior to such special record date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner. Interest on the Securities shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. 
 Principal of and interest on the Securities will be payable
in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. The transfer of the Securities will be registrable, the Securities may be presented for exchange, and notices
and demands to or upon the Company in respect of this Security and the Indenture may be served, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose (which initially will be The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. at 700 South
Flower Street, Suite 500, Los Angeles, CA 90017, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration); provided that, unless all of the outstanding Securities are Global Securities, the Company will at all times maintain an office or agency for such purposes
in Los Angeles, California; and provided, further, that, except as provided in the next sentence, payment of interest may, at the option of the Company, be made by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto. If this Security is a
Global Security, the interest payable on this Security will be paid to Cede & Co., the nominee of the Depositary, or its registered assigns as the registered owner of this Security, by wire transfer of immediately available funds on each of
the applicable Interest Payment Dates. 
 Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security which further
provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. 
 Unless the certificate of
authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 






 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be signed manually or by
facsimile by its duly authorized officers. 
 Date: December 5, 2011 

 

			
	SAFEWAY INC.	  	
		
	BY	  	BY
		
	  
	  	  

	Bradley S. Fox	  	Robert A. Gordon
	Vice President and Treasurer	  	Senior Vice President, Secretary and
		  	Counsel

 TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE 
 OF AUTHENTICATION 
 This is one of the 3.400% Notes Due 2016 

described in the 
 within-mentioned Indenture.

  

	
	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
	
	BY
	
	  

	AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY







 SAFEWAY INC. 
 3.400% Note Due 2016 
  

	1.	General. 

 This Security
is one of a duly authorized series of securities of the Company issued and to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of September 10, 1997, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time (the “Indenture”), between the Company
and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as successor to The Bank of New York, as Trustee (the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the
Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the
Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, originally issued in $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount, subject to
increase in accordance with the Indenture (herein called the “Securities”). All terms used but not defined in this Security shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of and interest on this Security at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. 

 

	2.	Indenture. 

 The terms of
the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by the Officers’ Certificate dated December 5, 2011 delivered pursuant thereto and the TIA. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and the
Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and said Act for a statement of them. 
  

	3.	Sinking Fund. 

 The
Securities are not subject to any sinking fund. 
  

	4.	Optional Redemption. 

 The
Securities are redeemable in whole or in part at the option of the Company at any time and from time to time at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed; or (ii) the sum
of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Securities to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semiannual basis (assuming a
360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the then current Treasury Rate plus 40 basis points. In each case the Company will pay accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to the date of redemption. 

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means, with respect to any redemption date, the United States Treasury security selected by an
Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt
securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities. 
 “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with
respect to any redemption date, (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Trustee obtains fewer than
four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations. 
 “Independent Investment Banker”
means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers that the Company appoints to act as the Independent Investment Banker from time to time. 






 “Reference Treasury Dealer” means, with respect to any redemption date for the
Securities, Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and their respective successors, and one other firm that is a primary U.S. Government securities dealer (each a
“Primary Treasury Dealer”) which the Company specifies from time to time; provided, however, that if any of them ceases to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer. 

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the
average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date. 
 “Treasury Rate” means, with respect
to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the
Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date. The Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the redemption date. 
 Notice of any optional redemption of any Securities will be mailed at least 15 but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of the Securities to be redeemed at its registered
address. The notice of redemption for the Securities will state, among other things, the amount of Securities to be redeemed, the redemption date, the redemption price and the place or places that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender
of Securities to be redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on any Securities that have been called for redemption at the redemption date. 

 

	5.	Offer to Purchase Upon a Change of Control Triggering Event. 

 If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its option to redeem the Securities pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, each Holder of this Security will have the
right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Securities pursuant to a Change of Control Offer on the terms set forth in the Indenture.

  

	6.	Denominations; Transfer; Exchange. 

 This Security is issuable only in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of U.S. $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein and herein set forth, the transfer, or the exchange for an equal
principal amount, of this Security is registrable with the Registrar upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Registrar. 
 No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may, subject to certain exceptions, require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith. 
  

	7.	Persons Deemed Owners. 


Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the
Trustee may treat the Holder in whose name this Security is registered as the owner thereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary. 







	8.	Unclaimed Money. 

 The
Trustee and any Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for the payment of principal and interest that remains unclaimed for two years. After that, Securityholders entitled to the money must look to the Company for
payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person. 
  

	9.	Defeasance Prior to Maturity. 

 The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance of (i) the entire indebtedness of the Securities or (ii) certain covenants and Events of Default with respect to the Securities, in each case
upon compliance with certain conditions set forth therein. 
  

	10.	Amendment; Supplement; Waiver. 

 Subject to certain limitations described in the Indenture, the Indenture permits the Company and the Trustee to enter into a supplemental indenture with the written consent of the Holders of at least a
majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities), for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any
of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Securityholders. Subject to certain limitations described in the Indenture, the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of
the outstanding Securities by notice to the Trustee (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities) may waive compliance by the Company with any provision of the Indenture or the Securities. Any
such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu
hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security. 
  

	11.	Restrictive Covenants. 


The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ ability to create or incur certain Liens on any
of their respective properties or assets and to enter into certain sale and lease-back transactions and on the Company’s ability to engage in mergers or consolidations or the conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of its
properties and assets. These limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions and reference is made to the Indenture for a description thereof. 

 

	12.	Defaults and Remedies. 


If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities may be declared (or, in certain cases, shall ipso
facto become) due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. 
  

	13.	Proceedings. 

 As provided
in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any
other remedy under the Indenture, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities and unless also the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the
Securities at the time outstanding shall have made written request, and offered reasonable indemnity, to the Trustee to institute such proceedings as trustee, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of Securities at the time outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute such proceeding, within 60 days. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the
enforcement of any payment of the principal hereof or any interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein. 







	14.	Trustee Dealings with Company. 

 The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. 

 

	15.	No Recourse Against Others. 

 A past, present or future director, officer, employee, shareholder or incorporator, as such, of the Company or any successor corporation shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company
under this Security or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of
the consideration of issuance of the Securities. 
  

	16.	Governing Law. 

 The
internal laws of the State of New York shall govern the Indenture and the Securities. 






 ABBREVIATIONS 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Security, shall be construed as though they were written
out in full according to applicable laws or regulations: 
  

									
	TEN COM - as tenants in common	  	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -	  	  
	  	Custodian	  	  

	TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties	  		  	(Cust)	  		  	(Minor)
	 JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common
	  	under Uniform Gifts to Minors	  		  	
		  	Act                          
                              	  		  	
		  	 (State)
	  		  	

 Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. 

 
  

ASSIGNMENT 
 FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto 
  

	
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 this Security and all rights thereunder hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
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Attorney, to transfer this Security on the books of the Trustee, with full power of substitution in the premises. 
  

									
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		 		  	Notice: The signature(s) on this Assignment must correspond with the name(s) as written upon the face of this Security in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or
any change whatsoever.







 OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE 

If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.9 of the Indenture, check the box below:

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 If you want to elect to have only part of the Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.9 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:
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