X0303 4 2010-02-08 0000043300 GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA CO INC GAP 0001229233 MARSHALL RON 2 PARAGON DRIVE MONTVALE NJ 07645 0 1 0 0 President & CEO Common Stock 2010-02-08 4 A 0 128040 0 A 128040 D Employee Stock Option (right to buy) 6.09 2010-02-08 4 A 0 164203 6.09 A 2011-02-08 2018-02-08 Common Stock 164203 164203 D The award was a grant for which no consideration was paid. The shares in the total are underlying restricted stock units which can only be settled in stock. The acquistion represents the grant of 128,040 restricted stock units which can only be settled in stock and which vest according to the following schedule: 1/4 on February 8, 2011 and 3/4 on February 8, 2013. This option vests in three equal installments: 1/3 on February 8, 2011, 1/3 on February 8, 2012 and 1/3 on February 8, 2013. Christopher McGarry, Attorney-in-Fact for Ronald Marshall 2010-02-10