X0202 4 2006-07-13 0000043300 GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA CO INC GAP 0001338368 RICHARDS ALLAN 2 PARAGON DRIVE MONTVALE NJ 07645 0 1 0 0 SR. VICE PRES, HR,LABOR, LEGAL Common Stock 2006-07-13 4 A 0 13026 0 A 13026 D Employee Stock Option (right to buy) 27.71 2006-07-13 4 A 0 6976 27.71 A 2006-07-13 2016-04-18 Common Stock 6976 6976 D The award was a grant for which no consideration was paid. 13,026 shares in the total are underlying restricted stock units which can only be settled in stock. The option grant was approved by a committee of A&P's board of directors on April 18, 2006, subject to shareholder approval of the amendment of the stock option plan under which the option was granted. A&P shareholders approved the amendment to the plan on July 13, 2006. Joan Roensch, Attorney in Fact for Allan Richards 2006-07-18