PERRY DRUG STORES INC
SC 14D1/A, 1995-01-17
DRUG STORES AND PROPRIETARY STORES
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     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
     WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549 

     SCHEDULE 14D-1
     AMENDMENT NO. 2
     TENDER OFFER STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(D)(1)OF THE
     SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

     and

     SCHEDULE 13D
     AMENDMENT NO. 1
     UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

     PERRY DRUG STORES, INC.
     (NAME OF SUBJECT COMPANY)

     LAKE ACQUISITION CORPORATION
     RITE AID CORPORATION
     (BIDDERS)

     COMMON STOCK, $.05 PAR VALUE
     (TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)

     714611 10 0
     (CUSIP NUMBER OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)

     FRANKLIN C. BROWN, ESQ.
     EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF LEGAL COUNSEL
     RITE AID CORPORATION
     30 HUNTER LANE
     CAMP HILL, PA  17011
     TELEPHONE: (717) 761-2633
     (Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to 
     receive notices and communications on behalf of bidders)

     WITH A COPY TO:

     NANCY A. LIEBERMAN, ESQ.
     SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM
     919 THIRD AVENUE
     NEW YORK, NY  10022
     (212) 735-3000


               Rite Aid Corporation, a Delaware corporation
     ("Parent"), and Lake Acquisition Corporation, a wholly owned
     subsidiary of Parent (the "Purchaser"), hereby amend and 
     supplement (i) their Statement on Schedule 14D-1 ("Schedule 14D-
     1"), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
     "Commission") on December 29, 1994, as amended, with respect to
     the Purchaser's offer to purchase all outstanding shares of
     common stock, par value $.05 per share (the "Common Stock"), of
     Perry Drug Stores, Inc., a Michigan corporation (the "Company"),
     and the associated Preferred Stock Purchase Rights (the "Rights",
     and, together with the Common Stock, the "Shares") issued
     pursuant to the Rights Agreement, dated as of February 4, 1987,
     as amended, between the Company and State Street Bank & Trust
     Company, as successor Rights Agent (the "Rights Agreement"), at a
     price of $11.00 per Share, net to the seller in cash, without
     interest thereon and (ii) their Statement on Schedule 13D filed
     with the Commission on January 3, 1995.

               Unless otherwise indicated herein, each capitalized
     term used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed
     to such term in the Schedule 14D-1 or in the Offer to Purchase
     referred to therein.

     ITEM 10.  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

               The information set forth in Item 10(c) of the Schedule
     14D-1 is hereby amended and supplemented by the following
     information:

               On January 16, 1995, Parent issued a press release, a
     copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit (a)(10) and is
     incorporated herein by reference, relating to the expiration of
     the applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino
     Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976.

     ITEM 11.  MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.

     (a)(10)   Text of Press Release, dated January 16, 1995, issued
               by Rite Aid Corporation.


                                 SIGNATURE

          After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
     belief, I certify that the information set forth in this
     statement is true, complete and correct.

     Dated:  January 17, 1995

                                     RITE AID CORPORATION

                                     By: /s/ Martin L. Grass           
                                         Name: Martin L. Grass
                                         Title:  President and
                                                  Chief Operating Officer


                                 SIGNATURE

          After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
     belief, I certify that the information set forth in this
     statement is true, complete and correct.

     Dated:  January 17, 1995

                                     LAKE ACQUISITION CORPORATION

                                     By: /s/ Martin L. Grass           
                                          Name: Martin L. Grass
                                          Title:   Vice President


                               EXHIBIT INDEX

     Exhibit No.      Description

     (a)(10)          Text of Press Release, dated January 16, 1995, issued
                      by Rite Aid Corporation.




          Press Release
          For Further Information Contact:

          Frank Bergonzi
          Senior Vice President, Finance
          (717) 975-5750

          FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

             RITE AID ANNOUNCES EXPIRATION OF HART-SCOTT-RODINO 
             WAITING PERIOD IN TENDER OFFER FOR PERRY DRUG STORES

               CAMP HILL, PA (January 16, 1995) - Rite Aid
          Corporation (RAD - NYSE, PSE) announced today that the
          waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
          Improvements Act of 1976 applicable to the cash tender
          offer to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock
          of Perry Drug Stores, Inc. commenced on December 29, 1994
          by Lake Acquisition Corporation, a wholly owned
          subsidiary of Rite Aid, expired at 12:00 midnight on
          January 13, 1995. 

               Under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act certain purchases of
          stock may not be consummated unless certain information
          has been furnished to the Antitrust Division of the
          Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission
          and certain waiting periods have expired.  

               The offer and withdrawal rights are currently
          scheduled to expire at midnight, New York City time, on
          Friday, January 27, 1995.  MacKenzie Partners, Inc. is
          acting as the Information Agent for the offer.

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