REVCO D S INC
SC 14D1/A, 1996-02-09
DRUG STORES AND PROPRIETARY STORES
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                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                                 _______________

                                  SCHEDULE 14D-1
                                  AMENDMENT NO. 7
                                TENDER OFFER STATEMENT
              PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(D)(1) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
                                    ACT OF 1934
                                       AND
                                   SCHEDULE 13D
                                  AMENDMENT NO. 7
                      UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                  _____________

                                REVCO D.S., INC. 
                           (Name of Subject Company)
                                  _____________

                               RITE AID CORPORATION
                          OCEAN ACQUISITION CORPORATION
                                    (Bidders)
                                  _____________

                       COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE, $.01 PER SHARE
                           (Title of Class of Securities)
                                 _____________

                                   761339 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, PENNSYLVANIA  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, NEW YORK  10022
                          TELEPHONE:  (212) 735-3000
                                _______________

                Ocean Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation
          (the "Purchaser") and a wholly owned subsidiary of  Rite Aid
          Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), and Parent
          hereby amend and supplement their Statement on Schedule 14D-
          1 (the "Schedule 14D-1"), filed with the Securities Exchange
          Commission (the "Commission") on December 4, 1995, with
          respect to the Purchaser's offer to purchase 35,144,833
          shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share (the
          "Shares"), of Revco D.S., Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
          "Company"),  at a price of $27.50 per Share, net to the
          seller in cash, (such price, or such higher price per Share
          as may be paid in the Offer, the "Offer Price") upon the
          terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer
          to Purchase and in the related Letter of Transmittal (which,
          as amended from time to time, together constitute the
          "Offer").  This Amendment No. 7 to the Schedule 14D-1 also
          constitutes Amendment No. 7 to the Statement on Schedule 13D
          of the Purchaser and Parent.  The item numbers and responses
          thereto below are in accordance with the requirements of
          Schedule 14D-1.

          ITEM 10.  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

               (f)  On February 9, 1996, Parent issued a press release
          which announced, among other things,  that Parent and the
          Purchaser have extended the expiration date of the Offer to
          11:59 p.m., New York City time, on Friday, February 23,
          1996.  The Offer had previously been scheduled to expire at
          7:00 p.m., New York City time, on Thursday, February 15,
          1996.  A copy of the press release is filed herewith as
          exhibit (a)(15) and is incorporated by reference herein.

          ITEM 11.  MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.

               (a)(15)   Text of Press Release, dated February 9,
          1996, issued by Parent.


                                   SIGNATURES

               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:  February 9, 1996
                                     RITE AID CORPORATION

                                     By:  /s/ Martin L. Grass       
                                        ________________________________
                                        Name: Martin L. Grass 
                                        Title: Chairman of the Board and 
                                               Chief Executive Officer
                                           

                                      OCEAN ACQUISITION CORPORATION

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






          (RITE AID
          CORPORATION - LOGO)

          CONTACTS:    

          MEDIA:                             INVESTORS:
          SUZANNE MEAD                       FRANK BERGONZI
          VP Corporate Communications        Executive VP and CFO
          (717) 975-5887                     (717) 975-5750

                              JOELE FRANK/LISSA WEINMANN
                              Abernathy MacGregor Scanlon
                              (212) 371-5999

          FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE      

               RITE AID FURTHER EXTENDS OFFER FOR REVCO
                             ____________________

                    CAMP HILL, PA, FEBRUARY 9, 1996 -- Rite Aid
          Corporation (RAD: NYSE, PSE) and its subsidiary Ocean
          Acquisition Corporation announced today that they have
          extended the expiration date of Ocean Acquisition's
          $27.50 per share cash tender offer to purchase 35,144,833
          shares of common stock of Revco D.S., Inc. (RXR: NYSE) to
          11:59 p.m., New York City time, on Friday, February 23,
          1996.   The offer had previously been scheduled to expire
          on Thursday, February 15, 1996.  As of 5:00 p.m., New
          York City time, on Thursday, February 8, 1996, 23,624,872 
          shares of Revco common stock had been validly tendered in
          the offer.  

                    As previously announced, Rite Aid had received
          a request for additional information made by the Federal
          Trade Commission pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino
          Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976.  Rite Aid stated that
          it has now submitted its responses to such request for
          additional information with the FTC and believes that it
          is in substantial compliance with this request.  Under
          applicable regulations, the tender offer may not be
          consummated until ten days after Rite Aid has
          substantially complied with the request for additional
          information or such later date as Rite Aid may agree to. 
          Rite Aid further announced that it has voluntarily agreed
          with the FTC to extend such ten day waiting period
          through Friday, February 23, 1996.

                    As previously announced, the tender offer is
          being made pursuant to a merger agreement between Rite
          Aid, Ocean Acquisition and Revco.  The tender offer will
          be followed by a second-step merger in which each share
          of Revco not acquired in the tender offer will be
          converted into the right to receive Rite Aid common stock
          and/or under certain circumstances, cash.

                    Rite Aid Corporation, based in Camp Hill,
          Pennsylvania, is the nation's largest drugstore chain,
          with over 2,700 stores in 21 states and the District of
          Columbia.

                    General information about Rite Aid including
          corporate background and press releases is available,
          free of charge, through the company's News-On-Demand fax
          service at (800) 916-7788.





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