REVCO D S INC
SC 14D1/A, 1996-04-18
DRUG STORES AND PROPRIETARY STORES
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                              _______________

                               SCHEDULE 14D-1
                              AMENDMENT NO. 15
                           TENDER OFFER STATEMENT
           PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(D)(1) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
                                 ACT OF 1934
                                     AND
                                 SCHEDULE 13D
                               AMENDMENT NO. 15
                  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. 15 to the Schedule 14D-1 also
          constitutes Amendment No. 15 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 April 17, 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 Wednesday, April 24,
          1996.  The Offer had previously been scheduled to expire at
          11:59 p.m., New York City time, on Friday, April 19, 1996. 
          A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit
          (a)(23) and is incorporated herein by reference.

          ITEM 11.  MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.

               (a)(23)   Text of Press Release, dated April 17, 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:  April 18, 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


                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
           
          EXHIBIT
          NUMBER    DESCRIPTION

          (a)(23)        Text of Press Release, dated April 17,
          1996, issued by Parent.




          (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 AND FTC AGREED TO EXTEND HART-SCOTT-RODINO WAITING
              PERIOD AND RITE AID FURTHER EXTENDS OFFER FOR REVCO 
                   __________________________________________        

               CAMP HILL, PA, APRIL 17, 1996 -- Rite Aid Corporation
          (RAD: NYSE, PSE) announced today that it has agreed with the
									 Federal Trade Commission to further extend the Hart-Scott-Rodino
									 waiting period in connection with Rite Aid's proposed acquisition
          of Revco D.S., Inc. (RXR: NYSE) through Wednesday, April 24,
          1996.  Accordingly, Rite Aid and its subsidiary Ocean
          Acquisition Corporation also announced 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 April 24, 1996.  The offer had
          previously been scheduled to expire on Friday, April 19,
          1996.  As of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Tuesday, April
          16, 1996, 23,213,005 shares of Revco common stock had been
          validly tendered in the offer.

                    Rite Aid is continuing its negotiations with the
          FTC in the hope that a successful resolution can be reached
          prior to the expiration of the Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting
          period on April 24, 1996.  

                    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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