REVCO D S INC
SC 14D1/A, 1996-04-01
DRUG STORES AND PROPRIETARY STORES
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                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                              _______________

                             SCHEDULE 14D-1
                            AMENDMENT NO. 13
                         TENDER OFFER STATEMENT
    PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(D)(1) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                            AND SCHEDULE 13D
                            AMENDMENT NO. 13
                 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. 13 to the Schedule 14D-1 also
          constitutes Amendment No. 13 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 1, 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, April 19, 1996. 
          The Offer had previously been scheduled to expire at 11:59
          p.m., New York City time, on Tuesday, April 9, 1996.   A
          copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit
          (a)(21) and is incorporated herein by reference.

          ITEM 11.  MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.

               (a)(21)   Text of Press Release, dated April 1, 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 1, 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)(21)        Text of Press Release, dated April 1,
                         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 FURTHER EXTENDS OFFER FOR REVCO
                                  ____________________

                    CAMP HILL, PA, APRIL 1, 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, April 19, 1996.  The
          offer had previously been scheduled to expire at 11:59
          p.m. on Tuesday, April 9, 1996.  As of 5:00 p.m., New York
          City time, on Friday, March 29, 1996, 23,298,679 shares of
          Revco common stock had been validly tendered in the offer.

                    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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