UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
FORM 4
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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
(successor by merger to J.P. Morgan & Co Incorporated)
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
270 Park Avenue
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(Street)
New York NY 10017
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(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Rite Aid Corp. (RAD)
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3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
2/2001
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
Director X 10% Owner
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Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
Form filed by One Reporting Person
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X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or
Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired 5. Amount of Securities 6. Ownership 7. Nature of
(Instr. 3) action action (A) or Disposed of Beneficially Owned Form: Direct Indirect
Date Code (D) (Instr. 3, 4 at End of Month (D) or In- Beneficial
(Instr.8) and 5) (Instr. 3 and 4) direct (I) Ownership
(Month/ (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
Day/ (A) or
Year) Code V Amount (D) Price
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Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of 2. Conversion or 3. Transaction Date 4. Transaction 5. Number of 6. Date Exercisable and
Derivative Exercise Price (Month/Day/Year) Code Derivative Expiration Date
Security of Derivative (Instr. 8) Securities (Month/Day/Year)
(Instr. 3) Security Acquired (A)
or Disposed of
(D) (Instr. 3,
4 and 5)
Date Expiration
Code V (A) (D) Exercisable Date
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5.25% Convertible Notes due 2002 N/A 2/8/01 S $ 500,000 immed. N/A
5.25% Convertible Notes due 2002 N/A 2/8/01 S $1,400,000 immed. N/A
5.25% Convertible Notes due 2002 N/A 2/15/01 S $1,000,000 immed. N/A
5.25% Convertible Notes due 2002 N/A 2/21/01 S $1,000,000 immed. N/A
5.25% Convertible Notes due 2002 N/A 2/21/01 S $3,000,000 immed. N/A
5.25% Convertible Notes due 2002 N/A 2/22/01 S $ 100,000 immed. N/A
5.25% Convertible Notes due 2002 N/A 2/23/01 S $2,000,000 immed. N/A
1. Title of 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price of 9. Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of
Derivative Underlying Securities Derivative Derivative Form of Indirect
Security (Instr. 3 and 4) Security Securities Derivative Beneficial
(Instr. 3) (Instr. 5) Beneficially Security: Ownership
Amount Owned at End Direct (D) (Instr. 4)
or of Month or Indirect
Number (Instr. 4) (I)
of (Instr. 4)
Title Shares
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5.25% Convertible Notes due 2002 Common Stock(1) 27.672 per $1000 $61.40
5.25% Convertible Notes due 2002 Common Stock 27.672 per $1000 $67.65
5.25% Convertible Notes due 2002 Common Stock 27.672 per $1000 $67.50
5.25% Convertible Notes due 2002 Common Stock 27.672 per $1000 $67.40
5.25% Convertible Notes due 2002 Common Stock 27.672 per $1000 $67.30
5.25% Convertible Notes due 2002 Common Stock 27.672 per $1000 $67.80
5.25% Convertible Notes due 2002 Common Stock 27.672 per $1000 $64.96 1,000,000 I (2) (by subsidiary)
Explanation of Responses:
(1) On the dates of the transactions reported above, the market price of the
Common Stock ranged from $3.81 to $5.30.
(2) J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. ("JPMC") disclaims beneficial ownership of Issuer's
securities held by JPMC subsidiaries, including those securities held by
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (JPMSI). No JPMSI affiliate had a pecuniary
interest in the Issuer's securities reported herein.
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
By: /s/ Stephen E. Gray
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Vice President, Assistant General Counsel
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
By: /s/ Stephen E. Gray Date: 3/12/2001
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Vice President, Assistant General Counsel
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