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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  May 12, 2008


Rite Aid Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware
1-5742
23-1614034
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)


30 Hunter Lane, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 17011
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(717) 761-2633
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 5.02   Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On May 12, 2008, Robert A. Mariano resigned as a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Rite Aid Corporation (the “Company”).

On May 13, 2008, James L. Donald was appointed as a member of the Board to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mr. Mariano.  Mr. Donald’s term will expire at the Company’s 2009 annual meeting of stockholders.  As a non-employee director, Mr. Donald will receive compensation in accordance with the Company’s policies for compensating outside directors.

The Company issued a press release dated May 14, 2008 announcing the appointment of Mr. Donald to the Board and the resignation of Mr. Mariano from the Board. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)
Exhibits
   
 
99.1     Press Release of Rite Aid Corporation, dated May 14, 2008


 
 
 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereto duly authorized.

 
RITE AID CORPORATION
  
       
       
Date:  May 14, 2008
By:
/s/ Robert B. Sari
  
 
Name:
Robert B. Sari
  
 
Title:
Executive Vice President,
  
   
General Counsel and Secretary
  


 
 
 

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.
Description
   
99.1
Press Release of Rite Aid Corporation, dated May 14, 2008