AMENDMENT, WAIVER AND CONSENT

          This AMENDMENT, WAIVER AND CONSENT ("Amendment"), dated as of February
22, 2002, under the Participation Agreement, dated as of June 27, 2001 (as
heretofore amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the "Participation
Agreement"), among RITE AID REALTY CORP. (the "Company"), RITE AID CORPORATION
(the "Guarantor"), WELLS FARGO BANK NORTHWEST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the
"Trustee"), the persons named from time to time on Schedule I to the
Participation Agreement as note holders and their permitted successors and
assigns (collectively, the "Note Holders").

                              W I T N E S S E T H :

          WHEREAS, the Company, Guarantor, Trustee and the Note Holders are
parties to the Participation Agreement;

          WHEREAS, the Senior Credit Facility was amended by that certain
Amendment No. 1 to Senior Credit Agreement dated as of September 19, 2001
("Amendment No. 1");

          WHEREAS, the Senior Credit Facility was further amended by that
certain Amendment No. 2 to Senior Credit Agreement dated as of February 22, 2002
("Amendment No. 2" and together with Amendment No. 1, the "Senior Amendments");

          WHEREAS, the Company and the Guarantor have requested that the
Majority Holders (i) agree to consent to the Senior Amendments for purposes of
Section 4.02(b) of the Participation Agreement and (ii) agree to amend Appendix
A to the Participation Agreement to incorporate the Senior Amendments into the
definition of "Senior Credit Facility";

          WHEREAS, under the Indenture dated as of November 19, 2001 between the
Guarantor and BNY Midwest Trust Company, as trustee, the Guarantor issued its
4.75% Senior Unsecured Convertible Notes due December 1, 2006 in an aggregate
principal amount of $250,000,000 (the "Notes");

          WHEREAS, the Company and the Guarantor have requested that the
Majority Holders agree to waive any Default or Event of Default that may have
resulted from the Guarantor's issuance of the Notes; and

          WHEREAS, the Majority Holders are willing to agree to such requested
consents, amendments and waivers, but only upon the terms and conditions of this
Amendment;

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good
and valuable consideration the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:

          SECTION 1. Defined Terms; References. Unless otherwise specifically
defined herein, each term used herein which is defined in the Participation
Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term in the Participation Agreement.
Each reference to "hereof", "hereunder",



"herein" and "hereby" and each other similar reference and each reference to
"this Agreement" and each other similar reference contained in the Participation
Agreement shall, after this Amendment becomes effective, refer to the
Participation Agreement after giving effect to this Amendment. Except as herein
specifically waived or amended, all terms and provisions of the Participation
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall be performed by the
parties thereto according to such terms and provisions. This Amendment is
limited as specified and shall not constitute a modification, amendment or
waiver of any other provision of the Participation Agreement or indicate the
Note Holders' willingness to consent to any other modification, amendment or
waiver of the Participation Agreement including without limitation, any
modification, amendment or waiver of the Participation Agreement or any other
document in connection with any other transaction.

          SECTION 2. Consent. The Majority Holders hereby consent under Section
4.02(b) of the Participation Agreement to the Senior Amendments and hereby agree
that all references to "Senior Credit Facility" in Section 4.02(b) of the
Participation Agreement shall hereinafter refer to the definition of "Senior
Credit Facility" as amended pursuant to Section 3 herein.

          SECTION 3. Amendment. The Majority Holders hereby agree to amend
Appendix A to the Participation Agreement by deleting the definition of "Senior
Credit Facility" in its entirety and substituting therefor the following:

          " 'Senior Credit Facility' means the Senior Credit Agreement, dated as
of June 27, 2001, among the Guarantor, as borrower, the banks party thereto and
CUSA, as Senior Administrative Agent and as Senior Collateral Agent, as amended
by that Amendment No. 1 to Senior Credit Agreement, dated as of September 19,
2001, and as further amended by that Amendment No. 2 to Senior Credit Agreement,
dated as of February 22, 2002."

          SECTION 4. Waiver. (a) The Majority Holders hereby waive any and all
Defaults and Events of Default existing under the Participation Agreement and
the other Operative Documents as a result of the issuance of the Notes.

          SECTION 5. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

          SECTION 6. Counterparts. This Amendment may be signed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the
signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

          SECTION 7. Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective when
(i) each of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and the Majority Holders has
executed and delivered at least one counterpart hereof and (ii) each of the Note
Holders executing this Amendment shall have received a fee from the Company in
an amount equal to 0.25% of each approving Note Holder's Equity Investment.


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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to
be duly executed as of the date first above written.

                          RITE AID REALTY CORP.


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                          RITE AID CORPORATION


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                          WELLS FARGO BANK NORTHWEST,
                          NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                             not in its individual capacity, except as expressly
                          set forth in the Participation Agreement, but solely
                          as Trustee


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                          CITICORP USA, INC.,
                             as Note Holder and Certificate Holder


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                          JP MORGAN/CHASE BANK (f/ka/
                          The Chase Manhattan Bank),
                             as Note Holder and Certificate Holder


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                          CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
                             as Note Holder and Certificate Holder


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                          FLEET RETAIL FINANCE, INC.,
                             as Note Holder and Certificate Holder


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