1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Merlo, Larry J. One CVS Drive Woonsocket, RI 02895- 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol CVS Corporation (CVS) 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year 12/2002 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) ( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person TABLE I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned +------------------------------+----------+----------+---------+--------------------------+--------------+-----------+------------+ |1. Title of Security |2. Trans- |2A.Execu- |3. Trans-|4. Securities Acquired (A)|5. Amount of |6. Owner- |7. Nature | | | action | action | action| or Disposed of (D) |Securities | ship | of In- | | | Date | Date | Code | |Beneficially | Form: | direct | | | | | | |Owned | Direct | Bene- | | | (Month/ | (Month/ | | |Following | (D) or | ficial | | | Day/ | Day/ | +-----------+---+----------+ Year | Indirect| Owner- | | | Year) | Year) | |Amount |A/D|Price | | (I) | ship | +------------------------------+----------+----------+---------+-----------+---+----------+--------------+-----------+------------+ Common Stock 15496D Common Stock 63333 I By Trust as Beneficiary ESOP Preference Stock 964 I By ESOP Common Stock (PEP) 8415 D Common Stock (Restricted) 83508 D TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned +----------+--------+-------+-------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+-------+-------+------+ |1. |2. |3. |3A. |4. |5. |6. |7. |8. |9. |10. |11. | | | | | | | | | | |Number |Owner- | | | | | | | | | | | |of |ship | | | | | | | | | | | |Deriv- |Form of| | | | | | | | | |Title and Amount| |ative |Deriv- | | | | | | | | | |of Underlying | |Secur- |ative |Nature| | |Conver- |Trans- |Execu- | |Number of | |Securities | |ities |Secur- |of | | |sion or |action |tion | |Derivative |Date Exercisable +-------+--------+ |Benefi-|ity: |In- | | |Exercise|Date |Date | |Securities |and Expiration Date | |Amount | |cially |Direct |direct| | |Price of| | |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year) | |or | |Owned |(D) or |Bene- | |Title of |Deriv- |(Month/|(Month/|tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+ |Number |Price of | |In- |ficial| |Derivative|ative |Day/ |Day/ | +-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira- | |of |Derivative|at End |direct |Owner-| |Security |Security|Year) |Year) | |(A) |(D) |cisable |tion Date |Title |Shares |Security |of Year|(I) |ship | +----------+--------+-------+-------+---------+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+-------+-------+------+ Stock $29.925 01/02/2 A 75000 01/02/2004 01/02/2012 Common 75000 $0.0000 D Option 002 Stock Stock $29.925 01/02/2 A 19822 01/02/2003 01/02/2012 Common 19822 $0.0000 94822 D Option 002 Stock Explanation of Responses: SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ Larry J. Merlo DATE 01/24/2003 Includes shares acquired pursuant to issuer's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Includes dividend reinvestment shares acquired during the course of the year. Reflects stock beneficially owned pursuant to issuer's ESOP Plan. Includes shares acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of issuer's Partnership Equity Program. Option becomes exercisable in three installments, commencing 01/02/2004. Option becomes exercisable in three equal annual installments, commencing 01/02/2003.