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GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (BUSINESS WIRE), January 21, 2016 - Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) today announced that Rick Dreiling will step down as a member and the chairman of the board of directors of Dollar General effective January 29, 2016 and it has named Michael M. “Mike” Calbert as non-executive chairman effective January 30, 2016. Calbert has been a member of the board of directors of Dollar General for over eight years. He served as chairman of the board of Dollar General from July 2007 to December 2008 and has been lead director since March 2014. Dreiling’s resignation from the board of directors coincides with his previously announced retirement as senior advisor.

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (BUSINESS WIRE), December 03, 2015 - Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) today announced the promotion of John W. Garratt to executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), effective December 2, 2015. Garratt has served as Dollar General’s interim CFO since June 2015 and previously served as its senior vice president of finance and strategy since joining the Company in October 2014.

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (BUSINESS WIRE), December 03, 2015 - Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) announced today that the Company’s Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.22 per share on the Company’s common stock. The dividend will be payable on January 6, 2016 to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 23, 2015.

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (BUSINESS WIRE), December 03, 2015 - Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) today reported financial results for its fiscal 2015 third quarter (13 weeks) ended October 30, 2015.