Tentative Pricing for Tender Offer for Outstanding Dollar General Notes Announced

July 02, 2007

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn., Jul 02, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) (the "Company" or "Dollar General") announced today that it had been advised by Buck Acquisition Corp., a Tennessee corporation ("Buck"), which is indirectly controlled by investment funds affiliated with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. ("KKR"), that Buck had determined tentative pricing information in connection with the cash tender offer (and related consent solicitation) (the "Tender Offer") relating to the $200 million outstanding aggregate principal amount of 8 5/8% Senior Notes due 2010 of Dollar General (the "Notes"). If the Tender Offer for the Notes expires as currently scheduled, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 5, 2007, the Company will pay total consideration of $1,087.72 for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes. The Tender Offer is being conducted in connection with the anticipated merger (the "Merger") of Buck with and into Dollar General. Additional information regarding the Merger and the related transactions can be found in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. The Tender Offer is being made pursuant to an Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement (the "Offer to Purchase") dated June 4, 2007, which more fully sets forth the terms and conditions of the Tender Offer.

Buck reserves the right to extend the expiration time of the Tender Offer subject to applicable law. In the event the expiration time is extended, Buck will publicly announce the extension no later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the first business day following the previously scheduled expiration time.

If the Tender Offer expires at the currently scheduled expiration time of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 5, 2007, Buck expects the settlement date to be July 6, 2007, subject to satisfying various conditions, including all conditions precedent to the Merger.

The total consideration for the Notes includes a consent payment of $30.00 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes. All holders who validly tendered their Notes pursuant to the Offer to Purchase on or prior to the consent payment deadline of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on June 15, 2007 will receive the total consideration, which includes the consent payment. All other holders who tender their Notes pursuant to the Tender Offer prior to the expiration time (currently scheduled at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 5, 2007 unless the expiration time is extended) will receive the tender offer consideration of $1,057.72 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes tendered.

The purchase price for the Notes was determined by reference to a fixed spread of 50 basis points over the bid side yield (as quoted on Bloomberg screen PX5 at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on July 2, 2007) of the 3.625% U.S. Treasury Note due June 15, 2010.

Goldman, Sachs & Co. is acting as the dealer manager and solicitation agent for the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation. The information agent for the Tender Offer is D.F. King & Co., Inc. Questions regarding the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation may be directed to Goldman, Sachs & Co. at (212) 902-9077 (collect) or (800) 828-3182 (toll-free). Requests for documentation may be directed to D.F. King & Co., Inc. at (212) 269-5550 (for banks and brokers only) or 1(800) 488-8095 (for all others toll-free).

This release is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to purchase, a solicitation of an offer to purchase, or a solicitation of consents with respect to the Notes, nor is this release an offer or solicitation of an offer to sell any securities. The Tender Offer and related consent solicitation are made solely by means of the Offer to Purchase.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain information provided herein may include "forward-looking statements." You can identify these statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. These statements generally contain words such as "may," "will," "project," "might," "expect," "believe," "anticipate," "intend," "could," "should," "would", "estimate," "continue," "contemplate" or "pursue," or the negative or other variations thereof or comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and projections about future events and actual events could differ materially from those projected. You are cautioned that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or results and involve risks, assumptions and uncertainties that cannot be predicted or quantified. These risks, assumptions and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement; the outcome of any legal proceedings that have been or may be instituted against Dollar General and others relating to the proposed Merger; the inability to complete the Merger due to the failure to satisfy the conditions to the completion of the Merger, including the failure to obtain the necessary debt financing arrangements set forth in commitment letters received in connection with the Merger; risks that the proposed transaction disrupts current plans and operations and the potential difficulties in employee retention as a result of the Merger; the ability to recognize the benefits of the Merger; the amount of the costs, fees, expenses and charges related to the Merger and the actual terms of certain financings that will be obtained for the Merger; the impact of the substantial indebtedness incurred to finance the consummation of the Merger; and other risks, assumptions and uncertainties detailed from time to time in Dollar General's SEC reports, including Dollar General's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as well as in the proxy statement relating to the proposed Merger. Many of the factors that will determine the outcome of the subject matter of this press release are beyond Buck's or Dollar General's ability to control or predict. There can be no assurance that the transaction described above will be consummated. Forward-looking statements made herein speak only as of the date hereof, and Dollar General assumes no obligation to update such statements.

SOURCE: Dollar General Corporation

Dollar General Corporation
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