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Corporate Information
EXECUTIVE OFFICES INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
Dollar General Corporation Ernst & Young LLP
100 Mission Ridge Nashville, Tennessee
Goodlettsville, Tennessee 37072
(615) 855-4000 TRANSFER AGENT
Registrar and Transfer Company
DIRECT STOCK PURCHASE/ P.O. Box 1010
DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN Cranford, New Jersey 07016
Enrollment materials are available on our Web site, (800) 368-5948
www.dollargeneral.com, or by calling (888) 266-6785.
The Dollar General Direct Stock Purchase Plan is Inquiries regarding stock transfers, lost
administered by the Company’s transfer agent, Registrar certificates or address changes should be
and Transfer Company. directed to the transfer agent listed above.
DIVIDENDS AND STOCK PRICES BY QUARTER
The following table sets forth the range of the high and low sales prices of the Company’s common stock during each quarter in
2003 and 2002, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange, together with dividends.
2003 First Second Third Fourth
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High $ 15.20 $ 19.75 $ 23.40 $ 22.67
Low $ 9.50 $ 14.87 $ 18.16 $ 18.41
Dividends $ .035 $ .035 $ .035 $ .035
2002 First Second Third Fourth
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High $ 17.25 $ 19.95 $ 17.55 $ 14.80
Low $ 13.77 $ 14.45 $ 12.00 $ 10.56
Dividends $ .032 $ .032 $ .032 $ .032
The Company has paid cash dividends on its common stock since 1975. The Board of Directors regularly reviews the Company’s
dividend plans to ensure that they are consistent with the Company’s earnings performance, financial condition, need for capital
and other relevant factors. Consistent with that review, on March 12, 2004, the Board of Directors authorized a dividend of $0.04
per share for the first quarter of 2004.
ANNUAL MEETING
Dollar General Corporation’s annual meeting of shareholders is scheduled for
10:00 a.m. CDT on Tuesday, May 25, 2004, at the Goodlettsville City Hall
auditorium, 105 South Main Street, Goodlettsville, Tennessee. Shareholders of
record as of March 22, 2004, are entitled to vote at the meeting.
10-K REPORT/SALES INFORMATION
A copy of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 30,
2004, and a list of all its exhibits, will be supplied without charge to any
shareholder upon written request sent to our principal executive offices: Dollar
General Corporation, Attention: Investor Relations, 100 Mission Ridge,
Goodlettsville, Tennessee 37072. Exhibits to that Form 10-K are available for a
reasonable fee. You may also view the Form 10-K and its exhibits on-line at the
SEC Web site at www.sec.gov, or via our Web site at www.dollargeneral.com.
NYSE: DG
The common stock of Dollar General Corporation is traded on the New York
Stock Exchange under the trading symbol “DG.” The approximate number of
shareholders of record of the Company’s common stock as of March 22, 2004,
was 12,761.
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