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common stock through their investment in Buck Holdings, L.P. and related entities. Mr. Calbert is a
director of Toys ‘‘R’’ Us, Inc., US Foods, Pets at Home and Academy, Ltd.
Mr. Dreiling joined Dollar General in January 2008 as Chief Executive Officer and a member
of our Board. He was appointed Chairman of the Board on December 2, 2008. Prior to joining Dollar
General, Mr. Dreiling served as Chief Executive Officer, President and a director of Duane Reade
Holdings, Inc. and Duane Reade Inc., the largest drugstore chain in New York City, from
November 2005 until January 2008 and as Chairman of the Board of Duane Reade from March 2007
until January 2008. Prior to that, beginning in March 2005, he served as Executive Vice
President—Chief Operating Officer of Longs Drug Stores Corporation, an operator of a chain of retail
drug stores on the West Coast and Hawaii, after having joined Longs in July 2003 as Executive Vice
President and Chief Operations Officer. From 2000 to 2003, he served as Executive Vice
President—Marketing, Manufacturing and Distribution at Safeway, Inc., a food and drug retailer. Prior
to that, Mr. Dreiling served from 1998 to 2000 as President of Vons, a Southern California food and
drug division of Safeway. He currently serves as the Vice Chairman of the Retail Industry Leaders
Association (RILA). Mr. Dreiling is a director of Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
Mr. Jones has been with Goldman, Sachs & Co. since 1994. He is a managing director in
Principal Investment Area (PIA) in New York where he focuses on consumer-related and healthcare
opportunities. Affiliates of Goldman, Sachs & Co. indirectly own a substantial portion of our
outstanding common stock through their investment in Buck Holdings, L.P. and related entities.
Mr. Jones is a director of Biomet, Inc., Education Management Corporation, HealthMarkets, Inc.,
Signature Hospital, LLC and Michael Foods Group, Inc. He also previously served on the board of
directors of Burger King Holdings, Inc. from 2002 to 2008.
Mr. Rhodes was elected Chairman of AutoZone, a specialty retailer and distributor of
automotive replacement parts and accessories, in June 2007. He has served as President and Chief
Executive Officer and as a director of AutoZone since 2005. Prior to his appointment as President and
Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Rhodes was Executive Vice President—Store Operations and Commercial.
Prior to 2004, he had been Senior Vice President—Supply Chain and Information Technology
since 2002, and prior thereto had been Senior Vice President—Supply Chain since 2001. Prior to that
time, he served in various capacities with AutoZone, including Vice President—Stores in 2000, Senior
Vice President—Finance and Vice President—Finance in 1999, and Vice President—Operations
Analysis and Support from 1997 to 1999. Prior to 1994, Mr. Rhodes was a manager with Ernst &
Young, LLP.
Mr. Rickard served as the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief
Administrative Officer of CVS Caremark Corporation, a retail pharmacy chain and provider of
healthcare services and pharmacy benefits management, from September 1999 until his retirement in
December 2009. Prior to joining CVS Caremark, Mr. Rickard was the Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of RJR Nabisco Holdings Corporation from March 1997 to August 1999. Previously,
he was Executive Vice President of International Distillers and Vintners Americas. Mr. Rickard is a
director of Harris Corporation and Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated. He served as a director of The
May Companies from January 2005 to August 2005.
How are directors identified and nominated?
All nominees for election as directors at the annual meeting are currently serving on our Board
of Directors and were recommended for re-election by our Compensation, Nominating and Governance
Committee (the ‘‘CNG Committee’’). The CNG Committee is responsible for identifying, evaluating
and recommending future director candidates, subject to the terms of the shareholders’ agreement and
Mr. Dreiling’s employment agreement discussed below. Our Board is responsible for nominating the
slate of directors for election by shareholders at the annual meeting.
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