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Working Capital
We maintain an adequate level of working capital to support our business needs and our customers’
requirements. Such working capital requirements are not, however, in the opinion of management, materially
different from those experienced by our major competitors. We believe our sales and payment terms are
competitive in and appropriate for the markets in which we compete.
Trademarks
We have registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office the names Family Dollar®and Family Dollar
Stores®as service marks, and also have registered, or have filed registration applications for, other names and
designs as trademarks for certain merchandise sold in our stores, such as Family Gourmet®, Family Pet®,
Kidgets®and Outdoors by Design®. Although in aggregate we consider our trademarks to be valuable to our
operations, we do not believe our business is materially dependent on a single trademark or any group of
trademarks.
Employees
As of August 31, 2013, we had approximately 34,000 full-time employees and approximately 24,000 part-
time employees. None of our employees are covered by collective bargaining agreements. We consider our
employee relations generally to be good.
NYSE Certification
In accordance with New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) rules, on February 15, 2013, we filed the annual
certification by our Chief Executive Officer certifying that, as of the date of the certification, Family Dollar was
in compliance with the NYSE listing standards. For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2013, our Chief Executive
Officer and our Chief Financial Officer executed the certifications required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, which are filed as exhibits to this Report.
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