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EX-99 - EXHIBIT 99 - FAMILY DOLLAR STORES INC | a50890862ex99.htm |
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 19, 2014
Family
Dollar Stores, Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in charter)
Delaware |
1-6807 |
56-0942963 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number)
|
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
P.O. Box 1017, 10401 Monroe Road Charlotte, North Carolina |
28201-1017 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (704) 847-6961
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any
of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2 below):
⃞
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communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
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Item 8.01. Other Events
On June 19, 2014, Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a
news release in response to a letter from Carl Icahn to Howard Levine,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Company. A copy of the news
release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99 and is incorporated herein by
reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
99 – News Release dated June 19, 2014
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
FAMILY DOLLAR STORES, INC. |
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(Registrant) | |||
Date: | June 19, 2014 | By: |
/s/ James C. Snyder, Jr. |
James C. Snyder, Jr. |
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Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
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