Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO) announced that the Company's Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on the Company's common stock of $0.155 per share, payable Thursday, July 15, 2010, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Tuesday, June 15, 2010.
About Family Dollar
Beginning with one store in 1959 in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Company currently operates more than 6,600 stores in 44 states. Family Dollar Stores, Inc., a Fortune 500 company, is based in Matthews, North Carolina, just outside of Charlotte and is a publicly held company with common stock traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol FDO. For more information, please visit www.familydollar.com.
Contacts:
Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
Investor Contact:
Kiley
F. Rawlins, CFA, 704-849-7496
krawlins@familydollar.com
or
Media
Contact:
Josh Braverman, 704-814-3447
jbraverman@familydollar.com
