DOLLAR GENERAL ISSUES 5-FOR-4 STOCK SPLIT REMINDER.NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 12, 1997--As previously announced on January 13, 1997, the Board of Directors of Dollar General Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DG) declared a 5-for-4 stock split on the Company's common stock. Each shareholder of record at the close of business on February 3, 1997, will receive one additional share on common stock for each four shares of common stock held on that date. The new shares will be distributed on February 12, 1997. The shares of common stock will be traded on a post-split basis beginning February 13, 1997. Dollar General is a chain of more than 2,691 neighborhood stores operating in 24 states with distribution centers in Kentucky Kentucky, state, United States Kentucky (kəntŭk`ē, kĭn–), one of the so-called border states of the S central United States. It is bordered by West Virginia and Virginia (E); Tennessee (S); the Mississippi R. , Georgia Georgia, country, Asia Georgia (jôr`jə), Georgian Sakartvelo, Rus. Gruziya, officially Republic of Georgia, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,677,000), c.26,900 sq mi (69,700 sq km), in W Transcaucasia. and Oklahoma. The company's common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. . CONTACT: Dollar General Corporation, Nashville Kiley Fleming, 615/783-2014 |
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