EXHIBIT 99.1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS RELEASE
CONTACT: Dollar General Corporation
100 Mission Ridge
Goodlettsville, Tennessee 37072
Investor Contact: Kiley Fleming
(615) 855-4000
Dollar General Corporation to Raise
$200 Million in Debt Offering
GOODLETTSVILLE, TENNESSEE - June 7, 2000 - Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG)
announced today that it plans to raise approximately $200 million through a Rule
144A debt transaction with registration rights. The offering of senior unsecured
notes is, among other things, subject to market conditions.
The debt securities have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and such securities may not be offered or sold in the United States
absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration
requirements.
Dollar General operates more than 4,510 neighborhood stores in 24 states with
distribution centers in Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma and
Virginia.
