U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 5
ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
[_] Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
[_] Form 3 Holdings Reported
[_] Form 4 Transactions Reported
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Turner, Cal Jr.,
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
100 Mission Ridge
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(Street)
Goodlettsville, TN 37072-2170
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Dollar General Corporation DG
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
February 2002
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[X] Director [X] 10% Owner
[X] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
(Check applicable line)
[X] Form filed by one Reporting Person
[_] Form filed by more than one Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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5. 6.
4. Amount of Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) or Securities ship
Disposed of (D) Beneficially Form: 7.
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned at End Direct Nature of
2. 3. ----------------------------- of Issuer's (D) or Indirect
1. Transaction Transaction (A) Fiscal Year Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Date Code Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) (Instr. 8) (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock 02/23/2001 G 1,000(1) D D
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Common Stock 04/10/2001 G 1,267 D D
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Common Stock 04/11/2001 G 905 D D
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Common Stock 10/02/2001 G 500,000 A 5,714,094 D
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Common Stock 11,075 I By 401(k)
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Common Stock 82 I By Co-EXEC CTS Estate
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Common Stock 1,881,513 I By Co-TTEE ETC TR
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Common Stock 1,293,620 I By Co-TTEE HCTTR
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Common Stock 1,531,181 I By Co-TTEE JST TR
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Common Stock 1,881,036 I By Co-TTEE LJTD TR
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Common Stock 31,625,784 I By Co-TTEE Turner Children's
Trust
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Common Stock 150,000 I By CT Annuity TR2001
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Common Stock 272,779 I By Dugas Irrevocable TR
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Common Stock 10,265 I By IRA
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Common Stock 98,058 I By LWC Foundation
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Common Stock 727,587 I By Spouse
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* If the form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
(Print or Type Responses)
(Over)
(Form 5-07/99)
FORM 5 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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9. 10.
Number Owner-
of ship
2. Deriv- of
Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature
or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of
Exer- Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In-
cise 3. Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct
Price Trans- 4. or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene-
1. of action Trans- of (D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date action (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ Code 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Year (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ (Instr. ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) 8) (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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Stock Option/Emp/
Spec/01-02-26 $19.55 02/26/01 A (A) 111,785 08/31/01 02/26/11 Common 111,785 111,785 D
Stock
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Gift of 100 shares each made to 10 different individuals.
/S/ Cal Turner Jr. 3/15/2002
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
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