Dollar Tree and Family Dollar Receive Second Request from FTC under HSR Act

CHESAPEAKE, Va. & MATTHEWS, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR), the nation’s leading operator of discount variety stores selling everything for $1 or less, and Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO), a leading national discount retailer offering name brands and quality, private brand merchandise, today announced that, as expected, the two companies have each received a request for additional information (“second request”) from the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) in connection with Dollar Tree’s pending acquisition of Family Dollar. The second request was issued under notification requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act of 1976, as amended (“HSR Act”).