Family Dollar Announces Mailing of Definitive Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Proxy Cards for December 11 Special Meeting

MATTHEWS, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO), a leading national discount retailer offering name brands and quality, private brand merchandise, announced today the commencement of mailing of the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and proxy cards for the Special Meeting of Family Dollar shareholders to be held on December 11, 2014, to vote on the merger with Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR). Shareholders of record as of the close of business on October 30, 2014, will be entitled to vote at the Special Meeting.