Family Dollar Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend

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Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:00am EDT 

MATTHEWS, N.C.--(Business Wire)--
Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FDO), announced that the Company`s Board of
Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on the Company's common
stock of $0.135 per share, payable Thursday, October 15, 2009, to shareholders
of record at the close of business on Tuesday, September 15, 2009. 

About Family Dollar

Operating small store locations, Family Dollar is one of the fastest growing
discount retail chains in the United States. Family Dollar offers a core
assortment of name-brand and quality consumable merchandise supplemented by
fashion and seasonal merchandise at everyday low prices. 

Beginning with one store in 1959 in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Company
currently operates more than 6,600 stores in 44 states. Family Dollar Stores,
Inc., a Fortune 500 company, is based in Matthews, North Carolina, just outside
of Charlotte and is a publicly held company with common stock traded on the New
York Stock Exchange under the symbol FDO. For more information, please visit
www.familydollar.com. 





Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
INVESTOR CONTACT:
Kiley F. Rawlins, CFA, 704-849-7496
krawlins@familydollar.com
or
MEDIA CONTACT:
Josh Braverman, 704-814-3447
jbraverman@familydollar.com



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