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0001213179
XXXXXXXX
LIVE
0000029534
DOLLAR GENERAL CORP
001-11421
100 MISSION RIDGE
GOODLETTSVILLE
TN
37072
6158554000
CALBERT MICHAEL M
Director
Common
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
3000 Schwab Way
Westlake
TX
76262
6000
451140.00
219925670
12/31/2024
NYSE
Common
06/08/2023
Open Market Purchase
N/A
N
2000
06/08/2023
Cash
Common
06/08/2023
Open Market Purchase
N/A
N
2000
06/08/2023
Cash
Common
06/08/2023
Open Market Purchase
N/A
N
2000
06/08/2023
Cash
Y
These shares are being sold out of the following trusts: SCOTT A RYLES TTEE RYAN MILAM CALBERT 2007 TRUST U/A DTD 11/30/2007 SCOTT A RYLES TTEE DAVID MADISON CALBERT 2007 TR U/A DTD 11/30/2007 SCOTT A RYLES TTEE JAMES MITCHELL CALBERT 2007 TR U/A DTD 11/30/2007
12/31/2024
Michael Calbert