As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 2009

 

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-A

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Tennessee

 

61-0502302

(State of Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

100 Mission Ridge, Goodlettsville, TN

 

37072

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box. x

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box. o

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:

333-161464

 

 

(If applicable)

 

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class
to be so Registered

 

Name of Each Exchange on Which
Each Class is to be Registered

 

 

 

Common stock, $0.875 par value

 

New York Stock Exchange

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

 

None

(Title of Class)

 

 

 


 

Item 1:                                                          Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

 

A description of the Common stock, $0.875 par value (the “Common Stock”) of Dollar General Corporation (the “Registrant”) will be contained in a prospectus, constituting part of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-161464) relating to the Securities, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (such prospectus as filed pursuant to 424(b), the “Prospectus”).  The description of the Common Stock contained in the Prospectus under the heading “Description of Capital Stock” is hereby incorporated by reference into this Form 8-A.

 

Item 2:                                                          Exhibits.

 

3.1                                                                                 Form of Amended and Restated Charter of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-161464).

 

3.2                                                                                 Form of Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-161464).

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: November 5, 2009

 

By:

/s/ Susan S. Lanigan

 

 

 

Name:

Susan S. Lanigan

 

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President and General Counsel

 

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