MATTHEWS, N.C., Jan. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors
of Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO) today declared a quarterly cash
dividend on the Company's common stock of $.09-1/2 per share, payable April
15, 2005, to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 15,
2005. The quarterly cash dividend of $.09-1/2 per share is an increase of
11.8% from the preceding quarterly cash dividend of $.08-1/2 per share. The
dividend increase represents the twenty-ninth consecutive year that the
dividend has been increased.
Family Dollar Stores, Inc. operates a rapidly expanding chain of 5,556
stores in 44 states ranging as far northwest as Idaho, northeast to Maine,
southeast to Florida and southwest to Arizona.
SOURCE Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
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CONTACT:
George R. Mahoney, Jr., Executive Vice
President of Family Dollar Stores, Inc., +1-704-814-3252
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