Family Dollar Closing In On FTC Compliance

October 22, 2014

Family Dollar Stores on Tuesday announced that it has certified substantial compliance with both the Federal Trade Commission's second request regarding the acquisition by Dollar Tree, as well as the second request regarding Dollar General's bid for the company.

Dollar Tree is expected to certify substantial compliance by November 7, the company stated, however Family Dollar has no insight as to when Dollar General will comply with the FTC's second request.  Family Dollar continues to believe, based on its discussions with the FTC staff, that the FTC review of the Dollar General tender offer will continue well into 2015, the company stated.

Once all parties have certified that they have substantially complied with FTC's second request, the Commission has 30 additional days to complete its review of the transaction and to take action if necessary.

Family Dollar is committed to cooperating with the FTC's investigations of both transactions, and providing all of the necessary information from Family Dollar for the FTC to advance its review of both potential transactions as promplty as practicable.

Source: Retailing Today