4 1 0001.txt FORM 4 - 09/30/2000 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP (X) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ENNIS, MIKE 100 MISSION RIDGE GOODLETTSVILLE, TN 37072 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION DG 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year 09/30/2000 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) ( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) RETIRED OFFICER 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | | Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | | | | | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | | | Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| COMMON STOCK |9/11/2|M |V|71634 |A |10.73 | | | | |000 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| COMMON STOCK |9/11/2|M |V|17908 |A |11.22 | | | | |000 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| COMMON STOCK |9/11/2|S | |89542 |D |23 |488910 |D | | |000 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| COMMON STOCK | | | | | | |3146 |I |401K TRUST | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | |or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| | |Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | | |rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| STOCK OPTION |10.73 |9/11/|M |V|71634 |D | |03/21|COMMON STOCK|71634 | |0 |D | | | |2000 | | | | | |/2007| | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| STOCK OPTION |11.22 |9/11/|M |V|17908 |D | |6/2/2|COMMON STOCK|17908 | |0 |D | | | |2000 | | | | | |007 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|
Explanation of Responses: All holdings have been adjusted for the five-for-four common stock split distributed May 2000. * These options were vested as of the date reported. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /S/ BOB CARPENTER FOR M. ENNIS DATE 10/10/2000