-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, GRDY9N9LnZJqAulYvRVyzZEhh9f7SJsLYcHEg2vOdUlqol341qjPSq7MJ3jddARu 2Aaw3pzGj9oCmTugdDHXIA== 0000029534-06-000061.txt : 20060726 0000029534-06-000061.hdr.sgml : 20060726 20060726152736 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000029534-06-000061 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060724 FILED AS OF DATE: 20060726 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060726 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DOLLAR GENERAL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000029534 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-VARIETY STORES [5331] IRS NUMBER: 610502302 STATE OF INCORPORATION: TN FISCAL YEAR END: 0131 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 MISSION RIDGE CITY: GOODLETTSVILLE STATE: TN ZIP: 37072 BUSINESS PHONE: 6158554000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 MISSION RIDGE CITY: GOODLETTSVILLE STATE: TN ZIP: 37072 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TURNER CAL DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19710401 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TURNER J L & SON INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19710401 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: THORNBURGH RICHARD E CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001369635 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11421 FILM NUMBER: 06981495 BUSINESS ADDRESS: BUSINESS PHONE: (615) 855-4000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 MISSION RIDGE CITY: GOODLETTSVILLE STATE: TN ZIP: 37072 3 1 primary_doc.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0202 3 2006-07-24 0 0000029534 DOLLAR GENERAL CORP DG 0001369635 THORNBURGH RICHARD E 100 MISSION RIDGE GOODLETTSVILLE TN 37072 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 14000 D Exhibit List. Exhibit 24--Power of Attorney /s/ Susan S. Lanigan, By Power of Attorney 2006-07-26 EX-24 2 section16powerofattorneythor.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY Power of Attorney

POWER OF ATTORNEY


Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Susan S. Lanigan the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:


(1)

execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer and/or director of Dollar General Corporation (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;


(2)

do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and any stock exchange or similar authority;


(3)

complete, execute and file a Form ID or such other document or documents as may be required from time to time by the SEC to enable the filing of  such Form 3, 4 or 5; and


(4)

take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.


The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.


This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 19th day of July 2006.



 

/s/ Richard E. Thornburgh

 

Richard E. Thornburgh




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