0000769993-11-000678.txt : 20111214 0000769993-11-000678.hdr.sgml : 20111214 20111214171405 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000769993-11-000678 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20111212 FILED AS OF DATE: 20111214 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20111214 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Goldman Sachs DGC Investors LP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001405653 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11421 FILM NUMBER: 111261702 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 85 Broad Street CITY: New York STATE: NY ZIP: 10004 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 85 Broad Street CITY: New York STATE: NY ZIP: 10004 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: 0201 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: GOLDMAN SACHS DGC INVESTORS OFFSHORE HOLDINGS, L.P. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001472038 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11421 FILM NUMBER: 111261701 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 85 BROAD STREET CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10004 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-902-1000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 85 BROAD STREET CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10004 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GS DGC ADVISORS, L.L.C. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001472040 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11421 FILM NUMBER: 111261700 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 85 BROAD STREET CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10004 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-902-1000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 85 BROAD STREET CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10004 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GS DGC OFFSHORE ADVISORS, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001472041 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11421 FILM NUMBER: 111261703 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 85 BROAD STREET CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10004 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-902-1000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 85 BROAD STREET CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10004 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GSUIG, L.L.C. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001472042 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11421 FILM NUMBER: 111261699 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 85 BROAD STREET CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10004 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-902-1000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 85 BROAD STREET CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10004 4 1 dg420111212gsg2_ex.xml X0304 4 2011-12-12 0 0000029534 DOLLAR GENERAL CORP DG 0001405653 Goldman Sachs DGC Investors LP 200 WEST STREET NEW YORK NY 10282 0 0 1 0 0001472038 GOLDMAN SACHS DGC INVESTORS OFFSHORE HOLDINGS, L.P. 200 WEST STREET NEW YORK NY 10282 0 0 1 0 0001472040 GS DGC ADVISORS, L.L.C. 200 WEST STREET NEW YORK NY 10282 0 0 1 0 0001472041 GS DGC OFFSHORE ADVISORS, INC. 200 WEST STREET NEW YORK NY 10282 0 0 1 0 0001472042 GSUIG, L.L.C. 200 WEST STREET NEW YORK NY 10282 0 0 1 0 Common Stock 2011-12-12 4 S 0 6059441 37.635 D 40354251 I See Footnotes Common Stock 2011-12-12 4 J 0 1065912 37.635 D 39288339 I See Footnotes Director Stock Option (right to buy) 22.55 2019-11-18 Common Stock 5549 5549 I See footnotes Director Stock Option (right to buy) 33.16 2021-05-25 Common Stock 3194 3194 I See footnotes This statement is being filed by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("GS Group"), Goldman, Sachs & Co. ("Goldman Sachs"), GS Capital Partners VI Fund, L.P. ("GS Capital"), GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P. ("GS Offshore"), GS Capital Partners VI Parallel, L.P. ("GS Parallel"), GS Capital Partners VI GmbH & Co. KG ("GS Germany"), Goldman Sachs DGC Investors, L.P. ("GS DGC"), Goldman Sachs DGC Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P. ("GS DGC Offshore" and, together with GS Capital, GS Offshore, GS Parallel, GS Germany, and GS DGC, the "GS Funds") and GSUIG, L.L.C. ("GSUIG", and together with the GS Funds, the "Investing Entities"), GSCP VI Advisors, L.L.C. ("GSCP Advisors"), GSCP VI Offshore Advisors, L.L.C. ("GSCP Offshore Advisors"), GS Advisors VI, L.L.C. ("GS Advisors") (continued in footnote 2), Goldman, Sachs Management GP GmbH ("GS GmbH"), GS DGC Advisors, L.L.C. ("GS DGC Advisors") and GS DGC Offshore Advisors, Inc. ("GS DGC Offshore Advisors", and together with GSCP Advisors, GSCP Offshore Advisors, GS Advisors, GS GmbH, GS DGC Advisors, the Investing Entities, Goldman Sachs and GS Group, the "Reporting Persons"). Due to the electronic system's limitation of 10 Reporting Persons per joint filing, this statement is being filed in duplicate. Each Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein. Goldman Sachs is a wholly-owned subsidiary of GS Group. Goldman Sachs is the investment manager of the GS Funds. Affiliates of Goldman Sachs and GS Group are the general partner, managing general partner, managing partner or investment manager of the GS Funds. GSUIG is a wholly-owned subsidiary of GS Group. In connection with the secondary offering (the "Secondary Offering") of common stock, par value $0.875 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Dollar General Corporation (the "Company") by certain selling shareholders pursuant to an underwriting agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") and final prospectus supplement, each dated December 6, 2011, Buck Holdings, L.P., as a selling shareholder, sold 24,194,138 shares of Common Stock of the Company at $37.635 per share, which represents the $39.00 Secondary Offering price per share of Common Stock, less the underwriting discount of $1.365 per share of Common Stock. The Secondary Offering closed on December 12, 2011. Buck Holdings, L.P. is a limited partnership whose general partner is Buck Holdings, LLC. The membership interests of Buck Holdings, LLC are held by a private investor group, which includes the Investing Entities. Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and in connection with the Secondary Offering, the underwriters exercised their option (the "Over-Allotment Option") to purchase additional shares of Common Stock from certain of the selling shareholders. Goldman Sachs is one of several underwriters under the Underwriting Agreement. The Over-Allotment Option closed simultaneously with the Secondary Offering on December 12, 2011. Buck Holdings, L.P. sold an additional 3,750,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the underwriters' exercise of the Over-Allotment Option. In connection with the Common Stock repurchase program authorized by the Company on November 30, 2011, the Company entered into a share repurchase agreement with Buck Holdings, L.P. on December 4, 2011 (the "Share Repurchase Agreement"). Pursuant to the Share Repurchase Agreement, the Company repurchased, concurrently with the Secondary Offering, 4,915,637 shares of Common Stock from Buck Holdings, L.P. (the "Stock Repurchase") at $37.635 per share, which represents the $39.00 Secondary Offering price per share of Common Stock, less the underwriting discount of $1.365 per share of Common Stock. GS Group may be deemed to beneficially own 1,525 restricted stock units that were granted to Adrian M. Jones, a managing director of Goldman Sachs, in his capacity as a director of the Company pursuant to the Amended and Restated 2007 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of Dollar General Corporation and Its Affiliates (the "Plan"). The restricted stock units represent a contingent right to receive shares of Common Stock upon vesting and vest in three equal installments on each of the Company's first, second, and third annual shareholders' meetings immediately following the grant date, which was November 18, 2009. Mr. Jones has an understanding with GS Group pursuant to which he holds such shares for the benefit of GS Group. GS Group also may be deemed to beneficially own 1,038 restricted stock units that were granted to Adrian M. Jones in his capacity as a director of the Company pursuant to the Plan on May 25, 2011. The restricted stock units represent a contingent right to receive shares of Common Stock upon vesting. The shares vest in three equal annual installments of 33 1/3% beginning on May 25, 2012. Mr. Jones has an understanding with GS Group pursuant to which he holds such shares for the benefit of GS Group. As of December 12, 2011, as a result of the Secondary Offering, the exercise of the Over-Allotment Option and the Stock Repurchase, GS Group and Goldman Sachs may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly 39,285,776 shares of Common Stock by reason of the indirect beneficial ownership of such shares by the Investing Entities. The Investing Entities may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly 39,285,776 shares of Common Stock by reason of the direct beneficial ownership of such shares by Buck Holdings, L.P., a limited partnership whose general partner is Buck Holdings, LLC. As of December 12, 2011, as a result of the Secondary Offering, the exercise of the Over-Allotment Option and the Stock Repurchase, GS Capital, and its general partner GSCP Advisors, may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly 14,517,769 shares of Common Stock by reason of the direct beneficial ownership of Common Stock by Buck Holdings, L.P.; GS Offshore, and its general partner GSCP Offshore Advisors, may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly 12,075,370 shares of Common Stock by reason of the direct beneficial ownership of Common Stock by Buck Holdings, L.P.; GS Parallel, and its general partner GS Advisors, may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly 3,992,139 shares of Common Stock by reason of the direct beneficial ownership of Common Stock by Buck Holdings, L.P.; (continued in footnote 10) GS Germany, and its general partner, GS GmbH, may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly 515,961 shares of Common Stock by reason of the direct beneficial ownership of Common Stock by Buck Holdings, L.P.; GS DGC, and its general partner, GS DGC Advisors, may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly 2,191,094 shares of Common Stock by reason of the direct beneficial ownership of Common Stock by Buck Holdings, L.P.; GS DGC Offshore, and its general partner, GS DGC Offshore Advisors, may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly 4,356,534 shares of Common Stock by reason of the direct beneficial ownership of Common Stock by Buck Holdings, L.P.; and GSUIG may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly 1,636,909 shares of Common Stock by reason of the direct beneficial ownership of Common Stock by Buck Holdings, L.P. Pursuant to the Plan, Adrian M. Jones was granted options to purchase 5,549 shares of Common Stock on November 18, 2009. The options vest in four annual installments of 25% beginning November 18, 2010. GS Group may be deemed to beneficially own the options to purchase 5,549 shares of Common Stock that were granted to Mr. Jones on November 18, 2009 pursuant to the Plan. Mr. Jones has an understanding with GS Group pursuant to which he holds such shares for the benefit of GS Group. Pursuant to the Plan, Adrian M. Jones was granted options to purchase 3,194 shares of Common Stock on May 25, 2011. The options vest in four annual installments of 25% beginning on May 25, 2012. GS Group may be deemed to beneficially own the options to purchase 3,194 shares of Common Stock that were granted to Mr. Jones on May 25, 2011 pursuant to the Plan. Mr. Jones has an understanding with GS Group pursuant to which he holds such shares for the benefit of GS Group. /s/ Yvette Kosic, Attorney-in-fact 2011-12-14 /s/ Yvette Kosic, Attorney-in-fact 2011-12-14 /s/ Yvette Kosic, Attorney-in-fact 2011-12-14 /s/ Yvette Kosic, Attorney-in-fact 2011-12-14 /s/ Yvette Kosic, Attorney-in-fact 2011-12-14