DOLLAR TREE STORES, INC. FORM 8K BUSINESS UPDATE FOR FIRST QUARTER 2006
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT PURSUANT
TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date
of
Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 6, 2006
DOLLAR
TREE STORES, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
VIRGINIA
(State
or
Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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0-25464
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54-1387365
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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500
Volvo
Parkway
Chesapeake,
VA 23320
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)
(757)
321-5000
(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Check
the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (see
General
Instruction A.2. below):
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communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
Item
7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
As
previously announced, Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. has released a business update
for its first quarter 2006, which is available via a recorded telephone
announcement beginning April 6, 2006 after 5:00 PM EST and continuing through
Monday, April 10, 2006. The recorded announcement may be accessed by calling
(757) 321-5873.
The
text
of that recorded announcement is included below:
Thank
you
for calling the Dollar Tree business update hotline. This is Kent Kleeberger,
Chief Financial Officer.
The
information on this call about our future expectations, plans and prospects
constitutes forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Our actual results may differ materially from those
indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various important
factors, including national and international events, consumer spending, and
others described in our recent Annual Report, Current Report, and Quarterly
Report on file with the SEC. This information is current only as of the date
presented, and we will not update this information until our official quarterly
sales release scheduled for Thursday, May 4, before market open.
Our
previous sales guidance for the first quarter of fiscal year 2006, encompassing
the reporting period of January 29, 2006 to April 29, 2006, was for total sales
to be in the range of $845 to $870 million. As of April 6, the Company’s sales
may be characterized as in line with guidance, and we are therefore reaffirming
that range.
As
of
April 6, 2006, Dollar Tree operated 3,100 stores in 48 states, including 2,962
Dollar Tree Stores and 138 Deal$ stores, compared to 2,776 stores in 48 states
at April 7, 2005.
Thank
you
for calling.
On
April
6, 2006, Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. also issued a press release regarding its
business update for the fiscal first quarter 2006 sales results. A copy of
the
press release is attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit
99.1 and is incorporated herein by this reference.
The
information contained in this item is being furnished to the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Such information shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes
of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject
to
the liabilities of that Section. The information shall not be deemed
incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document
filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, except as expressly set forth
by
specific reference in such filing.
Item
9.01. Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(c)
Exhibits.
99.1 Press
release dated April 6, 2006 issued by Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.
A
WARNING
ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS:
This
press release contains "forward -looking statements" as that term is used in
the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward - looking statements
address future events, developments or results and typically use words such
as
believe, anticipate, expect, intend, plan, forecast, outlook, or estimate.
For
example, our forward - looking statements include statements regarding our
expectations for first-quarter 2006 sales. For a discussion of the risks,
uncertainties and assumptions that could affect our future events, developments
or results, you should carefully review the risk factors contained in, and
the
"Business" and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations” sections in, our Annual Report on Form 10 - K filed April
14, 2005 and the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations” section of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed
December 8, 2005. Also, carefully review "Risk Factors" in our most recent
prospectuses filed November 15, 2000 and August 3, 2000. In light of these
risks
and uncertainties, the future events, developments or results described by
our
forward - looking statements in this document could turn out to be materially
and adversely different from those we discuss or imply. We are not obligated
to
release publicly any revisions to any forward - looking statements contained
in
this press release to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date
of this report and you should not expect us to do so.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto
duly authorized.
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DOLLAR
TREE STORES, INC.
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Date:
April 6, 2006
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By:
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/s/
Kent A. Kleeberger |
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Kent
A. Kleeberger
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Chief
Financial Officer
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit
99.1 - Press
release dated April 6, 2006 issued by Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.