UNITED
STATES
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): January 30, 2009
DOLLAR
TREE, 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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26-2018846
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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):
o Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
o Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
Item
5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
(e)
Compensatory Arrangements.
As
previously reported in the Dollar Tree, Inc. (the “Company”) December 2, 2008
Current Report on Form 8-K, Kevin Wampler, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer
was awarded on January 30, 2009, 40,000 nonqualified stock options with an
exercise price equal to the fair market value of the stock on the date of the
award (vesting in equal amounts over a period of three years) and 15,000
restricted stock units (vesting in equal amounts over a period of three
years). The forms of these award agreements are filed as Exhibits
10.1 and 10.2 to this Form 8-K.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits.
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10.1
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Form
of the Company’s Named Executive Officer Option
Agreement
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10.2
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Form
of the Company’s Named Executive Officer Restricted Stock Unit
Agreement
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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, INC.
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Date: February
4, 2009
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By:
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/s/ Kevin S. Wampler
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Kevin
S. Wampler
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Chief
Financial Officer
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit
10.1 - Form of the Company’s Named Executive Officer Option
Agreement
Exhibit
10.2 - Form of the Company’s Named Executive Officer Restricted Stock Unit
Agreement