Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Jones Adrian M
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
DOLLAR GENERAL CORP [DG]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO., 85 BROAD STREET
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/18/2009
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10004
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 11/18/2009   S   3,581,133 (2) (3) D $ 21 64,990,262 I See footnotes (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Common Stock 11/18/2009   A   1,525 (4) A $ 0 64,991,787 I See footnotes (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Director Stock Option (right to buy) $ 22.55 11/18/2009   A   5,549     (5) 11/18/2010 Common Stock 5,549 $ 0 5,549 I See footnotes (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Jones Adrian M
C/O GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
85 BROAD STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10004
  X      

Signatures

 /s/ Rachel E. Parrish, Attorney-in-fact   11/20/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) The Reporting Person is a managing director of Goldman, Sachs & Co. ("Goldman Sachs"). Goldman Sachs is a wholly-owned subsidiaries of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("GS Group"). The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, if any.
(2) Pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated November 12, 2009 (the "Underwriting Agreement"), and in connection with the initial public offering of common stock, par value $0.875 per share (the "Common Stock") of Dollar General Corporation (the "Company") by the Company and its selling shareholders pursuant to the final prospectus filed by the Company on November 13, 2009, which offering was consummated on November 18, 2009 (the "Initial Public Offering"), Buck Holdings, L.P., as a selling shareholder, sold 2,471,991 shares of Common Stock. 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 certain investment partnerships (the "GS Funds") and GSUIG, L.L.C. ("GSUIG", and together with the GS Funds, the "Investing Entities").
(3) Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and in connection with the Initial Public Offering, the underwriters elected to exercise an option (the "Over-Allotment Option") to purchase additional shares of Common Stock from the selling shareholders. Goldman Sachs is one of several underwriters under the Underwriting Agreement. On November 18, 2009, the Over-Allotment Option was consummated and in connection with such sale to the underwriters, Buck Holdings, L.P. sold 1,109,142 shares of Common Stock.
(4) Pursuant to the Amended and Restated 2007 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of Dollar General Corporation and Its Affiliates (the "Plan"), 1,525 shares of Common Stock were granted to Adrian M. Jones, a managing director of Goldman Sachs, in his capacity as a director of the Company. These shares 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.
(5) Pursuant to the Plan, Mr. Jones was granted options to purchase 5,549 shares of Common Stock. The options vest in four annual installments of 25% beginning November 18, 2009.
(6) GS Group and Goldman Sachs may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly 64,990,262 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 64,990,262 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. Each of Goldman Sachs and GS Group disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.

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