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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): March 28, 2007
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)
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Item
5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Principal Officers.
(c)
Appointment of Principal Officers
Today,
Dollar Tree announces the appointment of Gary Philbin as its Chief Operating
Officer (principal operating officer). Mr. Philbin previously served as
our
Senior Vice President of Stores since December 2001. He joined Dollar Tree
from
Grand Union, a New Jersey based grocery-store chain, where he held a number
of
positions including Chief Executive Officer prior to the company’s sale to
C&S Wholesale Grocers. Prior to Grand Union, from 1996-1997, Mr. Philbin
was
the Executive Vice President of Operations and Merchandising for Cub Foods,
a
division of SuperValu. From 1993 to 1996, Mr. Philbin held the position
of
Senior Vice President of Merchandising for Walbaum’s, a division of A&P. He
also held various positions in Store Operations and Merchandising over
his
twenty-year career with the Kroger Company, beginning in 1973. As previously
disclosed in our 8-K filed on March 20, 2007, the Company will enter into
a
Change in Control Agreement with Mr. Philbin (in the form attached to that
8-K);
we have no other material plans, contracts or arrangements with him. There
are
no family relationships, related party transactions, or other arrangements
between Mr. Philbin and the Company or its directors and/or
officers.
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:
March 28, 2007
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By:
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/s/
James A. Gorry, III
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James
A. Gorry, III
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General
Counsel/Corporate Secretary
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