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On June 4, 2009, Dollar Tree issued the following Statement:

Dollar Tree has an exceptionally strong and experienced Board of Directors that has helped to guide our management team to implement a long-term strategic plan.  That plan has resulted in the creation of significant shareholder value.

The Company has grown its revenues and earnings per share every year since becoming a public company in 1995, and through the end of the first quarter 2009, Dollar Tree stock has outperformed the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Russell 3000, and the S&P Retail index over the past one, three, five and ten years.  We were named as the top performing stock in the Fortune 500 in terms of Total Return to Shareholders in 2008.

The Board is structured to represent the interests of all shareholders by balancing experience with the regular opportunity to add valuable, fresh perspectives, as exemplified by the current slate of Director Nominees.

After careful and serious consideration, and discussions with many shareholders, the Board believes the proposal to declassify the Board would be highly disruptive to a governance system that has worked well for Dollar Tree and is therefore not in the best interests of the Company or our shareholders.