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): October 15, 2013


Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)



Delaware
1-6087
56-0942963
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)


 
P.O. Box 1017, 10401 Monroe Road
 
 
 
Charlotte, North Carolina
 
 28201-1017
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
 (Zip Code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (704) 847-6961




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Item 5.02     Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Fiscal 2014 Named Executive Officer Compensation

On October 15, 2013, the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (the “Company”) approved fiscal year 2014 annual compensation packages for the Company’s principal executive officer (“PEO”), principal financial officer (“PFO”) and the three most highly compensated executive officers other than the PEO and PFO who were serving as executive officers of the Company at the end of the Company’s fiscal year ended August 31, 2013 (collectively, “named executive officers”), as follows:

Name
Base Salary (1)
Target Cash Bonus Award
(% of base compensation) (2)
Long-Term Incentives (3)
Howard R. Levine,
Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer
(PEO)
$1,150,000
120%
$3,800,000
Michael K. Bloom,
President and Chief Operating Officer
$740,000
75%
$1,300,000
Mary A. Winston,
Executive Vice President - Chief Financial Officer
(PFO)
$505,000
55%
$500,000
Barry W. Sullivan,
Executive Vice President - Store Operations
$440,000
55%
$400,000
James C. Snyder,
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
$415,000
40%
$240,000

(1) Increases to base salaries effective October 27, 2013.
(2) Pursuant to the Company’s 2006 Incentive Plan.
(3) Pursuant to the Company’s 2006 Incentive Plan. Represents a dollar value for an award of equity consisting of Performance Share Rights (“PSRs”) for the Fiscal 2014 - 2016 Performance Period and stock options that were granted on October 15, 2013 in accordance with the Company’s equity award policy. Such dollar value was divided equally between stock options and PSRs at target at the time of grant based upon fair values determined in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718.
The foregoing does not constitute a complete summary of the compensation terms of the named executive officers and reference is made to the following Company plans with respect to various aspects of the compensation packages awarded to each named executive officer:  (i) Family Dollar Stores, Inc. 2006 Incentive Plan (filed as Appendix B to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on December 7, 2010); (ii) Family Dollar Stores, Inc. 2006 Incentive Plan Guidelines for Long-Term Incentive Performance Share Rights Awards (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on June 29, 2012); (iii) Family Dollar Stores, Inc. 2006 Incentive





Plan 2006 Non-Qualified Stock Option Grant Program (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 25, 2006); and (iv) the Family Dollar Stores, Inc. 2006 Incentive Plan Guidelines for Annual Cash Bonus Awards (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on June 29, 2012).






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.


FAMILY DOLLAR STORES, INC.
(Registrant)

Date: October 21, 2013
By:
/s/ James C. Snyder, Jr.
 
 
James C. Snyder, Jr.
 
 
Senior Vice President-General Counsel and Secretary