X0306 4 2016-03-08 0000029534 DOLLAR GENERAL CORP DG 0001646121 Garratt John W 100 MISSION RIDGE GOODLETTSVILLE TN 37072 0 1 0 0 EVP, Chief Financial Officer Common Stock 2016-03-08 4 A 0 1261 0 A 2468 D Performance share units earned by the reporting person from a March 17, 2015 grant, as certified by the Issuer's Compensation Committee on March 8, 2016. Each performance share unit represents the right to one share of the Issuer's common stock. The amount reported includes (i) 421 performance share units that will be settled and paid in unrestricted shares of the Issuer's common stock on April 1, 2016; and (ii) 840 performance share units that remain subject to time-based vesting requirements (420 on each of April 1, 2017 and April 1, 2018) and certain forfeiture and accelerated vesting provisions, and once vested are payable solely in unrestricted shares of the Issuer's common stock. /s/ John W. Garratt 2016-03-10