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We have paid quarterly cash dividends since 2015.
−Removed: Our Board of Directors most recently increased the amount of the quarterly cash dividend to $0.36 beginning with the dividend payable on April 21, 2020.
+Added: Our Board of Directors most recently increased the amount of the quarterly cash dividend from $0.36 to $0.42 beginning with the dividend payable on April 20, 2021.
While our Board of Directors currently expects to continue regular quarterly cash dividends, the declaration and amount of future cash dividends are subject to the Board’s sole discretion and will depend upon, among other things, our results of operations, cash requirements, financial condition, contractual restrictions and other factors that the Board may deem relevant in its sole discretion.
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−Removed: 1,145,749,000
(a) On September 5, 2012, the Company announced a program permitting the Company to repurchase a portion of its outstanding shares not to exceed a dollar maximum established by the Company’s Board of Directors.
−Removed: The program was most recently amended on December 3, 2019 to increase the repurchase authorization by $1.0 billion, bringing the cumulative total value of authorized share repurchases under the program since its inception to $8.0 billion.
−Removed: Under the authorization, purchases may be made in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions from time to time subject to market and other conditions.
+Added: The program was most recently amended on March 17, 2021 to increase the repurchase authorization by $2.0 billion, bringing the cumulative total value of authorized share repurchases under the program since its inception to $12.0 billion ($2.38 billion of which was available for repurchase as of March 17, 2021 following the increase in the authorization).
+Added: Under the authorization, repurchases may be made from time to time in open market transactions, including pursuant to trading plans adopted in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act, or in privately negotiated transactions.
+Added: The timing, manner and number of shares repurchased will depend on a variety of factors, including price, market conditions, compliance with the covenants and restrictions under the Company’s debt agreements and other factors.
This repurchase authorization has no expiration date.
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The following table sets forth selected consolidated financial and operating information of Dollar General Corporation as of the dates and for the periods indicated.
−Removed: The selected historical statement of income data and statement of cash flows data for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2020, February 1, 2019, and February 2, 2018, and balance sheet data as of January 31, 2020 and February 1, 2019, have been derived from our historical audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.
−Removed: The selected historical statement of income data and statement of cash flows data for the fiscal years ended February 3, 2017 and January 29, 2016 and balance sheet data as of February 2, 2018, February 3, 2017, and January 29, 2016 presented in this table have been derived from audited consolidated financial statements not included in this report.
+Added: The selected historical statement of income data and statement of cash flows data for the fiscal years ended January 29, 2021, January 31, 2020, and February 1, 2019, and balance sheet data as of January 29, 2021 and January 31, 2020, have been derived from our historical audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.
+Added: The selected historical statement of income data and statement of cash flows data for the fiscal years ended February 2, 2018 and February 3, 2017 and balance sheet
+Added: data as of February 1, 2019, February 2, 2018, and February 3, 2017 presented in this table have been derived from audited consolidated financial statements not included in this report.
The information set forth below should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified by reference to, the Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes included in Part II, Item 8 of this report and the Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in Part II, Item 7 of this report.
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Cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments
+Added: Total assets(4)
Long-term debt
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(3) Net sales per square foot was calculated based on total sales for the preceding 12 months as of the ending date of the reporting period divided by the average selling square footage during the period, including the end of the fiscal year, the beginning of the fiscal year, and the end of each of our three interim fiscal quarters.
−Removed: (4) Debt issuance costs are reflected as a deduction from the corresponding debt liability for all periods presented.
+Added: (4) The increase in total assets at January 31, 2020 reflects the effects of adoption of lease accounting guidance.
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