Analysts: Dollar General Must Address Antitrust Concerns To Win Family Dollar

Jennifer Thomas, Biz Journals
Thu, 08/21/2014 - 3:29pm

Dollar General Corp. will need to address antitrust concerns if it wants to acquire Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE:FDO), analysts say. On Thursday, Family Dollar board unanimously rejected an unsolicited, all-cash bid of $9.7 billion from Dollar General, citing those regulatory concerns. The discount retailer also said it did not want to jeopardize an existing $8.5 billion deal with Dollar Tree Inc.(NASDAQ:DLTR).

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Analysts: Dollar General Must Address Antitrust Concerns To Win Family Dollar

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