---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000935703-24-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DLTR"
cik: "0000935703"
company_name: "DOLLAR TREE, INC."
filed_at: "2024-02-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T16:23:47.717470+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Family Dollar pleads guilty to misdemeanor, pays $41.7M to resolve DOJ rodent investigation

## Summary
- Family Dollar pleads guilty to one count misdemeanor for adulterating FDA-regulated products at West Memphis, AR distribution center.
- Agreed to pay $200,000 fine and $41,475,000 forfeiture; additional $26.675M charge recorded in Q4 FY2023.
- DOJ investigation resolved; three-year compliance and reporting term with enhanced compliance program.
- Company previously recorded $30M charge in Q1 FY2023 related to DC 202 matters.
- New distribution center in West Memphis expected to open fall 2024 with over $100M investment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000935703-24-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DLTR
- cik: 0000935703
- company_name: DOLLAR TREE, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935703/000093570324000003/0000935703-24-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935703/000093570324000003/dltr-20240226.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000935703-24-000003
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000935703-24-000003.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000935703-24-000003.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  DOLLAR TREE, INC. entered into Plea Agreement with United States Department of Justice valued at $200,000 in fines and a forfeiture money judgment in the amount of $41,475,000 (effective 2024-02-26).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: settlement
  - Counterparty: United States Department of Justice
  - Value: $200,000 in fines and a forfeiture money judgment in the amount of $41,475,000
  - Effective: 2024-02-26
  source text: On February 26, 2024, Family Dollar Stores, LLC (“Family Dollar”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dollar Tree, Inc. (“Dollar Tree” or the “Company”), entered into a Plea Agreement (the “Plea Agreement”) in connection with the previously disclosed investigation by the United States Department of Justice
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935703/000093570324000003/0000935703-24-000003-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.