---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-031501"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DLTR"
cik: "0000935703"
company_name: "DOLLAR TREE, INC."
filed_at: "2022-03-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T00:59:32.034303+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dollar Tree enters into stewardship agreement with Mantle Ridge; executive chairman Richard Dreiling appointed

## Summary
- Mantle Ridge LP (5.7% stake) settles; Richard Dreiling named Executive Chairman, board expands to 12.
- Six new directors join: Paul Hilal (Vice Chairman), Edward Kelly (Lead Independent), and four others.
- Six incumbent directors retire: Sasser, Barron, Bridgeford, Lewis, Wheeler, Whiddon.
- Board creates Finance Committee and Sustainability & CSR Committee; committee chairs assigned.
- Mantle Ridge may designate replacement if its director ceases service; pact ends if stake falls below 2%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-031501
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DLTR
- cik: 0000935703
- company_name: DOLLAR TREE, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-03-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935703/000110465922031501/0001104659-22-031501-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935703/000110465922031501/tm228648d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-031501.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Paul Hilal was appointed as Vice Chairman at DOLLAR TREE, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice Chairman
  source text: On March 8, 2022, Mr. Hilal, age 55, was appointed as Vice Chairman of the Board, effective as of the Board Reconstitution Time.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935703/000110465922031501/0001104659-22-031501-index.htm
- Executive change
  Richard Dreiling was appointed as Executive Chairman at DOLLAR TREE, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Chairman
  source text: On March 8, 2022, Mr. Dreiling, age 68, was appointed as Executive Chairman and as a director of the Company, effective as of the Board Reconstitution Time.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/935703/000110465922031501/0001104659-22-031501-index.htm

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