Dollar Tree 10-K 2025-02-01

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

For the fiscal year ended February 1, 2025

or

For the transition period from to

Commission file number: 0-25464

DOLLAR TREE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (757) 321-5000

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The aggregate market value of common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant on August 2, 2024, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, was $20,177,546,903, based upon the closing sale price for the registrant’s common stock on such date. For purposes of this computation, all executive officers and directors have been deemed to be affiliates. Such determination should not be deemed to be an admission that such executive officers and directors are, in fact, affiliates of the registrant.

On March 24, 2025, there were 215,083,014 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The information called for in Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of Part III, to the extent not set forth herein, is incorporated by reference to the definitive Proxy Statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days of the registrant’s fiscal year ended February 1, 2025.

DOLLAR TREE, INC.

FORM 10-K

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED FEBRUARY 1, 2025

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains “forward-looking statements” as that term is used in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they address future events, developments and results and do not relate strictly to historical facts. Any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical facts may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements preceded by, followed by or including words such as “believe,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “view,” “target” or “estimate,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “predict,” “possible,” “potential,” “continue,” “strategy,” and similar expressions. For example, our forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding:

• Our plans and expectations regarding our current and future strategic initiatives, and the uncertainty with respect to the amount, timing and impact of those initiatives and investments on our business and results of operations;

• Our merchandising plans and initiatives and related impacts, including those regarding multi-price assortments in the Dollar Tree segment and our ability to adjust pricing;

• Our plans to add, renovate and remodel stores, and our expectations regarding store standards and operations, efficiency initiatives, selling square footage, the in-store experience and the performance of those formats;

• Our customer’s response to our product offerings, value and shopping experience;

• Our expectations regarding the implementation and impact of investments in supply chain, distribution facilities, trucking fleet and transportation management systems, and store delivery and equipment, including new distribution centers, the expansion of existing distribution centers, and the capabilities of our distribution center network;

• Our expectations regarding the implementation and impact of investments in our technology infrastructure, our information security and cybersecurity plans, policies and procedures, and the design and implementation of internal controls around our technology transformation;

• Our plans and expectations regarding the pending sale of the Family Dollar business;

• The potential effect of general business or economic conditions on our business, including the direct and indirect effects of inflation, interest rates, labor shortages, consumer spending levels, and unemployment in our markets;

• Our expectations regarding cost increases in fiscal 2025, shrink and other factors affecting our profitability;

• The direct and indirect impacts of current and potential tariffs, duties, anti-dumping or countervailing duty orders and other trade-related measures, restrictions and policies and any retaliatory counter measures, and our plans to mitigate those impacts;

• Our expectations regarding the implementation and impact of wage investments, enhanced safety and working conditions, and other workforce investments and goals, and increases in wage expenses, including increases in minimum wages by federal, states and localities;

• Our anticipated net sales, comparable store net sales, net sales growth, gross profit margin, costs of goods sold (including product mix), shrink rates, earnings and earnings growth, inventory levels, selling, general and administrative and other fixed costs, and our ability to leverage those costs;

• The expected and possible outcome, costs, and impact of pending or potential litigation, arbitrations, other legal proceedings or governmental investigations, our plans regarding these matters, and the availability of indemnification or insurance with respect to such matters;

• Our cash needs and estimated capital expenditures, our expectations regarding our uses of cash and proceeds of our commercial paper program, and our ability to fund our future capital expenditures, working capital requirements, repayment of indebtedness and repurchases of common stock under our repurchase program, dividends, and our expectations regarding potential increases in interest rates and the effect on our financing costs;

• Our expectations regarding higher commodity and other costs associated with the build-out of new stores and the renovation of existing stores, limitations on the availability of certain fixtures and equipment, and inspection, permitting and contractor delays related to new store openings and renovations of existing stores;

• Our leasing strategy for future expansion, and our ability to renew leases at existing store locations;

• Our expectations regarding competition, our market and our potential for long-term growth;

• Our expectations related to environmental, social and governance matters;

• The impacts of tornado damage to our Dollar Tree distribution center in Marietta, Oklahoma, including changes within our supply chain network and expectations regarding our customer shopping experience;

• Management’s estimates and expectations as they relate to income tax liabilities, effective tax rates, deferred income taxes, uncertain tax positions, and recognition of stock-based compensation; and

• Management’s estimates associated with our critical accounting estimates, including inventory valuation, self-insurance liabilities for general liability claims and valuations for our goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets impairment analyses.

A forward-looking statement is neither a prediction nor a guarantee of future results, events or circumstances. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Our forward-looking statements are all based on currently available operating, financial and business information. The outcome of the events described in these forward-looking statements is subject to a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the risks and uncertainties discussed under “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and elsewhere in this Form 10-K.

We cannot assure you that the results, events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or occur, and actual results, events or circumstances could differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Moreover, new risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time and it is not possible for us to predict all risks and uncertainties that could have an impact on our forward-looking statements.

We do not undertake to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements after the date of this Form 10-K, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Investors should also be aware that while we do, from time to time, communicate with securities analysts and others, it is against our policy to disclose to them any material, nonpublic information or other confidential commercial information. Accordingly, shareholders should not assume that we agree with any statement or report issued by any securities analyst regardless of the content of the statement or report. Furthermore, we have a policy against confirming projections, forecasts or opinions issued by others. Thus, to the extent that reports issued by securities analysts contain any projections, forecasts or opinions, such reports are not our responsibility.

Introductory Note

Unless otherwise stated, references to “the Company,” “we,” “our” and “us” generally refer to Dollar Tree, Inc. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. Unless specifically indicated otherwise, any references to “fiscal 2025,” “fiscal 2024,” “fiscal 2023,” and “fiscal 2022,” relate to as of or for the years ended January 31, 2026, February 1, 2025, February 3, 2024 and January 28, 2023, respectively.

PART I

General

We are a leading operator of retail discount stores operating under the brand names of Dollar Tree and Dollar Tree Canada. At February 1, 2025, we operated 8,628 stores across 48 states and the District of Columbia and operated 253 stores across five Canadian provinces.

We believe the convenience and value we offer, as well as the “thrill-of-the-hunt” shopping experience where customers discover new celebratory and seasonal items every week, are key factors in serving and growing our base of loyal customers. We are committed to growing our business through new store openings, expanded geographies, improved product offerings, store renovations and remodeling, investments in our workforce and other initiatives to modernize and optimize our stores, our supply chain and distribution network and our technology. These initiatives are discussed further below and in “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

Discontinued Operations

Family Dollar stores provide customers with a selection of competitively-priced merchandise in convenient neighborhood stores, primarily serving a lower-than-average income customer in urban and rural locations. At February 1, 2025, the Family Dollar business included the operations of 7,622 general merchandise retail discount stores and ten distribution centers.

As previously reported, in fiscal 2024 we initiated a formal review of strategic alternatives for the Family Dollar business. This strategic alternatives review concluded in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024 and resulted in the decision to sell the Family Dollar business. Accordingly, the Family Dollar business met the held for sale and discontinued operations accounting criteria. On March 25, 2025, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to sell the Family Dollar business to Brigade Capital Management, LP and Macellum Capital Management, LLC, for a purchase consideration of $1,007.0 million, subject to a number of adjustments, including with respect to working capital and net indebtedness. The closing of the transaction is subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including receipt of U.S. antitrust approval. Net proceeds are estimated to total approximately $804.0 million.

Unless otherwise noted, the discussion throughout Part I of this Form 10-K, including the various metrics cited, excludes the Family Dollar business and pertains only to our continuing operations. For information on discontinued operations, refer to Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements under the caption “Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations” and Note 15.

Corporate Culture

Our core values drive how we treat our customers and each other to support a welcoming shopping experience and an engaging work environment. At every level of our organization, we build our culture by serving with accountability, inspiring belonging, championing empowerment, operating with excellence, and acting with integrity. We focus our ways of working on open, frequent communication and approach our roles with a continuous improvement mindset. Our communication vehicles foster two-way dialogue and offer continuous touchpoints for associates to hear about our strategy, values and ways of working, to learn from senior leaders about our business progress and connect with one another. Additionally, our people programs, as well as our meaningful focus on culture and belonging, reinforce our shared values and behaviors. For more information, see the “Our People” section below.

Our Stores

Our stores serve customers with a broad range of income levels principally in suburban locations, striving continuously to “Wow” the customer with a compelling, fun and fresh merchandise assortment comprised of a variety of things the customer wants and needs, all at incredible values in bright, clean and friendly stores.

In our Dollar Tree stores, we continue to expand our brand assortment at the $1.25 price point to provide greater value to our customers and increase customer traffic and store productivity. We are continuing to expand our multi-price product assortment, which began with the introduction of $3 and $5 products in select discretionary categories, expanded into $3, $4 and $5 frozen and refrigerated product, and now comprises a wide assortment of other consumable and discretionary product at varying price points. Through a partnership with Instacart, our customers can shop online and receive same-day delivery from more than 7,400 Dollar Tree stores, as of February 1, 2025, without having to visit a store.

In our Dollar Tree Canada stores, we generally sell items for $1.75(CAD) or less. Our revenue and assets in Canada are not material.

We strive to exceed our customers’ expectations for product variety and quality by offering items we believe typically sell for higher prices elsewhere, and we believe our mix of imported and domestic merchandise is critical to this end. In addition, direct

relationships with manufacturers permit us to select from a broad range of products and customize packaging, product sizes and package quantities that best meet our customers’ needs. Merchandise imported directly typically accounts for approximately 40% of our total retail value purchases, with the remaining merchandise purchased domestically. Among our foreign suppliers, China is the source of a vast majority of our direct imports and we believe that a significant portion of our goods purchased from domestic vendors is imported. Our domestic purchases include basic, home, closeouts and promotional merchandise.

Our stores predominantly range from 8,000 - 10,000 selling square feet. We carry approximately 8,600 items in our stores, and as of the end of fiscal 2024 approximately 33% of our items were automatically replenished. The remaining items are either allocated to the stores or managed by direct store delivery (“DSD”) vendors. Through automatic replenishment, store-specific allocations and DSD vendors, each store is able to satisfy the demands of their particular customer base.

We maintain a balanced selection of products within traditional variety store categories. We offer a wide selection of everyday basic products and we supplement these with seasonal, closeout and promotional merchandise. We attempt to keep certain basic consumable merchandise in our stores continuously to establish our stores as a destination and increase traffic in our stores. Closeout and promotional merchandise is purchased opportunistically and represents less than 10% of our purchases.

The merchandise mix in our stores consists of:

• Consumable merchandise, which includes everyday consumables such as household paper and chemicals, food, candy, health and personal care products, and in most stores, frozen and refrigerated food;

• Discretionary merchandise includes the following:

◦Variety merchandise, which includes toys, durable housewares, gifts, stationery, party goods, greeting cards, softlines, arts and crafts supplies and other items; and

◦Seasonal goods, which include, among others, Christmas, Easter, Halloween and Valentine’s Day merchandise.

For information regarding the amounts and percentages of our net sales contributed by the above merchandise categories for the last three fiscal years, please refer to Note 13 to our consolidated financial statements.

Marketing & Retail Media

Our marketing mission is to surprise and delight our customer with great value, assortment, and treasure hunt excitement. We believe the customer experience is extremely important to our marketing plan success and our ability to drive incremental business. Our marketing efforts are primarily focused on driving store traffic by providing value to our customers through our new advanced digital targeting capabilities, genuine and authentic brand building via social influencers and posts, showcasing amazing assortment in our digital ads, creating a robust web and app customer experience, and utilizing in-store signage to help educate customers and drive conversion.

Purchasing

We believe our substantial buying power and our flexibility in making sourcing decisions contributes to our successful purchasing strategy, which includes targeted merchandise margin goals by category. We also believe our ability to negotiate with our vendor partners enables us to manage the margin impact of economic pressures. We primarily buy products on an order-by-order basis and have no material long-term purchase contracts or other assurances of continued product supply or guaranteed product cost. Historically, no merchandise vendor has accounted for more than 10% of total merchandise purchased by the company.

Distribution

A strong and efficient distribution network is critical to our ability to grow and to maintain a low-cost operating structure. We currently operate 15 distribution centers in the United States. New distribution sites are strategically located to reduce the distance between the distribution centers and stores, maintain flexibility and improve efficiency in our store service areas. As part of our efforts to scale our distribution network to support future store growth, we plan to convert the Odessa, Texas Family Dollar distribution center to a Dollar Tree distribution center in the second quarter of fiscal 2025. We continue to make investments in our truck fleet, transportation management systems and a new RotaCart delivery process to streamline the truck unloading and store delivery process. A RotaCart is a wheeled container that allows quick, easy store deliveries loaded by merchandise category. The RotaCarts are nestable, allowing for easy return to the distribution centers.

Our stores receive approximately 90% of their inventory from our distribution centers. The remaining store inventory, primarily perishable consumable items and other vendor-maintained display items, are delivered directly to our stores from vendors or third party distributors. For more information on our distribution center network, see “Item 2. Properties.”

Distribution services in Canada are provided by a third party from two facilities, one in British Columbia and one in Ontario.

Seasonality

For information on the impact of seasonality, see “Item 1A. Risk Factors” and “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

Competition

We operate in the value retail sector, which is currently and in the future expected to continue to be highly competitive with respect to price, store location, merchandise quality, assortment and presentation, and customer service, including merchandise delivery and checkout options. Our competitors include dollar stores, mass merchandisers, online retailers, discount retailers, drug stores, convenience stores, independently-operated discount stores, grocery stores and a wide variety of other retailers. These other retail companies operate stores in many of the areas where we operate, and many of them engage in extensive advertising and marketing efforts. We believe we differentiate ourselves from other retailers by providing high-value, high-quality, low-cost merchandise in attractively-designed stores that are conveniently located.

Government Regulation

We are subject to a wide variety of local, state and federal laws and regulations within the United States and Canada. These laws and regulations relate to, among other things, the operation of our facilities and the sale of products, including without limitation product and food safety, marketing and labeling; labor and employment, including wage and hour, benefits, healthcare and workplace safety; pricing; antitrust and fair competition; privacy and information security; tariff and trade; energy and environmental protection; financial reporting and disclosure; licensing; intellectual property; and taxes. We routinely incur significant compliance-related costs, both direct and indirect, with respect to these laws and regulations which may have a material effect on our capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position. For more information, see “Item 1A. Risk Factors.”

Intellectual Property

We are the owners of several trademarks including “Dollar Tree,” the “Dollar Tree” logo, and other names and designs of certain merchandise sold in our stores. Our trademarks are generally valid and may be renewed indefinitely as long as they are in use and/or their registrations are properly maintained.

Our People

Our business success, customer satisfaction and employee engagement are built upon our dedicated associates who work and live in the communities we serve. Our goal is to provide a work environment that is welcoming and inclusive, offers competitive pay and benefits, supports growth and development, and affirms our corporate values. We recruit and hire in the communities we serve using associate referrals, local job fairs and social media as well as local community service partners to provide part-time and full-time jobs that can become lasting careers. Our Human Resources team, with oversight from our Board of Directors and its committees, develops and executes programs for compensation and benefits, onboarding and training, professional and leadership development, performance management, recognition and succession planning.

We show care for our people by investing in their personal well-being and professional growth through a variety of people programs and initiatives, including:

• Compensation, benefits and well-being. We are committed to providing market-competitive pay for all positions, and we are a pay-for-performance organization, offering performance-based compensation opportunities at nearly all levels of the organization, including certain hourly-paid positions. We strive to ensure gender and racial pay equity for associates performing equal or substantially similar work. Eligible associates can participate in our Retirement Savings Plan, which provides a dollar-for-dollar match on the first 5% of associate contributions, and all associates can participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Plan. All full-time and part-time associates are eligible for health and welfare benefits, including medical, dental and vision. Associates may be eligible for other benefits including educational assistance, disability and life insurance as well as paid maternity and parental leave. Financial support to associates recovering from natural disasters and personal hardships as well as a scholarship program for associates with children pursuing higher education are also available. Associates are offered the flexibility to advance their payday earnings to meet their personal bills and expenses.

• Talent development and retention. We believe in the growth and development of our associates and are committed to building a culture of learning that gives associates the opportunity to enhance their skills at every stage of their career. To support this objective, we provide a multitude of professional and leadership development experiences, including online and instructor-led trainings, tuition reimbursement for graduate, undergraduate, General Educational Development (“GED”) and English as a Second Language classes, and discounted tuition at hundreds of colleges and universities for our associates and their families. Retention of our associates is a focus for all leaders and we continuously aim to improve our turnover rate. To identify high-potential individuals, leadership assesses talent at the store manager level and above on a regular basis through structured talent reviews and succession planning paired with customized development plans. In

fiscal 2023 we also started building our first leadership academy, focusing on our field district managers and setting the stage for similar programs for other groups of leaders throughout the organization.

• Culture and Belonging. Our goal is to create and support a culture of inclusion and belonging for each individual associate. We recognize that our customer base and the communities we serve are highly diverse, and we seek to create an environment in which the unique skills and perspectives of our associates and customers are understood, respected and appreciated. To further this goal, we have a Chief Culture and Belonging Officer (“CCABO”), which is a Senior Special Counsel role, on all matters related to Culture and Belonging. The CCABO is charged with creating and implementing strategies focused on corporate culture and the promotion of an inclusive environment in which all associates and customers feel welcome and valued, doing so in a manner consistent with our business goals and applicable law. In addition, we provide associate training on topics related to promoting a culture of inclusion and belonging and have formed a number of associate resource groups (“ARGs”). Each ARG is open to all associates. Our objective is to build a platform to encourage professional development, support community outreach and customer engagement, cultivate mentoring, attract talent from the communities we serve, and promote cross-functional teamwork for all associates. Each ARG is supported by an executive sponsor and a Human Resources partner to ensure efforts are aligned with the business.

• Workplace safety. Safety is a foundational part of our culture, embedded in all aspects of how we run our business. Our Asset Protection department, which includes Environmental, Health and Safety and Workplace Violence teams leads our comprehensive safety programming across all areas of our enterprise. Throughout the organization, we operate with a commitment to “Safety First, Safety Always,” with the shared understanding that a safe working environment is the responsibility of every associate. Through training and technology, we are able to implement measures that protect our associates and customers, and leverage predictive analytics to proactively identify and support stores in need of safety assistance. Furthermore, preventing incidents of workplace violence is a critical aspect of our safety program. Our comprehensive workplace violence prevention efforts focus on five foundational areas of training; investigation; response; prevention and community outreach.

• Communication and engagement. We believe that our associates are the most critical part of our business, and supporting an engaging culture where people can do their best work is a top priority for our leaders. In recent years we have added new channels to foster two-way dialogue and ensure we are listening to our associates and taking action on their feedback. A comprehensive strategic communication plan has been put in place to ensure our associates across the organization hear directly from our executive leaders on a regular basis to remain aligned with key priorities. Our annual associate engagement survey and semiannual pulse survey assess and highlight areas of focus that are important to our people, providing managers with quantitative and qualitative feedback directly from their teams. Our robust associate engagement survey process includes action planning to have meaningful impact on our continued cultural evolution. In addition, associates are encouraged to use our ethics hotline, known as Integrity Matters, to report concerns that they may have. Integrity Matters is a confidential reporting tool managed by an independent third party.

The number of associates we employed as of February 1, 2025 is as follows, including associates within the held for sale Family Dollar business:

Part-time associates work an average of less than 30 hours per week, and the number of part-time associates fluctuates depending on seasonal needs.

We consider our relationship with our associates to be good, and have not experienced significant interruptions of operations due to labor disagreements.

Available Information

Our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are available free of charge on our website at www.dollartree.com as soon as reasonably practicable after electronic filing of such reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

An investment in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. Any failure to meet market expectations, including our comparable store net sales growth rate, earnings and earnings per share or new store openings, could cause the market price of our stock to decline. You should carefully consider the specific risk factors listed below together with all other information included or incorporated in this report and other filings that we make from time to time with the SEC, including our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. However, the risks and uncertainties that we face are not limited to those described below and those set forth in our SEC filings. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently believe to be immaterial may also arise. In such event, our business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects could be materially adversely affected.

Profitability and Operational Risks

Our profitability is vulnerable to cost pressures from increases in merchandise, shipping, freight and fuel costs, wage and benefit and other operating costs.

Future increases in costs such as the cost of merchandise, wage and benefit costs, ocean shipping rates, domestic freight costs, fuel and energy costs, tariffs, duties and other measures that create barriers to or increase the costs associated with international trade, and store occupancy costs, whether due to inflation and economic conditions, geopolitical tensions, or otherwise, would reduce our profitability. For example, recent U.S. tariffs imposed or threatened to be imposed on China, Mexico, Canada, and other countries and any retaliatory actions taken by such countries could result in us incurring substantial additional costs to procure a large portion of the merchandise we offer. In addition, we have experienced increases in wage rates and labor costs and distribution costs in prior years, and we expect further increases in certain cost categories in fiscal 2025. In addition to pressures from a tight labor market, we have incurred additional costs as a result of recent minimum wage increases by certain states and localities, and we expect additional minimum wage increases by states and localities in fiscal 2025. In addition, the U.S. Department of Labor finalized a rule in 2024 raising the minimum salary for associates to have exempt status under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Although the rule’s scheduled January 1, 2025 increase to the salary thresholds was recently vacated by a federal court, this or similar future rules could materially impact our wage rates and labor costs. Separately, government or industry actions addressing the impact of climate change, or shifts in customer preferences for more sustainable products, or our adoption of goals or initiatives aligned with related stakeholder expectations may result in increases in our merchandise or operating costs.

In our Dollar Tree segment, we continue to expand our brand assortment at the $1.25 price point and our multi-price product assortment generally, which began with the introduction of $3 and $5 Dollar Tree Plus product in select discretionary categories, expanded into $3, $4 and $5 frozen and refrigerated product, and now comprises a wide assortment of other consumable and discretionary product at varying price points. Although we have increased our price points at our Dollar Tree stores and expanded our multi-price assortment, we may not be able to adjust our prices to offset cost increases. Further, raising the price point of merchandise could cause customers to buy fewer products. As a result, our ability to adjust our product assortment, to operate more efficiently or to increase our comparable store net sales in order to offset cost increases is critical to maintaining our profitability levels. Further, supply chain constraints and higher commodity costs could make it more difficult for us to obtain sufficient quantities of certain products and could negatively affect our product assortment and merchandise costs. We can give no assurance that we will be able to adjust our product assortment, operate more efficiently or increase our comparable store net sales in the future. Please see “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” for further discussion of the effect of economic factors on our operations.

Risks associated with merchandise supply could adversely affect our financial performance.

We are dependent on our vendors, including direct ship vendors, to supply suitable merchandise in a timely and efficient manner at favorable costs. If a vendor fails to deliver on its commitments due to financial or other difficulties, or if we are unable to source an expanded assortment of appropriate product to meet our merchandising strategies, we could experience merchandise shortages which could lead to lost sales or increased merchandise costs if alternative sources must be used.

We rely on the timely availability of imported goods at favorable wholesale prices. Merchandise imported directly typically accounts for approximately 40% of our Dollar Tree segment’s total retail value purchases and approximately 12% of Family Dollar’s total retail value purchases. In addition, we believe that a significant portion of our goods purchased from domestic vendors is imported. Imported goods are generally less expensive than domestic goods and result in higher profit margins. Any increase in the cost of our imported merchandise or a disruption in the flow of those goods for any reason could have an adverse impact on our operations and significantly decrease our profits. Disruptions or cost increases may result from factors such as:

• duties, tariffs or other measures that create barriers or restrictions on trade, including anti-dumping or countervailing duty orders or other trade-related sanctions and any retaliatory counter measures;

• raw material shortages, work stoppages, government restrictions, strikes and political unrest, including any impact on vendors or shipping arising from epidemics;

• economic conditions in the United States or abroad;

• geopolitical tensions, international disputes or conflicts, military confrontation, blockade, war, economic sanctions, piracy, acts of terrorism or other factors affecting international shipping traffic; changes in currency exchange rates or government policies and local economic conditions, including inflation (including energy prices and raw material costs) in the country of origin;

• potential changes to international trade agreements or the United States’ trade policies or trade relations with other countries from which we source merchandise; and

• changes in leadership and the political climate in countries from which we import products and their relations with the United States.

Among our foreign suppliers, China is the source of the majority of our direct imports. In early 2025, the United States imposed or threatened to impose significant additional tariffs, including reciprocal tariffs, on China, Mexico, Canada and other countries from which we import goods. In addition, the Trump administration has announced plans to impose significant fees on Chinese shipping companies and any Chinese-built vessels that enter U.S. ports. The imposition of these or other additional tariffs on imported merchandise or other actions against China or other countries from which we import goods, and any retaliatory actions or other responses by such countries, could impair our ability to meet customer demand and could result in lost sales, an increase in our cost of merchandise or other adverse impacts on our operations, unless we are able to successfully offset or mitigate these impacts. Our mitigation efforts could include negotiating lower product costs, rebates or invoice deductions; shifting supply sources to alternate countries; ch

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Risk Management and Strategy

We understand the importance of cybersecurity in maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of our systems and data. Our business operations leverage information technology infrastructure and third-party vendors and systems which makes us susceptible to various cyber threats. We have implemented a comprehensive cybersecurity risk management program to mitigate these risks and safeguard our assets.

We have measures in place to prevent, detect, and manage material risks from unauthorized access to our electronic information systems. These include various controls, technologies, and processes that protect confidential, proprietary, business and personal information that we collect, process, store, and transmit as part of our business operation.

We also consider cybersecurity, along with other business risks, within our enterprise risk management framework. Our assessment, identification and management of cybersecurity and data privacy risks are reported as part of our regular enterprise risk assessments, security audits and risk management programs. In addition, we leverage recognized consulting firms to conduct application security and penetration testing assessments annually. We also require employees with access to information systems, including all corporate employees, to undertake cybersecurity training and compliance programs annually.

Our cybersecurity program utilizes the National Institute of Standards and Technology framework along with risk-based analysis and judgment, to choose the most effective security controls to address potential risks. We consider various factors such as likelihood and severity of risk, impact on our organization and others if a risk materializes, feasibility and cost of controls, and the effects of controls on our operations and others.

Because we rely on third-party providers and platforms for many of our computer and technology systems and support, we use a variety of processes and tools to address cybersecurity threats related to the use of third-party technology and services, including pre-acquisition diligence, imposition of contractual obligations, and performance monitoring. As a part of our monitoring, we regularly obtain System Organization and Control Reports (SOC Reports) for key third-party financial systems.

As part of our overall strategic initiatives, we have made investments in internal and external resources to support and enhance our technology infrastructure over the next several years. As part of this technology transformation, we plan to continue to invest in our information security team, enhance our cyber response plan and data privacy policies and evolve our third-party risk management program. In addition, in connection with our strategic review of the Family Dollar business, we are conducting a comprehensive

reassessment of our cybersecurity posture. This evaluation focuses on how these changes affect our people, processes, and technologies. By doing this, we ensure the ongoing protection of sensitive data and critical assets, while also maintaining alignment with our security standards.

No material cybersecurity incidents occurred in fiscal 2024, but future incidents cannot be predicted. Additionally, in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” under the heading “Cybersecurity and Technology Risks,” forward-looking cybersecurity threats that could have a material impact on our business are discussed. Those sections of Item 1A should be read in conjunction with this Item 1C.

Although we have operational safeguards in place, we still face significant risks from cybersecurity threats, as the number of cyberattacks targeting retailers and corporate networks grows, and the volume, intensity and sophistication of attempted attacks, intrusions, and threats from around the world increase daily. We (and third parties upon whom we rely) may be unable to implement security controls fully, continuously, and effectively as intended. As described above, we utilize a risk-based approach that focuses on proactively preventing security risks followed by prompt detection and containment of risks identified. Security controls, no matter how well designed or implemented, may only mitigate, and not fully eliminate risks. In addition, events, when detected by security tools or third parties, may not always be immediately understood or acted upon. If our technology systems, networks, or information are compromised by malicious software, ransomware, or other cyberattacks, we could lose critical data or confidential information of our customers, vendors or associates, experience disruptions in our ability to distribute and sell merchandise and manage inventories, incur substantial remediation costs and/or become subject to negative publicity, costly government actions or litigation.

Notwithstanding the deliberate approach we take to cybersecurity, we may not be successful in preventing or mitigating a cybersecurity incident that could have a material adverse effect on us. While we maintain cybersecurity insurance, the costs related to cybersecurity threats or disruptions may not be fully insured.

Governance

Our Audit Committee, which includes a member with cybersecurity experience, oversees our management of risks relating to information security and data privacy. At least semiannually, the Audit Committee is responsible for reviewing and discussing our risk exposures related to information security and data privacy with management. These management updates are designed to inform the Audit Committee of any potential risks relating to information security or data privacy and any relevant mitigation or remediation tactics being implemented. In addition, as part of our regular enterprise risk management assessments, cybersecurity risks are reported to and assessed by the Enterprise Risk Committee, comprised of senior leadership from key business functions.

To more effectively prevent, detect and respond to information security threats, we have a dedicated Chief Information Security Officer (“CISO”) whose team is responsible for our overall information security, cyber risk, and business continuity. The CISO brings over 25 years of extensive experience in information technology and information security and serves as the designated executive leader for cyber or data-related incident response activities. Our CISO’s experience includes leading cybersecurity programs for Fortune 100 companies.

In addition to the CISO, the Chief Information Officer and Chief Legal Officer are responsible for overseeing risks related to cybersecurity and data privacy. Our Chief Information Officer’s experience includes more than 25 years of leading all information technology strategies and operations and oversight of IT systems for various Fortune 100 companies, and our Legal Department has personnel specializing in data privacy and cybersecurity who assist our team in assessing and managing cybersecurity risks.

We have a Cybersecurity Incident Response Plan that is integrated into our crisis management program. The plan provides protocols for evaluating and responding to cybersecurity incidents, including incident disclosure and reporting, notification to senior management and relevant committees, and meeting external reporting obligations. The plan is reviewed and updated regularly by our CISO and Chief Legal Officer to ensure its continued effectiveness. We periodically perform tabletop exercises where we conduct walkthroughs of cyber incident situations to test our response plan, and we plan to continue testing on a periodic basis going forward.

As of February 1, 2025, we operated 8,628 stores across the contiguous United States and the District of Columbia and operated 253 stores within five Canadian provinces, with stores predominantly ranging from 8,000 - 10,000 selling square feet. For additional information on store counts and square footage for the last three fiscal years, see “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” under the caption “Overview.”

We lease substantially all of our stores and expect to lease substantially all of our new stores as we expand. Our leases typically provide for a short initial lease term, generally between five and ten years, with options to extend. We believe this leasing strategy enhances our flexibility to pursue various expansion opportunities resulting from changing market conditions. As current leases expire, we believe that we will be able to obtain lease renewals, if desired, for present store locations, or to obtain leases for equivalent or better locations in the same general area.

Our network of distribution centers is strategically located throughout the United States to support our stores. As of February 1, 2025, we operated 15 distribution centers in the United States occupying a total of 14.1 million square feet. Except for 0.4 million square feet of our distribution center in San Bernardino, California and short-term leases for offsite facilities, all of our distribution center capacity in the United States is owned.

Each of our distribution centers use advanced material handling equipment, warehouse management systems, and radio frequency to track our inventory and ensure efficient operations. With the exception of three of our facilities, each of our distribution centers in the United States also contains automated conveyor and sorting systems. We previously disclosed that we were making significant investments to improve climate control conditions in our distribution centers; we now expect that all of our distribution centers will be climate-controlled within the first six months of fiscal 2025.

Distribution services in Canada are provided by a third party from two facilities, one in British Columbia and one in Ontario.

Our store support center in Chesapeake, Virginia is located in an approximately 0.5 million square foot office tower that we own.

For more information on financing of our new, expanded and renovated stores, and distribution centers, see “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” under the caption “Funding Requirements.”

From time to time, we have been involved in litigation and other proceedings, including matters related to commercial disputes, as well as trade, regulatory and other claims related to our business. For information regarding legal proceedings in which we are involved, please see Note 5 to our consolidated financial statements under the caption “Contingencies.” For a further description of certain of these matters and their impact, see “Item 1A. Risk Factors”: “Legal proceedings may adversely affect our reputation, business, results of operations or financial condition” on page 19 and “Our failure to comply with applicable law, or to adequately respond to changes to such laws, could increase our expenses, expose us to legal risks or otherwise adversely affect us” on page 20.

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PART II

Our common stock is traded on The Nasdaq Global Select Market® under the symbol “DLTR.” As of March 24, 2025, we had 1,909 shareholders of record.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

We periodically repurchase shares of our common stock under share repurchase programs authorized by our Board of Directors. Under the existing Board repurchase authorization, we may repurchase up to $2.5 billion of our common stock in open market or privately negotiated transactions with financial institutions. The repurchase authorization does not have an expiration date.

We repurchased 3,283,837, 3,905,599 and 4,613,696 shares of common stock on the open market at a cost of $403.6 million, $504.3 million and $647.5 million, including applicable excise tax, in fiscal 2024, fiscal 2023 and fiscal 2022, respectively. The fiscal 2024 share repurchases occurred prior to the fourth quarter. As of February 1, 2025, we had $952.4 million remaining under our existing $2.5 billion Board repurchase authorization.

Stockholder Matters

We anticipate that substantially all of our cash flow from operations in the foreseeable future will be retained for the development and expansion of our business, the repayment of indebtedness and, as authorized by our Board of Directors, the repurchase of stock. We do not anticipate paying cash dividends on our common stock in fiscal 2025.

Stock Performance Graph

The following graph sets forth the yearly percentage change in the cumulative total shareholder return on our common stock during the five fiscal years ended February 1, 2025, compared with the cumulative total returns of the S&P 500 Index and the S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary Distribution & Retail Index. The comparison assumes that $100 was invested in our common stock and in each of the foregoing indices at the market close on the last trading day of the fiscal year ended February 1, 2020, and that dividends were reinvested. The stock price performance shown in the graph is not necessarily indicative of future price performance.

In Management’s Discussion and Analysis, we explain the general financial condition and the results of operations for our company, including, factors that affect our business, analysis of annual changes in certain line items in the consolidated financial statements, expenditures incurred for capital projects and sources of funding for future expenditures. As you read Management’s Discussion and Analysis, please refer to our consolidated financial statements and related notes, included in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Form 10-K.

During fiscal 2024, the Family Dollar business met the held for sale and discontinued operations accounting criteria. Accordingly, the results of operations of the Family Dollar business are reported as discontinued operations in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations for all periods presented and the related assets and liabilities are classified as assets and liabilities of discontinued operations in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. Unless otherwise noted, all amounts, percentages and discussions below reflect only the results of operations and financial condition of our continuing operations.

Overview

We are a leading operator of more than 8,800 retail discount stores, as of February 1, 2025, offering merchandise predominantly at the opening price point of $1.25, with additional offerings at higher price points.

Our net sales are derived from the sale of merchandise. Two major factors tend to affect our net sales trends. First is our success at opening new stores. Second is the performance of stores once they are open which can be impacted by a number of factors including operational performance, competition, inflation, consumer buying preferences and changes in the product assortment, pricing, or quality. Sales vary at our existing stores from one year to the next. We refer to this as a change in comparable store net sales, because we include only those stores that are open throughout both of the periods being compared, beginning after the first fifteen months of operation. We include sales from stores expanded, relocated or remodeled during the year in the calculation of comparable store net sales, which has the effect of increasing our comparable store net sales. Stores that were converted from Family Dollar stores to Dollar Tree stores are considered to be new stores and are not included in the calculation of the comparable store net sales change until after the first fifteen months of operation under the Dollar Tree brand. Additionally, sales that are excluded from the calculation of comparable store net sales are referred to as non-comparable store sales and consist of sales from new stores open fifteen months or less and stores that are closed permanently or expected to be closed for more than 90 days.

2024 Financial Highlights

Financial highlights for the fiscal year ended February 1, 2025, as compared to the fiscal year ended February 3, 2024, include:

• Net sales increased 4.7% to $17,565.8 million, due to a 1.8% comparable store net sales increase and net sales of $1.1 billion at non-comparable stores. The 53rd week in fiscal 2023 accounted for $307.0 million of the total net sales.

• Gross profit increased 4.5% to $6,281.7 million as a result of our net store growth. Gross profit, as a percentage of net sales, remained unchanged in fiscal 2024 as the cost of sales rate is 64.2% in both fiscal 2024 and 2023.

• Selling, general and administrative expenses, as a percentage of total revenues, increased 220 basis points to 27.5%.

• Operating income, as a percentage of total revenues, decreased 230 basis points to 8.3%.

• The effective tax rate increased to 24.7% compared to 23.8% in the prior year.

• Income from continuing operations was $1,042.5 million, or $4.83 per diluted share, compared to $1,265.8 million, or $5.76 per diluted share.

Store Activity & Selected Sales Data

At February 1, 2025, we operated stores in 48 states and the District of Columbia, as well as stores in five Canadian provinces. The average size of stores opened in fiscal 2024 was approximately 10,990 selling square feet. A breakdown of the changes in store count and square footage is as follows:

The store counts above do not include new stores until they are opened for sales. Similarly, stores converted from a Family Dollar store to a Dollar Tree store, or vice versa, are reflected in the table above when they opened or closed, respectively.

Fiscal 2024 and fiscal 2022 which ended on February 1, 2025 and January 28, 2023, respectively, each included 52 weeks. Fiscal 2023 ended on February 3, 2024 and included 53 weeks, commensurate with the retail calendar. The 53rd week in fiscal 2023 added approximately $307.0 million in sales.

The percentage change in comparable store net sales, as compared with the preceding year, is as follows:

Comparable store net sales are positively affected by our expanded, relocated and remodeled stores, which we include in the calculation, and are negatively affected when we open new stores or expand stores near existing stores. The comparable store net sales change for the years ended February 1, 2025 and January 28, 2023 is based on a 52-week comparison for both periods included in the calculation. The comparable store net sales change for the year ended February 3, 2024 is based on a 53-week comparison for both periods included in the calculation.

Net sales per selling square foot is calculated based on total net sales for the preceding 12 months as of the end of the reporting period divided by the average selling square footage during the period. Selling square footage excludes the storage, receiving and office space that generally occupies approximately 20% of the total square footage of our stores. We believe that net sales per selling square foot more accurately depicts the productivity and operating performance of our stores as it reflects the portion of our footprint that is dedicated to selling merchandise.

Net sales per selling square foot for the last three fiscal years is as follows:

The 53rd week in fiscal 2023 contributed $4 to the total net sales per selling square foot. See our “Strategic Initiatives and Recent Developments” below for more information on the initiatives that are driving our comparable store net sales growth and net sales per selling square foot growth.

Strategic Initiatives and Recent Developments

We continue to execute on a number of strategic initiatives to drive productive sales growth, improve operating efficiency, invest in technology, and expand our culture of service to our associates. These initiatives include, among others, and in no particular order, the following:

Dollar Tree Merchandising. We continue to expand our brand assortment at the $1.25 price point to provide greater value to our customers and increase customer traffic and store productivity. We are continuing to expand our multi-price product assortment, which began with the introduction of $3 and $5 products in select discretionary categories, expanded into $3, $4 and $5 frozen and refrigerated product, and now comprises a wide assortment of other consumable and discretionary product at varying price points. As of February 1, 2025, we had approximately 2,900 multi-price format stores, including approximately 2,600 conversions and 300 new stores.

99 Cents Only Stores Acquisition. During the second quarter of fiscal 2024, we acquired designation rights for up to 170 leases of 99 Cents Only Stores across Arizona, California, Nevada and Texas. The designation rights were acquired following the bankruptcy of 99 Cents Only Stores, which provided us an attractive opportunity to secure leases in priority markets. We secured the leases for 164 of these stores and substantially all have opened as Dollar Tree stores.

Our Workforce & Our Workplace. We are investing in our talent, including initiatives to provide competitive pay and benefits, enhanced training, and attractive career opportunities to deliver an enhanced associate experience, reduce turnover, and improve our store standards and efficiencies and ultimately the customer experience. Additional initiatives include projects to optimize and modernize our stores, with a focus on improving the in-store experience through renovations and customer service enhancements.

Supply Chain Optimization. Our supply chain initiatives include expanding and enhancing our distribution and transportation network, including investments in our truck fleet, transportation management systems, a new distribution center with enhanced automation to improve efficiency, and a new RotaCart delivery process to streamline the truck unloading and store delivery process. Significant investments are also underway to improve climate control conditions in our distribution centers. These investments are expected to negatively impact gross margin in the near-to-mid term.

Technology Investment. We continue our multi-year plan for significant investment in our technology across our business, including our mobile apps, human capital management system and supply chain system. We believe these improvements can promote operational efficiencies and deliver an elevated customer experience.

Marietta, Oklahoma Distribution Center. In the first quarter of fiscal 2024, a tornado destroyed our distribution center in Marietta, Oklahoma. Based on the significant damage sustained by the facility, the inventory contained in the facility and the facility itself are not salvageable. We have pivoted our supply chain network to deliver products to the approximately 600 Marietta-serviced stores, and we believe these efforts have limited and will continue to limit disruption to the Dollar Tree shopping experience. We are incurring additional costs within our supply chain as a result of servicing these impacted stores, including additional stem miles for delivered product and outside storage, and expect such costs to continue negatively impacting gross margin in the near-to-mid term.

General Liability Claims Development. Our self-insured general liability claims related to customer accidents and other incidents at our stores continue to develop unfavorably due to the rising costs to reimburse, settle, or litigate the claims. As a result, our actuarially determined liabilities were increased during the second quarter of fiscal 2024, contributing to a $45.3 million increase in our general liability claim expenses compared to the prior year second quarter. For the full year, fiscal 2024 general liability claim expenses increased $20.4 million compared to fiscal 2023.

The liabilities related to our self-insurance programs, which include general liability claims, are estimates that require judgment and the use of assumptions. See the “Critical Accounting Estimates and Assumptions” later in this “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” for more information on the estimates and assumptions related to these liabilities. Such estimates are inherently uncertain, and future changes in claim trends and assumptions could result in significant adjustments to our liabilities, which could materially and adversely affect our results of operations.

Family Dollar Store Portfolio Optimization and Strategic Alternatives Reviews. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023, we announced that we had initiated a comprehensive store portfolio optimization review, which involved identifying stores for closure, relocation or re-bannering based on an evaluation of current market conditions and individual store performance, among other factors. As a result of the portfolio optimization review, we identified approximately 970 underperforming Family Dollar stores, including approximately 600 stores to be closed in the first half of fiscal 2024, and approximately 370 stores to be closed at the end of each store's current lease term. As of February 1, 2025, we had closed approximately 695 stores identified under the portfolio optimization review.

During the second quarter of fiscal 2024, we announced that we had initiated a formal review of strategic alternatives for the Family Dollar business, which could have included among others, a potential sale, spin-off or other disposition of the business. This strategic alternatives review concluded in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024 and resulted in the decision to sell the Family Dollar business. As a result, we concluded the Family Dollar business met the held for sale and discontinued operations accounting criteria. On March 25, 2025, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to sell the Family Dollar business to Brigade Capital Management, LP and Macellum Capital Management, LLC, for a purchase consideration of $1,007.0 million, subject to a number of adjustments, including with respect to working capital and net indebtedness. The closing of the transaction is subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including receipt of U.S. antitrust approval. Net proceeds are estimated to total approximately $804.0 million. For information on discontinued operations, refer to Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements under the caption “Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations” and Note 15.

Results of Operations

Our results of operations and year-over-year changes are discussed in the following section. Note that the cost of sales rate is calculated by dividing cost of sales by net sales. Gross profit margin is calculated as gross profit (i.e., net sales less cost of sales) divided by net sales. The selling, general and administrative expense rate and operating income margin are calculated by dividing the applicable amount by total revenue. Basis points, as referred to below, are a percentage of net sales for expense categories within gross profit and cost of sales, and are a percentage of total revenue for all other expense categories. A 100 basis point increase equals 1.00% and a 1 basis point increase equals 0.01%.

The following table contains results of operations data for the last three fiscal years:

Net Sales

Fiscal 2024 compared to Fiscal 2023

The increase in net sales from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2024 was a result of the comparable store net sales increase and net sales of $1.1 billion at non-comparable stores. Comparable store net sales increased 1.8% in fiscal 2024, as a result of a 1.6% increase in customer traffic and a 0.1% increase in average ticket. This increase is based on a 52-week comparison for both periods. The 53rd week in fiscal 2023 accounted for $307.0 million of the total net sales.

The low single-digit comparable store net sales increase was primarily impacted by the macro economic environment which continues to affect our customers due to the impact of inflationary pressures and higher interest rates. We expect these sales trends, and the resulting negative impact on operating income, to continue in the near-to-mid term.

Fiscal 2023 compared to Fiscal 2022

The increase in net sales from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2023 was a result of the comparable store net sales increase and net sales of $467.1 million at non-comparable stores. Comparable store net sales increased 5.8% in fiscal 2023, as a result of a 7.4% increase in customer traffic, partially offset by a 1.5% decrease in average ticket. This increase is based on a 53-week comparison for both periods. The 53rd week in fiscal 2023 accounted for $307.0 million of the total net sales increase.

Gross Profit

Fiscal 2024 compared to Fiscal 2023

Gross profit margin remained unchanged in fiscal 2024 as the cost of sales rate is 64.2% in both fiscal 2024 and 2023. Changes in the cost of sales rates consist of lower freight costs, offset by increased sales of higher cost consumable merchandise, increased occupancy costs resulting from the loss of leverage from the low single-digit comparable store net sales increase and the 53rd week of sales in 2023, higher distribution costs, increased shrink costs resulting from unfavorable inventory results, and increased markdown costs for slow moving items. Included in freight costs for fiscal 2024 is $25.0 million of duties related to an anti-dumping case for paper plates imported in fiscal 2024.

Fiscal 2023 compared to Fiscal 2022

Gross profit margin decreased in fiscal 2023 due to a 170 basis point increase in cost of sales. The cost of sales rate increased to 64.2% in fiscal 2023 from 62.5% in fiscal 2022 primarily due to re-investment in value-product assortments after transitioning to the $1.25 price point during the prior year, increased sales of higher cost consumable merchandise, higher distribution costs, increased shrink costs resulting from unfavorable inventory results, partially offset by lower freight costs and decreased occupancy costs resulting from the leverage from the comparable store net sales increase and leverage from the 53rd week of sales in 2023.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Fiscal 2024 compared to Fiscal 2023

The selling, general and administrative expense rate increased 220 basis points in fiscal 2024 primarily due to higher depreciation expense from store investments, software impairments and related contract termination costs, temporary labor to support our multi-

price rollout, higher utilities costs, higher stock compensation expense resulting from the accelerated vesting of the former Chief Executive Officer’s option award, the loss of leverage from the low single-digit comparable store net sales increase and the loss of leverage from the 53rd week of sales in the prior year. The software impairments and related contract termination costs totaled $58.0 million and were related to enterprise merchandising and store system projects that were not fully implemented and were cancelled in connection with the decision to sell the Family Dollar business.

Fiscal 2023 compared to Fiscal 2022

The selling, general and administrative expense rate increased 140 basis points in fiscal 2023 primarily due to wage investments and minimum wage increases in store payroll, unfavorable development of general liability claims, and higher repairs and maintenance expenses as we focus on store conditions for our customers and associates, partially offset by leverage from the comparable store net sales increase and leverage from the 53rd week of sales at the end of fiscal 2023.

Operating Income

Fiscal 2024 compared to Fiscal 2023

Operating income margin decreased to 8.3% in fiscal 2024 compared to 10.6% in fiscal 2023, resulting from the increase in the selling, general and administrative expense rate.

Fiscal 2023 compared to Fiscal 2022

Operating income margin decreased to 10.6% in fiscal 2023 compared to 13.6% in fiscal 2022, resulting from the decrease in gross profit margin and an increase in the selling, general and administrative expense rate.

Interest Expense, Net

Fiscal 2024 compared to Fiscal 2023

Interest expense, net decreased $5.0 million in fiscal 2024 compared to the prior year, primarily due to higher interest income on investments.

Fiscal 2023 compared to Fiscal 2022

Interest expense, net decreased $14.7 million in fiscal 2023 compared to the prior year, primarily due to higher interest income on investments.

Provision for Income taxes

Fiscal 2024 compared to Fiscal 2023

The effective tax rate for fiscal 2024 was 24.7% compared to 23.8% for fiscal 2023, resulting primarily from higher non-deductible executive compensation, increased tax expense in the current year related to restricted stock vesting and lower Work Opportunity Tax Credits.

Fiscal 2023 compared to Fiscal 2022

The effective tax rate for fiscal 2023 was 23.8% compared to 23.9% for fiscal 2022, resulting primarily from higher Work Opportunity Tax Credits, partially offset by higher tax expense in the current year related to restricted stock vesting.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

We invest capital to build and open new stores, expand and renovate existing stores, enhance and grow our distribution network, operate our existing stores, maintain and upgrade our technology, and support our other strategic initiatives. Our working capital requirements for existing stores are seasonal in nature and typically reach their peak in the months of September and October. We have satisfied our seasonal working capital requirements for existing and new stores and have funded our distribution network programs and other capital projects from internally generated funds and borrowings under our credit facilities and commercial paper program.

The following table compares our cash flows for the last three fiscal years:

Operating Activities

Fiscal 2024 compared to Fiscal 2023

Net cash provided by operating activities decreased $207.5 million in fiscal 2024 compared to fiscal 2023 primarily due to lower current year earnings and increased inventory levels, partially offset by increases in trade accounts payable. The increase in inventory was the result of an increase in store count and inventory from our multi-price initiative. The increase in trade accounts payable was the result of extensions of payment terms with suppliers implemented in late fiscal 2023.

Fiscal 2023 compared to Fiscal 2022

Net cash provided by operating activities increased $982.9 million in fiscal 2023 compared to fiscal 2022 primarily due to decreases in inventory levels. Inventory was elevated at the end of fiscal 2022 due to global supply chain issues that resolved in fiscal 2023, resulting in lower payments for inventory.

Investing Activities

Fiscal 2024 compared to Fiscal 2023

Net cash used in investing activities increased $54.6 million in fiscal 2024 compared with fiscal 2023 due to higher capital expenditures in the current year, partially offset by insurance recoveries related to damaged property and equipment at our distribution center in Marietta, Oklahoma as discussed in Note 5 to our consolidated financial statements.

Fiscal 2023 compared to Fiscal 2022

Net cash used in investing activities increased $551.1 million in fiscal 2023 compared with fiscal 2022 due to higher capital expenditures in fiscal 2023.

Financing Activities

Fiscal 2024 compared to Fiscal 2023

Net cash used in financing activities decreased $118.7 million in fiscal 2024 compared to fiscal 2023 primarily due to lower payments for stock repurchases in fiscal 2024.

Fiscal 2023 compared to Fiscal 2022

Net cash used in financing activities decreased $156.8 million in fiscal 2023 compared to fiscal 2022 primarily due to lower payments for stock repurchases in fiscal 2023.

For detail on our long-term and short-term borrowings and other commitments, refer to the discussion of “Funding Requirements” below, as well as Note 5 and Note 6 to our consolidated financial statements.

Share Repurchases

We repurchased 3,283,837, 3,905,599 and 4,613,696 shares of common stock on the open market at a cost of $403.6 million, $504.3 million and $647.5 million, including applicable excise tax, in fiscal 2024, fiscal 2023 and fiscal 2022, respectively. As of February 1, 2025, we had $952.4 million remaining under our existing $2.5 billion Board repurchase authorization.

Funding Requirements

Our total estimated capital expenditures for fiscal 2025 are approximately $1.2 billion to $1.3 billion, including planned expenditures for supply chain investments, our new and expanded stores, store renovations, information technology investments, and other property improvements. We expect our cash needs for opening new stores and expanding existing stores in fiscal 2025 to total approximately $445.0 million, which includes capital expenditures, initial inventory and pre-opening costs. We believe that we can adequately fund our working capital requirements and planned capital expenditures for the next 12 months and the foreseeable future from net cash provided by operations, our commercial paper program and borrowings under our credit facilities.

Our material contractual obligations consist of long-term and short-term borrowings and related interest payments and operating lease obligations. Additionally, we have commitments related to ocean shipping contracts, software license and support agreements, telecommunication services and store technology assets and maintenance for our stores. Other commitments include letters of credit for imported merchandise, standby letters of credit that serve as collateral for our large-deductible insurance programs and surety bonds that serve as collateral for utility payments at our stores and self-insured insurance programs. For additional information regarding these obligations, including amounts outstanding at February 1, 2025, refer to Note 5, Note 6 and Note 7 to our consolidated financial statements.

Critical Accounting Estimates and Assumptions

Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). To prepare these financial statements, we must make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, as well as the disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. Our estimates are often based on complex judgments, probabilities and assumptions that management believes to be reasonable, but that are inherently uncertain and unpredictable. It is also possible that other professionals, applying reasonable judgment to the same facts and circumstances, could develop and support a range of alternative estimated amounts. Actual results could be significantly different from these estimates. Following is a discussion of the estimates that we consider critical.

Inventory Valuation

As discussed in Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements under the caption “Merchandise Inventories,” inventories at the distribution centers are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value with cost determined on a weighted-average basis. Cost is assigned to store inventories using the retail inventory method on a weighted-average basis. Under the retail inventory method, the valuation of inventories at cost and the resulting gross margins are computed by applying a calculated cost-to-retail ratio to the retail value of inventories. The retail inventory method is an averaging method that is widely used in the retail industry and results in valuing inventories at lower of cost or market when markdowns are taken as a reduction of the retail value of inventories on a timely basis.

Inventory valuation methods require certain management estimates and judgments, including estimates of future merchandise markdowns and shrink, which significantly affect the ending inventory valuation at cost as well as the resulting gross margins. The averaging required in applying the retail inventory method and the estimates of shrink and markdowns could, under certain circumstances, result in costs not being recorded in the proper period.

We estimate our markdown reserve based on the consideration of a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, quantities of slow moving or seasonal carryover merchandise on hand, historical markdown statistics and future merchandising plans. The accuracy of our estimates can be affected by many factors, some of which are outside of our control, including changes in economic conditions and consumer buying trends. Historically, we have not experienced significant differences in our estimated reserve for markdowns compared with actual results.

Our accrual for shrink is based on the shrink results of our most recent physical inventories adjusted, if necessary, for current economic conditions and business trends. These estimates are compared to actual results as physical inventory counts are taken and reconciled to the general ledger. Our physical inventory counts are generally taken between January and October of each year; therefore, the shrink accrual recorded at February 1, 2025 is based on estimated shrink for most of fiscal 2024, including the fourth quarter. We periodically adjust our shrink estimates to reflect our best estimates based on the factors described and, historically, these adjustments have not been material.

Our management believes that our application of the retail inventory method results in an inventory valuation that reasonably approximates cost and results in carrying inventory at the lower of cost or market each year on a consistent basis.

Self-Insurance Liabilities

The liabilities related to our self-insurance programs for workers’ compensation, general liability and auto are estimates that require judgment and the use of assumptions. Semiannually, we obtain third-party actuarial valuations to aid in valuing these liabilities and in determining the amount to accrue during the year. These actuarial valuations are estimates based on our claims experience for current and prior periods, exposure and severity factors, historical loss development factors, and other actuarial assumptions and the related accruals are adjusted as management’s estimates change.

Management’s estimate for self-insurance liabilities could vary from the ultimate loss sustained given the difficulty in predicting future events. Our self-insurance liabilities associated with workers’ compensation, general liability and auto related to continuing operations are recorded within “Other current liabilities” and “Other liabilities” in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets and amounted to $244.3 million and $187.0 million at February 1, 2025 and February 3, 2024, respectively. Self-insurance liabilities related to discontinued operations totaled $185.0 million and $176.5 million at February 1, 2025 and February 3, 2024, respectively. The increases were primarily due to general liability claims developing and paying out at amounts significantly higher than anticipated, resulting in higher actuarially determined accruals.

Goodwill and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets

Goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets are initially recorded at their fair values. These assets are not amortized but are evaluated annually for impairment. A more frequent evaluation is performed if events or circumstances indicate that impairment could have occurred. Such events or circumstances could include, but are not limited to, significant negative industry or economic trends, unanticipated changes in the competitive environment and a significant sustained decline in the market price of our stock.

For purposes of our goodwill impairment evaluation, the reporting units are Family Dollar, Dollar Tree and Dollar Tree Canada. Goodwill has been assigned to the reporting units based on prior business combinations related to the brands. We have the option to initially perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value is less than the carrying amount. Alternatively, we may bypass the qualitative assessment and proceed directly to performing the quantitative impairment test. In connection with the fiscal 2024 annual impairment evaluation, management’s qualitative assessment indicated that it was more likely than not that the fair values of the Family Dollar reporting unit and the Family Dollar trade name were less than their carrying values. There were no indicators that the fair value of the Dollar Tree or Dollar Tree Canada reporting units were less than their carrying value. Therefore, management performed a quantitative assessment of both the Family Dollar goodwill and trade name.

In fiscal 2024, we estimated the fair value of the Family Dollar reporting unit by using market participant assumptions as there was an expected sale price for the business based on negotiations with potential third party buyers. Based on this fair value, we recognized an impairment loss of $490.5 million which represented the remaining carrying amount of goodwill from the Family Dollar business. The fiscal 2024 goodwill impairment was driven primarily by a decrease in enterprise value attributed to the Family Dollar business using the expected sale price compared to our carrying value. Our evaluation of goodwill resulted in an impairment charge of $1,069.0 million in fiscal 2023 related to the Family Dollar reporting unit. Our evaluation of goodwill did not result in impairment charges being recorded in fiscal 2022.

The Family Dollar trade name comprises a substantial portion of our indefinite-lived intangible assets and management’s judgment utilized in the Family Dollar trade name impairment evaluations is critical. The computations require management to make estimates and assumptions and actual results may differ significantly, particularly if there are significant adverse changes in the operating environment. Indefinite-lived intangible assets, such as the Family Dollar trade name, are not subject to amortization but are reviewed at least annually for impairment. The indefinite-lived intangible asset impairment evaluations are performed by comparing the fair value of the indefinite-lived intangible assets to their carrying values. We estimate the fair value of our trade name intangible asset based on an income approach using the relief-from-royalty method. This approach is dependent upon a number of factors, including estimates of future growth and trends, royalty rates, discount rates and other variables. Royalty rates are derived using future estimates of earnings before interest, and taxes (“EBIT”), and a profit split analysis that examines how EBIT would be allocated to separate parties in an intellectual property license arrangement.

We base our fair value estimates on assumptions we believe to be reasonable, but which are inherently uncertain. Critical assumptions that are used as part of a tradename evaluation include:

• The potential future revenue, EBIT and cash flows of the reporting unit. The projections use management’s assumptions about economic and market conditions over the projected period as well as our estimates of future performance and reporting unit revenue, gross margin, expenses and other factors. The resulting revenue, EBIT and cash flow estimates are based on our most recent business operating plans, and various growth rates are assumed for years beyond the current business plan period. We believe that the assumptions, estimates and rates used in our impairment evaluations are reasonable; however, variations in the assumptions, estimates and rates could result in significantly different estimates of fair value.

• Selection of an appropriate discount rate. Calculating the present value of future cash flows requires the selection of an appropriate discount rate, which is based on a weighted-average cost of capital analysis. The discount rate is affected by changes in short-term interest rates and long-term yield as well as variances in the typical capital structure of marketplace participants. Given current economic conditions, it is possible that the discount rate will fluctuate in the near term. We engaged third party experts to assist in the determination of the weighted-average cost of capital used to discount the expected income under the relief of royalty method. The weighted-average cost of capital used to discount the cash flows for our evaluation was 10.5% for our fiscal 2024 analysis. The discount rate includes a premium due to the inherently higher risk profile of intangible assets.

Our evaluation of the Family Dollar trade name resulted in impairment charges of $1.4 billion in fiscal 2024 and $950.0 million in fiscal 2023. Our evaluation of the Family Dollar trade name did not result in impairment charges being recorded during fiscal 2022. The fiscal 2024 trade name impairment was driven primarily by a decrease in the royalty rate assumption based on lower future growth rates and EBIT margin assumptions for the Family Dollar reporting unit.

For additional information related to goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets, including the related impairment evaluations, refer to Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements under the caption “Goodwill and Nonamortizing Intangible Assets” and Note 15. For additional information related to uncertainties associated with the key assumptions and any potential events and/or circumstances that could have a negative effect on the key assumptions, please refer to “Item 1A. Risk Factors” and elsewhere within this “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” If our assumptions and related estimates change in the future, we may be required to record additional impairment charges against earnings in future periods. Any impairment charges that we may take in the future could be material to our results of operations and financial condition.

Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations

A business is classified as held for sale when management having the authority to approve the action commits to a plan to sell the business, the business is available for immediate sale in its present condition and an active program to locate a buyer has been initiated. Additionally, the sale must be probable to occur during the next 12 months at a price that is reasonable in relation to its current fair value and actions required to complete the plan indicate it is unlikely significant changes to the plan will be made or the plan will be withdrawn. A business classified as held for sale is recorded at the lower of (i) its carrying amount and (ii) estimated fair value less costs to sell. When the carrying amount of the business exceeds its estimated fair value less costs to sell, a loss is recognized and updated each reporting period as appropriate. Assets held for sale are not further depreciated or amortized once such a determination is reached.

The results of operations of businesses classified as held for sale are reported as discontinued operations if the disposal represents a strategic shift that will have a major effect on the entity’s operations and financial results. When a business is identified for discontinued operations reporting: (i) results for prior periods are retrospectively reclassified as discontinued operations; (ii) results of operations are reported in a single line, net of tax, in the consolidated statement of operations; and (iii) assets and liabilities are reported as held for sale in the consolidated balance sheets in the period in which the business is classified as held for sale.

As previously noted, in fiscal 2024 we initiated a formal review of strategic alternatives for the Family Dollar business. This strategic alternatives review concluded in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024 and resulted in the decision to sell the Family Dollar business. Accordingly, we concluded the assets of the Family Dollar business met the criteria for classification as held for sale. We determined the ultimate disposal will represent a strategic shift that will have a major effect on our operations and financial results. As such, the results of Family Dollar are presented as discontinued operations in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations for all periods presented and the assets and liabilities of Family Dollar have been reflected as assets and liabilities of discontinued operations in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets for all periods presented. The Company has ceased depreciating and amortizing its long-lived assets for Family Dollar which primarily includes right-of-use assets and property and equipment. On March 25, 2025, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to sell the Family Dollar business to Brigade Capital Management, LP and Macellum Capital Management, LLC, for a purchase consideration of $1,007.0 million, subject to a number of adjustments, including with respect to working capital and net indebtedness. The closing of the transaction is subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including receipt of U.S. antitrust approval. Net proceeds are estimated to total approximately $804.0 million.

We calculated an estimated loss on classification to held for sale of approximately $3.4 billion, reflecting the write-down of the carrying value of the Family Dollar business to fair value less costs to sell. The fair value was determined by using market participant assumptions as there was an expected sale price for the business based on negotiations with the buyer. Costs to sell included estimated incremental, direct costs incurred to transact the sale of the Family Dollar business. Refer to Note 15 to our consolidated financial statements for additional information.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Refer to Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements for a summary of our significant accounting policies and our assessment of recently issued accounting standards.

We are exposed to various types of market risk in the normal course of our business, including the impact of interest rate changes, diesel fuel cost changes and inflation. We may enter into interest rate or diesel fuel swaps to manage exposure to interest rate and diesel fuel price changes. We do not enter into derivative instruments for any purpose other than cash flow hedging and we do not hold derivative instruments for trading purposes.

Interest Rate Risk

Our exposure to interest rate risk primarily relates to our revolving credit facility, our commercial paper program, and any future registered offerings of senior notes to raise new capital or replace existing maturities. At February 1, 2025, there were no borrowings outstanding under the revolving credit facility or the commercial paper program.

Inflation Risk

The primary inflationary factors impacting our business include changes to the costs of merchandise, transportation (including the cost of diesel fuel), store construction-related costs, and labor. If these inflationary pressures become significant, we may not be able to fully offset such higher costs through adjustments to our product assortment, improvements in operational efficiencies or increases in our comparable store net sales. Our inability or failure to do so could harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.

INDEX TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors

Dollar Tree, Inc.:

Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Dollar Tree, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) as of February 1, 2025 and February 3, 2024, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended February 1, 2025, and the related notes (collectively, the consolidated financial statements). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of February 1, 2025 and February 3, 2024, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended February 1, 2025, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of February 1, 2025, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, and our report dated March 26, 2025 expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Basis for Opinion

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matters

The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.

Evaluation of estimated self-insurance liability

As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company considers actuarial assumptions to estimate its self-insurance liability. As of February 1, 2025, the Company recorded an estimated liability of $244.3 million related to continuing operations and $185.0 million related to discontinued operations.

We identified the evaluation of the estimated self-insurance liability as a critical audit matter. The estimation process involves auditor judgment and actuarial expertise to evaluate the actuarial methods and assumptions that are used to estimate future claim payments. Specifically, the evaluation includes t

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Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, we recognize that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management necessarily is required to apply our judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

Our management has carried out, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of February 1, 2025, our disclosure controls and procedures were designed and functioning effectively to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.

Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f). Our management conducted an assessment of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework established by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013). Based on this assessment, our management has concluded that, as of February 1, 2025, our internal control over financial reporting is effective.

Our independent registered public accounting firm, KPMG LLP, has audited our consolidated financial statements and has issued an attestation report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. Their report appears below.

Changes in Internal Controls

In fiscal 2024, we implemented a new warehouse management system in two of our distribution centers and expect to complete a phased implementation of the system to our remaining distribution centers over the next several years. We have made changes to our internal control over financial reporting to align with the functionality and updated processes associated with the new system. We are also updating our human capital management system and expect to implement the new system in fiscal 2025. We will continue to monitor and modify, as needed, the design and operating effectiveness of key control activities to align with the updated business processes and capabilities of the new systems.

In fiscal 2024, we initiated a formal review of strategic alternatives for the Family Dollar business. This strategic alternatives review concluded in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024 and resulted in the decision to sell the Family Dollar business. We determined that the Family Dollar business met the held for sale and discontinued operations accounting criteria. We designed and implemented responsive control procedures related to our financial reporting, which were assessed as of February 1, 2025 during the annual operation of these controls.

There were no other changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the fiscal quarter ended February 1, 2025 that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially effect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors

Dollar Tree, Inc.:

Opinion on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

We have audited Dollar Tree, Inc. and subsidiaries' (the Company) internal control over financial reporting as of February 1, 2025, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of February 1, 2025, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of February 1, 2025 and February 3, 2024, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended February 1, 2025, and the related notes (collectively, the consolidated financial statements), and our report dated March 26, 2025 expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.

Basis for Opinion

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Virginia Beach, Virginia

March 26, 2025

Rule 10b5-1 Plan and Non-Rule 10b5-1 Trading Arrangement Adoptions, Terminations, and Modifications

During the fiscal quarter ended February 1, 2025, none of our directors or officers (as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) adopted or terminated a Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement or non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement (as such terms are defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K).

Not Applicable.

PART III

The information concerning our directors and executive officers required by this Item is incorporated by reference to Dollar Tree, Inc.’s Proxy Statement relating to our 2025 Annual Meeting (“Proxy Statement”), under the captions “Biographies of Director Nominees” and “Information about our Executive Officers.”

To the extent disclosure of any delinquent report under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is made by us, such disclosure will be set forth under the caption “Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports” in our Proxy Statement, which is incorporated herein by reference.

The information concerning our audit committee and audit committee financial experts required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to the Proxy Statement, under the caption “Corporate Governance and Our Board.”

The information concerning our code of ethics required by this Item is incorporated by reference to the Proxy Statement, under the caption “Corporate Governance and Our Board - Code of Business Conduct.”

The Company maintains an Insider Trading Policy that governs the purchase, sale and/or other transactions in our securities by our directors, officers and all other employees and the Company itself. A copy of our Insider Trading Policy is filed as Exhibit 19.1 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Information set forth in the Proxy Statement under the captions “Compensation Committee Report on Executive Compensation,” “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” “Annual Compensation of Executive Officers,” “Pay Ratio Disclosure,” and “Director Compensation” is incorporated herein by reference.

Equity Compensation Plans

The following table summarizes information regarding shares issuable as of February 1, 2025, under our equity compensation plans, including the number of shares of common stock subject to options, restricted stock units, deferred shares and other rights granted to employees and members of our Board of Directors; the weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options; and the number of shares remaining available for future award grants under these plans. Additional information regarding our equity compensation plans can be found in Note 10 to our consolidated financial statements.

(a)Amounts represent outstanding options, restricted stock units and deferred (“phantom”) shares as of February 1, 2025.

(b)Not included in the calculation of weighted-average exercise price are (i) 1,193,213 restricted stock units and (ii) 62,807 director deferred shares.

(c)The 6,417,745 shares remaining available for future issuance under our equity-based plans approved by security holders includes 4,126,741 shares remaining under our 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan and 2,291,004 shares remaining under our 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

1Equity-based plans approved by our shareholders include: the 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (which replaced a predecessor plan) and the 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan (which replaced the 2011 Omnibus Incentive Plan). As of March 17, 2021, the 2011 Omnibus Incentive Plan was no longer available for new grants of awards, but all outstanding awards that were granted under the plan prior to March 17, 2021 continue to be governed by the terms and conditions of the plan and applicable award agreements. Effective June 30, 2023, the 2013 Director Deferred Compensation Plan expired. All amounts deferred by directors under the plan on or before June 30, 2023 continue to be administered in accordance with the terms of the plan and applicable deferral elections. Effective July 1, 2023, our directors are permitted to defer all or a portion of fees earned for their service as a director under our Non-Employee Director Deferred Compensation Program, which operates in conjunction with, and under the authority of, the 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan.

2In March 2022, a one-time award of options to purchase 2,252,587 shares of company common stock was granted to Richard W. Dreiling, who was the Executive Chairman of the Board at the time of the grant. The grant was an employment inducement grant within the meaning of Rule 5635(c)(4) of the NASDAQ Listing Rules. Mr. Dreiling was subsequently appointed Chief Executive Officer of the company in January 2023. In November 2024, Mr. Dreiling resigned from the Company at which point certain remaining unvested portions of the award were forfeited. At February 1, 2025, 1,634,544 of these options remained outstanding. The amount shown in the table does not include 387 shares to be issued upon the exercise of options with a weighted-average exercise price of $78.10 that were granted under the Family Dollar 2006 Incentive Plan and assumed by us in connection with our merger with Family Dollar.

Information set forth in the Proxy Statement under the caption “Ownership of Common Stock,” with respect to security ownership of certain beneficial owners and management, is incorporated herein by reference.

Information set forth in the Proxy Statement under the caption “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions,” is incorporated herein by reference.

The information concerning the independence of our directors required by this Item is incorporated by reference to the Proxy Statement under the caption “Board Governance - Independence.”

Information set forth in the Proxy Statement under the caption “Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditors,” is incorporated herein by reference.

PART IV

1.Documents filed as part of this report**:**

1.Financial Statements. Reference is made to the Index to the Consolidated Financial Statements set forth under Part II, Item 8 of this Form 10-K.

2. Financial Statement Schedules. All schedules for which provision is made in the applicable accounting regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission are not required under the related instructions, are not applicable, or the information is included in the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto, and therefore have been omitted.

3.Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this report.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Each of the directors of the registrant whose signature appears below hereby appoints Aditya Maheshwari and Jonathan B. Leiken, and both of them severally, as his or her attorney-in-fact to sign in his or her name and behalf, in any and all capacities stated below, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any and all amendments to this report, making such changes in this report as appropriate, and generally to do all such things on their behalf in their capacities as directors and/or officers to enable the registrant to comply with the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.