Dollar General Corp.

ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS. On November 12, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Dollar General Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Emily C. Taylor as Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective November 16, 2025 (the “Effective Date”). Ms. Taylor, age 49, has served as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Merchandising Officer since September 2020 and will relinquish such role on the Effective Date. She joined Dollar General in 1998 and held roles of increasing responsibility in investor relations, financial planning and analysis, merchandise planning, pricing and merchandising operations prior to her promotion to Vice President, Pricing & Merchandise Data Optimization, in March 2011. She then served as Vice President, Merchandising Operations (March 2012 to April 2014), was subsequently promoted to Senior Vice President, General Merchandise Manager (April 2014 to September 2019), and served as Senior Vice President, Channel Innovation (September 2019 to September 2020). In connection with her promotion, the Compensation and Human Capital Management (“CHCM”) Committee of the Board approved: (1) an annual base salary increase from $850,000 to $950,000, effective as of the Effective Date; and (2) an increase in Ms. Taylor’s targeted annual cash incentive under the Company’s Teamshare incentive plan from 75% to 100% of her base salary, prorated for fiscal year 2025 from the Effective Date, subject to performance criteria and other terms established by the CHCM Committee for the Company’s Teamshare incentive plan. Subject to the terms and provisions, including accelerated vesting terms, as may be approved by the CHCM Committee at the time of grant, Ms. Taylor also will receive an equity award with an estimated aggregate value of approximately $209,000 consisting of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) vesting ratably over three years. The RSUs will be granted under the Dollar General Corporation 2021 Stock Incentive Plan. The Company and Ms. Taylor entered into an amendment to Ms. Taylor’s employment agreement, effective November 16, 2025 (the “Amendment to Employment Agreement”), to reflect her title change and the increase in her annual base salary. The foregoing description of the Amendment to Employment Agreement is a summary only, does not purport to be complete, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of such document, which is attached hereto as

ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE. On November 13, 2025, the Company issued a press release regarding certain of the matters discussed in Item 5.02. A copy of the press release is attached as