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As Of Filer Filing For·On·As Docs:Size Issuer Agent 11/26/03 Family Dollar Stores Inc 10-K 8/30/03 13:470K Merrill Corp/New/FA |
Document/Exhibit Description Pages Size 1: 10-K Annual Report HTML 148K 2: EX-10.(I) Material Contract HTML 22K 3: EX-10.(II) Material Contract HTML 22K 4: EX-10.(III) Material Contract HTML 22K 5: EX-10.(IV) Material Contract HTML 24K 6: EX-13 Annual or Quarterly Report to Security Holders HTML 265K 7: EX-14 Material Foreign Patent HTML 16K 8: EX-21 Subsidiaries of the Registrant HTML 15K 9: EX-23 Consent of Experts or Counsel HTML 9K 10: EX-31.1 Certification per Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Section 302) HTML 14K 11: EX-31.2 Certification per Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Section 302) HTML 13K 12: EX-32.1 Certification per Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Section 906) HTML 10K 13: EX-32.2 Certification per Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Section 906) HTML 10K
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CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT
I, Howard R. Levine, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Family Dollar Stores, Inc., certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Family Dollar Stores, Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:
a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evalution; and
c) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or it reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
Date: November 20, 2003
/s/ Howard R. Levine Howard R. Levine Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
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| Filed on: | 11/26/03 | DEF 14A | ||
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| For Period End: | 8/30/03 | |||
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