Dollar Tree, Inc. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLAN (Tables)

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLAN (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2015

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Schedule of Nonvested Restricted Stock Units Activity

The following table summarizes the status of RSUs as of January 31, 2015, and changes during the year then ended:



	Shares		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Nonvested at February 1, 2014	1,723,634		$	41.64
Granted	751,606		52.52
Vested	(798,015	)	39.91
Forfeited	(93,945	)	48.38
Nonvested at January 31, 2015	1,583,280		$	48.48

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity

The following tables summarize information about options outstanding at January 31, 2015 and changes during the year then ended.



Stock Option Activity
	January 31, 2015
			Weighted
			Average		Weighted	Aggregate
			Per Share		Average	Intrinsic
			Exercise		Remaining	Value (in
	Shares		Price		Term	millions)
Outstanding, beginning of period	568,818		$	13.40
Granted	12,150		57.37
Exercised	(85,235	)	9.04
Forfeited	(4,500	)	8.42
Outstanding, end of period	491,233		$	15.29	3.4	$	27.4
Options vested
at January 31, 2015	491,233		$	15.29	3.4	$	27.4
Options exercisable at end of period	491,233		$	15.29	3.4	$	27.4

Schedule of options outstanding and exercisable, by range of exercise prices



		Options Outstanding			Options Exercisable
	Options				Options
Range of	Outstanding	Weighted Avg.	Weighted Avg.		Exercisable	Weighted Avg.
Exercise	at January 31,	Remaining	Exercise		at January 31,	Exercise
Prices	2015	Contractual Life	Price		2015	Price
$7.21 to $9.71	216,105	2.1	$	8.88	216,105	$	8.88
$9.72 to $14.52	192,214	3.5	13.07		192,214	13.07
$14.53 to $19.93	15,516	4.9	17.21		15,516	17.21
$19.94 to $28.36	21,132	5.8	25.09		21,132	25.09
$28.37 to $70.38	46,266	8.1	49.29		46,266	49.29
$7.21 to $70.38	491,233	3.4	$	15.29	491,233	$	15.29

Weighted average assumptions

The fair value of the employees' purchase rights is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions:



	Fiscal 2013		Fiscal 2012		Fiscal 2011
Expected term	3 months		3 months		3 months
Expected volatility	8.8	%	11.6	%	11.9	%
Annual dividend yield	—	%	—	%	—	%
Risk free interest rate	—	%	—	%	0.1	%