Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Uncategorized Items - dltr-20160130.xml

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Label Element Value
Loans Payable [Member]  
Prepayment fee if Loans Subject to Certain Repricing Transactions dltr_PrepaymentfeeifLoansSubjecttoCertainRepricingTransactions 6910000000.00%
Loans Payable [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]  
Quarterly Amortization Payments Percentage of Original Principal Amount Beyond Year Two dltr_QuarterlyAmortizationPaymentsPercentageofOriginalPrincipalAmountBeyondYearTwo 3.75%
Base Rate plus Interest per Annum dltr_BaseRateplusInterestperAnnum 1.25%
Base Rate plus Interest per Annum dltr_BaseRateplusInterestperAnnum 1.75%
Quarterly Amortization Payments Percentage of Original Principal Amount Year One dltr_QuarterlyAmortizationPaymentsPercentageofOriginalPrincipalAmountYearOne 1.25%
Prepayment fee third year dltr_Prepaymentfeethirdyear 1.00%
Long-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Fixed Interest, Percentage Rate us-gaap_LongTermDebtPercentageBearingFixedInterestRate 4.25%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage 2.25%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage 2.75%
Quarterly Amortization Payments of Original Principal Amount after Closing dltr_QuarterlyAmortizationPaymentsofOriginalPrincipalAmountafterClosing 0.25%
Prepayment fee second year dltr_Prepaymentfeesecondyear 2.00%
Quarterly Amortization Payments Percentage of Original Principal Amount Year Two dltr_QuarterlyAmortizationPaymentsPercentageofOriginalPrincipalAmountYearTwo 2.50%
Loans Payable [Member] | Prepayment Risk [Member]  
Prepayment fee if Loans Subject to Certain Repricing Transactions dltr_PrepaymentfeeifLoansSubjecttoCertainRepricingTransactions 1.00%
Senior Notes [Member]  
Accrued interest, unpaid interest and make whole premium dltr_Accruedinterestunpaidinterestandmakewholepremium $ 89,500,000
Debt Instrument, Face Amount us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount 750,000,000.0
Long-term Debt us-gaap_LongTermDebt 750,000,000
Long-term Debt us-gaap_LongTermDebt 0
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) And Debt Issuance Costs dltr_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumAndDebtIssuanceCosts 3,300,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) And Debt Issuance Costs dltr_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumAndDebtIssuanceCosts $ 0
Unsecured Debt [Member]  
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate Terms us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateTerms LIBOR, plus 0.90%
Debt Instrument, Term us-gaap_DebtInstrumentTerm 5 years
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage 1.33%
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity $ 750,000,000
Long-term Debt us-gaap_LongTermDebt 0
Long-term Debt us-gaap_LongTermDebt 0
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity 750,000,000.0
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) And Debt Issuance Costs dltr_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumAndDebtIssuanceCosts 900,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) And Debt Issuance Costs dltr_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumAndDebtIssuanceCosts $ 0
Forgivable Loan [Member]  
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage 1.00%
Long-term Debt, Gross us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount $ 7,000,000
Notes Payable, Forgivable Promissory Notes [Member]  
Long-term Debt us-gaap_LongTermDebt 7,000,000
Long-term Debt us-gaap_LongTermDebt 7,000,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) And Debt Issuance Costs dltr_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumAndDebtIssuanceCosts 0
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) And Debt Issuance Costs dltr_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumAndDebtIssuanceCosts 0
Unsecured Senior Notes [Member]  
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Liabilities, Long-term Debt us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNoncurrentLiabilitiesLongTermDebt $ 300,000,000.0
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage 5.00%
Long-term Debt us-gaap_LongTermDebt $ 0
Long-term Debt us-gaap_LongTermDebt 300,000,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) And Debt Issuance Costs dltr_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumAndDebtIssuanceCosts 0
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) And Debt Issuance Costs dltr_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumAndDebtIssuanceCosts $ (10,700,000)
September 16, 2020 [Member] | Senior Notes [Member]  
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage 4.03%
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity $ 300,000,000.0
September 16, 2023 [Member] | Senior Notes [Member]  
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage 4.63%
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity $ 350,000,000.0
September 16, 2025 [Member] | Senior Notes [Member]  
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage 4.78%
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity $ 100,000,000.0
Five Point Seven Five Percent Notes Acquired in Acquisition, Due 2023 [Member] | Senior Notes [Member]  
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage 5.75%
Long-term Debt us-gaap_LongTermDebt $ 0
Long-term Debt us-gaap_LongTermDebt 2,500,000,000
Long-term Debt us-gaap_LongTermDebt 2,500,000,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) And Debt Issuance Costs dltr_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumAndDebtIssuanceCosts 7,800,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) And Debt Issuance Costs dltr_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumAndDebtIssuanceCosts $ 40,100,000
Five Point Two Five Percent Notes Acquired in Acquisition, Due 2020 [Member] | Senior Notes [Member]  
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage 5.25%
Long-term Debt us-gaap_LongTermDebt $ 0
Long-term Debt us-gaap_LongTermDebt 750,000,000
Long-term Debt us-gaap_LongTermDebt 750,000,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) And Debt Issuance Costs dltr_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumAndDebtIssuanceCosts 2,300,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) And Debt Issuance Costs dltr_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumAndDebtIssuanceCosts 11,100,000
Senior Secured Credit Facilities [Member] | Line of Credit [Member]  
Long-term Debt us-gaap_LongTermDebt 6,200,000,000
Senior Secured Credit Facilities [Member] | Loans Payable [Member]  
Long-term Debt us-gaap_LongTermDebt 4,950,000,000
Term Loan A [Member] | Loans Payable [Member]  
Long-term Debt us-gaap_LongTermDebt 0
Long-term Debt us-gaap_LongTermDebt 975,000,000
Long-term Debt us-gaap_LongTermDebt 1,000,000,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) And Debt Issuance Costs dltr_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumAndDebtIssuanceCosts 400,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) And Debt Issuance Costs dltr_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumAndDebtIssuanceCosts 3,600,000
Term Loan B-1 [Member] | Loans Payable [Member]  
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount $ 19,800,000
Debt discount basis points dltr_Debtdiscountbasispoints 50
Long-term Debt us-gaap_LongTermDebt $ 0
Long-term Debt us-gaap_LongTermDebt 2,283,500,000
Long-term Debt us-gaap_LongTermDebt 3,950,000,000
Senior Secured Credit Facilities dltr_SeniorSecuredCreditFacilities 3,300,000,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) And Debt Issuance Costs dltr_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumAndDebtIssuanceCosts 49,800,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) And Debt Issuance Costs dltr_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumAndDebtIssuanceCosts $ 42,600,000
Term Loan B-1 [Member] | Loans Payable [Member] | Minimum [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]  
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1 0.75%
Term Loan B-2 [Member] | Loans Payable [Member]  
Long-term Debt us-gaap_LongTermDebt $ 0
Long-term Debt us-gaap_LongTermDebt 650,000,000
Senior Secured Credit Facilities dltr_SeniorSecuredCreditFacilities 650,000,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) And Debt Issuance Costs dltr_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumAndDebtIssuanceCosts 0
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) And Debt Issuance Costs dltr_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumAndDebtIssuanceCosts 12,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Line of Credit [Member]  
Long-term Debt us-gaap_LongTermDebt 0
Long-term Debt us-gaap_LongTermDebt 0
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) And Debt Issuance Costs dltr_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumAndDebtIssuanceCosts 9,800,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) And Debt Issuance Costs dltr_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumAndDebtIssuanceCosts 20,400,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Senior Secured Credit Facilities [Member] | Line of Credit [Member]  
Long-term Debt us-gaap_LongTermDebt 1,250,000,000
Performance Shares [Member] | Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] | Omnibus Incentive Plan [Member] | Officer [Member] | Vesting at End of Performance Period [Member]  
Share-based Compensation Target Value dltr_ShareBasedCompensationTargetValue $ 1,700,000
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] | Family Dollar [Member]  
Conversion of Stock, Award Exchange Ratio dltr_ConversionofStockAwardExchangeRatio 1.0000
Conversion of Stock, Shares Converted us-gaap_ConversionOfStockSharesConverted1 100,000
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense $ 2,800,000
Performance And Service Based Awards [Member] | Omnibus Incentive Plan [Member] | Ratable Annual Vesting [Member]  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod 200,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod 100,000
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs, Capitalized Amount us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount $ 10,000,000
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs, Capitalized Amount us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount $ 11,300,000
Performance And Service Based Awards [Member] | Omnibus Incentive Plan [Member] | Chief Executive Officer [Member] | Ratable Annual Vesting [Member]  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod 200,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Requisite Service Period us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardAwardRequisiteServicePeriod1 5 years
Share-based Compensation Target Value dltr_ShareBasedCompensationTargetValue $ 10,000,000
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense 2,000,000
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense 2,000,000
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense $ 2,000,000
Performance And Service Based Awards [Member] | Omnibus Incentive Plan [Member] | Officer [Member] | Ratable Annual Vesting [Member]  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod 200,000
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs, Capitalized Amount us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount $ 9,900,000
Performance And Service Based Awards [Member] | Omnibus Incentive Plan [Member] | Equity Award [Domain] | President [Member] | Ratable Annual Vesting [Member]  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod 100,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Requisite Service Period us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardAwardRequisiteServicePeriod1 5 years
Share-based Compensation Target Value dltr_ShareBasedCompensationTargetValue $ 5,000,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardAwardVestingPeriod1 5 years
Performance And Service Based Awards [Member] | Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] | Omnibus Incentive Plan [Member] | Officer [Member] | Vesting at End of Performance Period [Member]  
Share-based Compensation Target Value dltr_ShareBasedCompensationTargetValue $ 2,000,000
Share-based Compensation Target Value dltr_ShareBasedCompensationTargetValue $ 2,300,000
Individual Potential Target Award Minimum dltr_IndividualPotentialTargetAwardMinimum 0.00%
Individual Potential Target Award Minimum dltr_IndividualPotentialTargetAwardMinimum 0.00%
Individual Potential Target Award Minimum dltr_IndividualPotentialTargetAwardMinimum 0.00%
Individual Potential Target Award Maximum dltr_IndividualPotentialTargetAwardMaximum 200.00%
Individual Potential Target Award Maximum dltr_IndividualPotentialTargetAwardMaximum 200.00%
Individual Potential Target Award Maximum dltr_IndividualPotentialTargetAwardMaximum 200.00%
Performance And Service Based Awards [Member] | Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] | 2013 LTPP REGRANT [Member] | Omnibus Incentive Plan [Member] | Officer [Member] | Vesting at End of Performance Period [Member]  
Share-based Compensation Target Value dltr_ShareBasedCompensationTargetValue $ 2,200,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardAwardVestingPeriod1 1 year
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense $ 2,400,000
Performance And Service Based Awards [Member] | Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] | 2013 ORIGINAL LTPP GRANT [Member] | Omnibus Incentive Plan [Member] | Officer [Member] | Vesting at End of Performance Period [Member]  
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense 1,200,000
Service Based Awards [Member] | Omnibus Incentive Plan [Member] | Ratable Annual Vesting [Member]  
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs, Capitalized Amount us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount $ 7,900,000
Service Based Awards [Member] | Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod 500,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod 500,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod 300,000
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognized $ 24,100,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardAwardVestingPeriod1 3 years
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognizedPeriodForRecognition1 22 months
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense $ 21,100,000
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense 22,200,000
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense $ 22,600,000
Service Based Awards [Member] | Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] | Family Dollar [Member]  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod 100,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardAwardVestingPeriod1 3 years
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense $ 1,000,000
2012 Restricted Stock Grant - Officers [Member] | Performance Shares [Member] | Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] | Omnibus Incentive Plan [Member] | Officer [Member] | Vesting at End of Performance Period [Member]  
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense 1,000,000
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense 400,000
2013 Restricted Stock Grant - Officers [Member] | Performance Shares [Member] | Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] | Omnibus Incentive Plan [Member] | Officer [Member] | Vesting at End of Performance Period [Member]  
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense 1,000,000
2013 Restricted Stock Grant - Officers [Member] | Performance And Service Based Awards [Member] | Omnibus Incentive Plan [Member] | Officer [Member] | Ratable Annual Vesting [Member]  
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense 6,500,000
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense 1,100,000
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense 900,000
2014 Restricted Stock Grant - Officers [Member] [Domain] | Performance Shares [Member] | Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] | Omnibus Incentive Plan [Member] | Officer [Member] | Vesting at End of Performance Period [Member]  
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense 400,000
2014 Restricted Stock Grant - Officers [Member] [Domain] | Performance And Service Based Awards [Member] | Omnibus Incentive Plan [Member] | Ratable Annual Vesting [Member]  
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense 6,700,000
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense 1,600,000
2015 Restricted Stock Grant - Officers [Domain] | Performance Shares [Member] | Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] | Omnibus Incentive Plan [Member] | Officer [Member] | Vesting at End of Performance Period [Member]  
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense 1,400,000
2015 Restricted Stock Grant - Officers [Domain] | Performance And Service Based Awards [Member] | Omnibus Incentive Plan [Member] | Officer [Member] | Ratable Annual Vesting [Member]  
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense $ 8,700,000