NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) July 3, 2007--Standard&Poor's Rating Services said today it revised certain of its ratings on Dollar General Corp. following the company's capital structure revision in conjunction with the financing of its LBO by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts&Co. (KKR). Standard&Poor's took the following actions: Assigned a 'B+' rating to the revised $1.7 billion "first-out" term loan B. This rating, one notch above the corporate credit rating of 'B' on Dollar General, and the '2' recovery rating indicate our expectation for a substantial (70%-90%) recovery in the event of payment default. Assigned a 'CCC+' rating to the revised $600 million "first-loss" term loan B. This rating, two notches below the company's corporate credit
