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Dollar Express, Inc.
1700 Tomlinson Road, Philadelphia, PA 19116 * (215) 969-7888
Business Description The company is a leading operator of fixed $1.00 price point stores in the United States. Our Dollar Express stores operate in the deep discount segment of the discount retail industry, which is among the fastest growing segments in the $420 billion mass market retail industry.
Filing
Information

IPO has been
withdrawn

To Trade As  DLRX (NASNTL) Industry  Retail (SIC 5331)
Type of Stock Offered Common Shares Filing Date  12/23/99
Domestic Shares Filed 3,400,000 Filing Range  $14.00 - $16.00
Foreign Shares Filed  0 Offering Amount  $51,000,000
Company Shares  3,400,000 Est. Expenses  - -
Selling Shrhldrs Shares  0 Post-IPO Shares  - -
Primary
Underwriting
Group
Underwriter NameParticipationUnderwriter Phone
Merrill Lynch & Co. Lead Manager (212) 449-4600
First Union Capital Markets Corp. Co-manager (804) 649-2311
Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc. Co-manager (410) 539-4038
Prudential Securities Incorporated Co-manager (212) 778-5420
U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Co-manager (612) 342-6220
Income
Statement
and
Cash Flow
Summary
  Prior
Audited
Income
Latest
Unaudited
Income
  Full Year Audited Figures 9 Months Ending
Figures in U.S. millions except per share data     12/31/96 12/31/97 12/31/98 9/30/98 9/30/99
Revenues   - - 88.362 103.030 130.802 86.290 100.348
Income from Oper.   - - - - - - -
Net Income   - - 4.224 4.649 10.803 5.287 4.445
E.P.S   - - 0.650 0.720 1.670 - -
Revenue Growth (%)      - - 16.60 26.955   16.29
Net Income Growth (%)      - - 10.06 132.37   -15.93
Oper. Profit Margin (%)    - - - - - - -
Net Profit Margin (%)    - - 4.78 4.51 8.26 4.43 6.13
Cash Flow - Oper.     14.51 - -
Cash Flow - Inv.     -3.65 - -
Cash Flow - Fin.     -2.06 - -
Balance Sheet
Summary
and
Financial
Ratios
Balance sheet as of: 9/30/99 Financial Ratios
Total Assets    43.59 Current Assets    - Current Ratio    -
Total Liab.    88.17 Current Liab.    - Debt Ratio    202.27%
Total Equity    -44.58 Working Cap.    -0.65 Debt to Equity Ratio    -
Cash    -    Return on Assets   10.20%
Use Of
Proceeds
The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used to repay debt under a term loan facility, repay debt under a revolving debt facility, fund the opening of additional stores and for general corporate purposes.
Legal Counsel
Registrar
Auditor
Issuer's Law Firm  Pepper Hamilton & Scheetz
Bank's Law Firm  Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Auditor  Grant Thornton
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Principal
Shareholders
Name of Shareholder% Owned
Before
% Owned
After
Advent International Corporation 33.60  
Murray Spain 32.20  
Bernard Spain 28.60  
Global Private Equity III Limited Partnership 28.50  
Note: represents ownership of 5% or more prior to the offering.

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