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During the third-quarter earnings call on Thursday, Family Dollar executives did not address activist investor Carl Icahn's demands to sell the company.
"As we have indicated before, we welcome constructive dialogue with all our shareholders towards the shared objective of enhancing shareholder value," said Kiley Rawlins, Family Dollar VP of investor relations and corporate communications.
Rawlins added that the call would focus entirely on earnings results and would not address marketplace speculation.
Family Dollar earnings for the third quarter ending May 31 dropped to $81.1 million from $120.9 million in the 2013 fiscal third quarter, a 33% decline.