Abercrombie & Fitch 2001 Annual Report Download - page 16

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Abercrombie & Fitch
6301 Fitch Path, New Albany, Ohio 43054
[phone]
www.abercrombie.com
ANNUAL MEETING
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders is scheduled for
10:00 A.M., Thursday, May 23, 2002 at Abercrombie & Fitch Headquarters,
6301 Fitch Path, New Albany, Ohio 43054.
STOCK EXCHANGE LISTING
New York Stock Exchange (Trading Symbol “ANF”),
commonly listed in newspapers as AberFit.
INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Columbus, Ohio
INVESTOR RELATIONS
For further information on Abercrombie & Fitch, additional copies of this report,
Form 10-K or other financial information, contact:
Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
Abercrombie & Fitch
P.O. Box 182168
Columbus, Ohio 43218
You may also contact us by sending an e-mail to Investor_Relations@ abercrombie.com
or by visiting the Investor Relations section of the Company’s Web site.
STOCK TRANSFER AGENT, REGISTRAR AND
DIVIDEND AGENT
National City Bank, Corporate Trust Operations, Dept 5352
P.O. Box 92301, Cleveland, Ohio 44193.
ABERCROMBIE & FITCH
Initial Public Offering: September 26, 1996
Number of Associates: 16,700
Approximate Shareholder Base: 65,000
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C O R P O RAT E INF ORMAT ION
TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS OF ABERCROMBIE & FITCH:
In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and the related consolidated state-
ments of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows present fairly, in all material respects, the
financial position of Abercrombie & Fitch and its subsidiaries at February 2, 2002 and February
3, 2001, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the
period ended February 2, 2002 (on pages 19 to 29) in conformity with accounting principles gen-
erally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements are the responsibility
of the Company’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with
auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, which require that we
plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements
are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence sup-
porting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall finan-
cial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Columbus, Ohio
February 19, 2002
R E P O RT OF INDEPENDE NT AC C O U N TA N T S
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