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Item 2. Properties
We do not own any real estate. As of December 31, 2004, we operated the following facilities throughout
the world:
Primary Locations
Square
Footage (1)(3)
Operating
Segments Description of Use
Lease
Expirations (4)
Palo Alto and San Francisco,
California; Seattle,
Washington 707,000 North America Corporate office facilities.
From 2005
through 2011.
Beijing and Shanghai, China;
Slough, England;
Luxembourg City,
Luxembourg; Munich,
Germany; Paris, France;
Tokyo, Japan 185,000 International
Other corporate office
facilities, including
development centers.
From 2005
through 2014.
892,000 Sub-total
Campbellsville and Lexington,
Kentucky; Chambersburg,
Pennsylvania; Coffeyville,
Kansas; Fernley and Reno,
Nevada; Grand Forks, North
Dakota; New Castle,
Delaware 4,465,000 North America
Fulfillment and warehouse
operations (2)(5).
From 2005
through 2015.
Bad Hersfeld, Germany;
Beijing, Guangzhou, and
Shanghai, China; Gourock,
Scotland; Marston Gate,
England; Orleans, France 1,483,000 International
Fulfillment and warehouse
operations (2)(5).
From 2005
through 2025.
5,948,000 Sub-total
(1) Includes approximately 68,000 square feet of vacant space and excludes sub-leased space.
(2) Includes automated fulfillment centers utilizing sortation and other automation equipment, and less
automated fulfillment centers generally specializing in larger dimension product fulfillment.
(3) Additionally, we have approximately 143,000 square feet of leased space utilized by our customer service
operations in domestic and international locations, and 129,000 square feet of leased space utilized for data
centers.
(4) Leases expiring in 2005 primarily have renewal features at our option.
(5) Excludes facilities operated under co-sourcing arrangements in Japan and Canada.
We believe our properties are suitable and adequate for our present needs, and we periodically evaluate
whether additional facilities are necessary.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
Anumber of purported class action complaints were filed by holders of our equity and debt securities
against us, our directors, and certain of our senior officers during 2001, in the United States District Court for the
Western District of Washington, alleging violations of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “1933 Act”) and/or the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934 Act”). On August 1, 2003, plaintiffs in the 1934 Act cases filed a
second consolidated amended complaint alleging that we, together with certain of our officers and directors,
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