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FORWARDLOOKING STATEMENTS
This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains certain statements that
are, or may be considered to be, “forward-looking statements” for
the purpose of federal securities laws, including, but not limited to,
statements that reflect our current views with respect to future events
and financial performance. We generally identify these statements
by words or phrases such as “may,” “might,” “should,” “expect,”
“plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “intend,” “predict,” “future,”
“potential” or “continue,” the negative or any derivative of these
terms and other comparable terminology. These forward-looking
statements, which are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions
about us, may include, among other things, projections or statements
regarding:
• our future financial performance;
• our anticipated operating strategies and future strategic expansion
initiatives;
• our future capital expenditures;
• our anticipated rate of store closures, relocations and openings;
and
• our anticipated costs related to store closures, relocations and
openings.
These statements are only predictions based on our current
expectations and projections about future events. Because these
forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, there
are important factors that could cause our actual results, level of
activity, performance or achievements to dier materially from the
results, level of activity, performance or achievements expressed or
implied by these forward-looking statements, including those factors
discussed under the caption entitled “Risk Factors” as well as other
places in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
We operate in a competitive and rapidly changing environment.
New risk factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for
management to predict all the risk factors, nor can it assess the
impact of all the risk factors on our business or the extent to which
any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results
to dier materially from those contained in any forward-looking
statements. Given these risks and uncertainties, you should not place
undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only
as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, as a prediction of
actual results.
You should read this Annual Report on Form 10-K completely and
with the understanding that our actual results may be materially
dierent from what we expect. Except as required by law, we
undertake no duty to update these forward-looking statements, even
though our situation may change in the future. We qualify all of our
forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.
BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP, INC. 2014 ANNUAL REPORT 3