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security concerns on us or the retail environment; risks related to the economic impact or the effect on the U.S. retail environment
relating to instability and conflict in the Middle East or elsewhere; risks relating to the regulation of the products we sell, such as
hunting rifles; risks associated with relying on foreign sources of production; risks relating to the operation and implementation of
new management information systems; risks relating to operational and financial restrictions imposed by our Credit Agreement;
factors associated with our pursuit of strategic acquisitions (including our merger with Golf Galaxy); risks and uncertainties
associated with assimilating acquired companies; the loss of our key executives, especially Edward W. Stack, our Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer; our ability to meet our labor needs; changes in general economic and business conditions and in the
specialty retail or sporting goods industry in particular; regional risks because our stores are generally concentrated in the eastern
half of the United States; our ability to repay or make the cash payments under our senior convertible notes; the outcome of
litigation or legal actions against us; changes in our business strategies and other factors discussed in other reports or filings filed
by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In addition, we operate in a highly competitive and rapidly changing environment; therefore, new risk factors can arise, and it is
not possible for management to predict all such risk factors, nor to assess the impact of all such risk factors on our business or the
extent to which any individual risk factor, or combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially from those contained in
any forward-looking statement. We do not assume any obligation and do not intend to update any forward-looking statements
except as may be required by the securities laws.
On February 13, 2007, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. acquired Golf Galaxy, Inc. (“Golf Galaxy”) which became a wholly owned
subsidiary of Dick’s by means of a merger of Dick’s subsidiary with and into Golf Galaxy. Due to this acquisition, additional risks
and uncertainties arise that could affect our financial performance and actual results and could cause actual results for 2007 and
beyond to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements included in this report or otherwise
made by our management. Such risks, which are difficult to predict with a level of certainty and may be greater than expected,
include, among others, risk associated with combining businesses and/or with assimilating Golf Galaxy.
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