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necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and
procedures.
As of January 29, 2005, the Company carried out an evaluation, with the participation of Company’s management,
including William Dillard, II, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive
officer) and James I. Freeman, Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer), of the
effectiveness of the Company’s “disclosure controls and procedures” pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-15.
Based on their evaluation, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that the Company’s
disclosure controls and procedures are effective. There were no significant changes in the Company’s internal controls
over financial reporting that occurred during the year ended January 29, 2005 to which this report relates that have
materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Management’s report on internal control over financial reporting and the attestation report of Deloitte & Touche LLP,
the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, on management’s assessment of internal control over
financial reporting is incorporated herein by reference from pages F-2 and F-3 of this report.
William Dillard, II, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, has certified to the New York
Stock Exchange that he is not aware of any violations by the Company of the exchange’s corporate governance listing
standards. Attached as an exhibit to this annual report is the certification of Mr. Dillard required under Section 302 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 regarding the quality of the Company’s public disclosures.
ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION.
None.
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