Dollar General 2010 Annual Report Download - page 79

10-K
INTRODUCTION
General
This report contains references to years 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 and 2006, which represent
fiscal years ending or ended February 3, 2012, January 28, 2011, January 29, 2010, January 30, 2009,
February 1, 2008 and February 2, 2007, respectively. All of the discussion and analysis in this report
should be read with, and is qualified in its entirety by, the Consolidated Financial Statements and
related notes.
Solely for convenience, our trademarks and tradenames referred to in this document may appear
without the ↧ or TM symbol, but such references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that we will
not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our rights or the right to these trademarks and
tradenames.
Cautionary Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
We include ‘‘forward-looking statements’’ within the meaning of the federal securities laws
throughout this report, particularly under the headings ‘‘Business,’’ ‘‘Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,’’ and ‘‘Note 9 Commitments and
Contingencies,’’ among others. You can identify these statements because they are not limited to
historical fact or they use words such as ‘‘may,’’ ‘‘will,’’ ‘‘should,’’ ‘‘could,’’ ‘‘believe,’’ ‘‘anticipate,’’
‘‘project,’’ ‘‘plan,’’ ‘‘expect,’’ ‘‘estimate,’’ ‘‘objective,’’ ‘‘forecast,’’ ‘‘goal,’’ ‘‘potential,’’ ‘‘opportunity,’’
‘‘intend,’’ ‘‘will likely result,’’ or ‘‘will continue’’ and similar expressions that concern our strategy, plans,
intentions or beliefs about future occurrences or results. For example, all statements relating to our
estimated and projected expenditures, cash flows, results of operations, financial condition and liquidity;
our plans, objectives and expectations for future operations, growth or initiatives; or the expected
outcome or effect of pending or threatened litigation or audits are forward-looking statements.
All forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may change at any time,
so our actual results may differ materially from those that we expected. We derive many of these
statements from our operating budgets and forecasts, which are based on many detailed assumptions
that we believe are reasonable. However, it is very difficult to predict the effect of known factors, and
we cannot anticipate all factors that could affect our actual results.
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations
expressed in our forward-looking statements are disclosed under ‘‘Risk Factors’’ in Part I, Item 1A and
elsewhere in this document (including, without limitation, in conjunction with the forward-looking
statements themselves and under the heading ‘‘Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates’’). All written
and oral forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by these and other
cautionary statements that we make from time to time in our other SEC filings and public
communications. You should evaluate forward-looking statements in the context of these risks and
uncertainties. These factors may not contain all of the factors that are important to you. We cannot
assure you that we will realize the results or developments we anticipate or, even if substantially
realized, that they will result in the consequences or affect us or our operations in the way we expect.
The forward-looking statements included in this report are made only as of the date hereof. We
undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by law.
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