Pottery Barn 2005 Annual Report Download - page 13

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of our definitive Proxy Statement for the 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, also referred to in this
Annual Report on Form 10-K as our Proxy Statement, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, or SEC, on or about April 7, 2006, have been incorporated in Part III hereof.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Annual Report on Form 10-K and the letter to shareholders contained in this annual report contain forward-
looking statements within the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
that involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they do not fully materialize or prove
incorrect, could cause our business and results of operations to differ materially from those expressed or implied
by such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any
projections of earnings, revenues or financial items, statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of
management for future operations, statements related to the future performance and growth potential of our
brands, statements related to our plans to increase retail leased square footage, statements related to increasing
and expanding catalog circulation and increasing catalog page counts, statements related to market acceptance of
new products and brands, statements related to litigation matters, statements related to payment of dividends,
statements related to introducing new core and seasonal merchandise assortments, statements related to
enhancing product quality, statements related to reducing returns, replacements and damages, statements related
to implementing new inventory management systems, extending store replenishment programs, new marketing
initiatives and expanding electronic direct marketing initiatives, statements related to transportation costs in the
furniture delivery network and backroom and offsite storage management in our retail stores, statements related
to in-sourcing the management of our east coast furniture hub, statements related to making investments in our
emerging brands or transitioning the merchandising strategies of our emerging brands into our other existing
brands, statements related to our plans to open new retail stores, statements related to launching new websites
and implementing new e-commerce functionality, statements related to future comparable store sales, statements
related to our fiscal 2006 income tax provision and effective tax rate, statements related to the use of our
available cash, statements related to our projected capital expenditures, statements related to our stock repurchase
program, statements related to the impact of new accounting pronouncements, statements related to
indemnifications under our agreements, statements related to legal proceedings and statements of belief and
statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. You can identify these and other forward-looking
statements by the use of words such as “will,” “may,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,”
“estimates,” “predicts,” “intends,” “potential,” “continue,” or the negative of such terms, or other comparable
terminology.
The risks, uncertainties and assumptions referred to above that could cause our results to differ materially from
the results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those
discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in Item 1A hereto and the risks, uncertainties and assumptions
discussed from time to time in our other public filings and public announcements. All forward-looking
statements included in this document are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we
assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
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