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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Form 10-K and our 2009 Annual Report to Shareholders contain “forward-looking statements” intended to
qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including
some of the statements in this Form 10-K under Item 1, “Business,” Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” and Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data,” and in
our 2009 Annual Report to Shareholders under “Letter to Shareholders” and “Financial Graphs.” Forward-looking
statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties and potentially inaccurate assumptions. Such statements give our
current expectations or forecasts of future events; they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. We have
generally identified such statements by using words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,”
“forecast,”“intend,”“lookingforward,”“may,”“plan,”“potential,”“project,”“should,”“target,”“will”and“would”or
any variations of these words or other words with similar meanings. All statements that address activities, events or
developments that we intend, expect or believe may occur in the future are forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, or Exchange Act. These “forward looking statements” may relate to such matters as our future
actions, future performance or results of current and anticipated sales, expenses, interest rates, foreign exchange rates and
resultsandtheoutcomeofcontingenciessuchaslegalproceedings.
We cannot guarantee that the results and other expectations expressed, anticipated or implied in any forward-
looking statement will be realized. The risks set forth under Item 1A of this Form 10-K describe major risks to our
business. A variety of factors including these risks could cause our actual results and other expectations to differ materially
from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed, anticipated or implied in our forward-looking statements.
Should known or unknown risks materialize, or should our underlying assumptions prove inaccurate, actual results
could differ materially from past results and those anticipated, estimated or projected in the forward-looking statements.
You should bear this in mind as you consider forward-looking statements.
Our forward-looking statements speak only as of the dates on which they are made, and we do not undertake any
obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether to reflect new information, future events or otherwise. You
are advised, however, to consult any further disclosures we may make in our future reports to the Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘SEC’), on our website, or otherwise.
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