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Dividends฀Per฀Share
(in฀dollars)
0.32 0.34
0.32
0.8
0.09
et฀Sales
Per฀Average฀Suare฀Foot
(in฀dollars)
376
336
395
42
428
et฀Sales
(in฀billions)
5.8
4.5
5.9
6.0
6.3
et฀Earnings฀Per฀Share-Diluted
(in฀dollars)
.05
.34
0.93
.24
.2
Return฀on฀Average
Stockholder’s฀Euity
(percent)
8
22
5
2
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Financial฀Highlights
Despite฀a฀challenging฀retail฀environment,฀Gap฀Inc.฀delivered฀
solid฀financial฀results฀in฀fiscal฀2008.฀Overall฀cost฀management฀
and฀our฀brands’฀ability฀to฀drive฀healthy฀margins฀contributed฀
to฀a฀full-year฀net฀earnings฀increase฀of฀16฀percent฀over฀fiscal฀
2007.฀We฀also฀ended฀the฀year฀with฀nearly฀$2฀billion฀in฀cash฀
and฀virtually฀no฀debt.฀