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40
Public Accounting Reports
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on the
Consolidated Financial Statements
The Board of Directors and Shareholders of Aaron Rents, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Aaron Rents, Inc. and
Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the related consolidated statements of
earnings, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 2005. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements
based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform
the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing
the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide
areasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material
respects, the consolidated financial position of Aaron Rents, Inc. and Subsidiaries at December
31, 2005 and 2004, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for
each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2005, in conformity with U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles.
Wealso have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States), the effectiveness of Aaron Rents, Inc.’s internal control over
financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, based on criteria established in Internal Control-
Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway
Commission and our report dated March 14, 2006 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
Atlanta, Georgia
March 14, 2006