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hazardous substances. Although we have not been notified of, and are not otherwise aware of, any material real property
environmental liability, claim or non-compliance, there can be no assurance that we will not be required to incur remediation or other
costs in connection with real property environmental matters in the future.
Financial Information About Foreign and Domestic Operations
We conduct our business in North America (the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada) and Europe. Approximately 33.5%, 37.9%
and 39.7% of our net sales during 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively were made by subsidiaries located outside of the United States.
For information pertaining to our international operations, see Note 10, “Segment and Related Information,” to the Consolidated
Financial Statements included in Item 15 of this Form 10-K. The following sets forth selected information with respect to our
operations in those two geographic markets (in thousands):
North
America Europe Total
2009
Net sales $ 2,317,475 $ 848,520 $ 3,165,995
Operating income $ 62,070 $ 11,321 $ 73,391
Identifiable assets $ 591,990 $ 224,911 $ 816,901
2008
Net sales $ 2,092,372 $ 940,589 $ 3,032,961
Operating income $ 62,268 $ 21,099 $ 83,367
Identifiable assets $ 552,459 $ 149,994 $ 702,453
2007
Net sales $ 1,847,477 $ 932,398 $ 2,779,875
Operating income $ 82,365 $ 11,577 $ 93,942
Identifiable assets $ 488,761 $ 185,110 $ 673,871
See Item 7, Management’ s Discussions and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, for further information with
respect to our operations.
Available Information
We maintain an internet website at www.systemax.com. We file reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission and make
available free of charge on or through this website our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current
reports on Form 8-K, including all amendments to those reports. These are available as soon as is reasonably practicable after they are
filed with the SEC. All reports mentioned above are also available from the SEC’ s website (www.sec.gov). The information on our
website is not part of this or any other report we file with, or furnish to, the SEC.
Our Board of Directors has adopted the following corporate governance documents with respect to the Company (the “Corporate
Governance Documents”):
Corporate Ethics Policy for officers, directors and employees
Charter for the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors
Charter for the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors
Charter for the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors
Corporate Governance Guidelines and Principles
In accordance with the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange, each of the Corporate Governance Documents is available
on our Company website (www.systemax.com).