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INTRODUCTION
General
This report contains references to years 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 and 2002, which
represent fiscal years ending or ended February 1, 2008, February 2, 2007, February 3, 2006,
January 28, 2005, January 30, 2004 and January 31, 2003, respectively. All of the discussion
and analysis in this report should be read with, and is qualified in its entirety by, the
Consolidated Financial Statements and the notes thereto.
Forward Looking Statements/Risk Factors
This Form 10-K contains “forward-looking statements.” These statements may be found
throughout this Form 10-K, particularly under the headings “Business” and “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation,” among others.
Forward-looking statements typically are identified by the use of terms such as “may,” “will,”
“should,” “expect,” “believe”, “anticipate”, “project”, “plan”, “expect”, “estimate”, “objective”,
“forecast”, “goal”, “intend”, “will likely result”, or “will continue” and similar expressions,
although some forward-looking statements are expressed differently. You should consider
statements that contain these words carefully because they may express or imply projections of
revenues or expenditures, plans and objectives for future operations, growth or initiatives,
expected future economic performance, or the expected outcome or impact of pending or
threatened litigation based on currently available information. The factors listed below under the
heading “Risk Factors”, in the other sections of this Form 10-K, including, but not limited to:
Item 1 subsections “Overall Business Strategy”, “Seasonality” and “Competition”; Item 3; and
Item 7 subsections “Executive Overview” and “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates”, in
our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), press releases and other
communications provide examples of risks, uncertainties and events that could cause our actual
results to differ materially from the expectations expressed in our forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking statements made in this Form 10-K relate only to events as of the
date on which the statements are made. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise
any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances arising after the date on which
it was made.
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