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Location
Size in
Square Feet
Chesapeake, Virginia 400,000
Olive Branch, Mississippi 425,000
Joliet, Illinois 1,200,000
Stockton, California 525,000
Briar Creek, Pennsylvania 1,003,000
Savannah, Georgia 1,014,000
Marietta, Oklahoma 1,004,000
San Bernardino, California 802,000
Ridgefield, Washington 665,000
Windsor, Connecticut 1,001,000
Each of our distribution centers contains advanced materials handling technologies, including radio-frequency inventory
tracking equipment and specialized information systems. With the exception of our Ridgefield, Washington facility, each of our
distribution centers in the United States also contains automated conveyor and sorting systems.
We are also a party to an agreement which provides distribution services from facilities in British Columbia and Ontario.
Store Support Center
Our Store Support Center is located in an approximately 190,000 square foot building which we own in Chesapeake,
Virginia.
For more information on financing of our distribution centers, see Item 7 "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations- Funding Requirements" beginning on page 18 of this Form 10-K.
Item 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
From time to time, we are defendants in ordinary, routine litigation or proceedings incidental to our business, including
allegations regarding:
• employment-related matters;
• infringement of intellectual property rights;
• personal injury/wrongful death claims;
• product safety matters, which may include product recalls in cooperation with the Consumer Products Safety
Commission or other jurisdictions;
• real estate matters related to store leases; and
• environmental issues.
In addition, we are defendants in several class or collective action lawsuits, lease restriction cases and an environmental
investigation. These proceedings are described in "Note 4 - Commitments and Contingencies" under the caption
"Contingencies" beginning on Page 42 of this Form 10-K included in "Part II. Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary
Data."
We will vigorously defend ourselves in these matters. We do not believe that any of these matters will, individually or in
the aggregate, have a material effect on our business or financial condition. We cannot give assurance, however, that one or
more of these lawsuits will not have a material effect on our results of operations for the period in which they are resolved.
Based on the information available, including the amount of time remaining before trial, the results of discovery and the
judgment of internal and external counsel, we are unable to express an opinion as to the outcome of those matters which are not
settled and cannot estimate a potential range of loss except as specified in Note 4. When a range is expressed, we are currently
unable to determine the probability of loss within that range.