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accordingly set ourselves a new medium term goal. The new goal we established in 2007 is to
progress continuing EPS to $5.00 by the end of 2011. We expect to reach this objective through
executing on our strategy of investing in our people, our products, and our brands to drive
profitable growth.
As I state every year, our most important assets go home every night and as our scale and
impact on others has expanded, so has our focus on being responsible corporate citizens. I’m
proud of the contributions we make to the communities that we work in, whether through
volunteer activities, charitable donations or leadership roles that our employees assume in the
community as a whole. We continue to support programs for returning veterans through our
proactive veterans’ employment policy and, on a personal level, I was honored to successfully
compete in the 135-mile Badwater ultra-marathon foot race through Death Valley last summer
to raise money and awareness for the Wounded Warriors project, with our Coleman Xtreme®
coolers as a proud race sponsor.
As I write this letter, America is struggling through a period of significant stress to the financial
system and convincing evidence of economic recession. I believe Jarden is well-positioned to
weather whatever challenges these conditions may bring. We have a talented and focused
management organization that is proactive and not complacent. We have created a resilient,
defensive and diversified business platform. We believe that our products and brands are
relevant to our customers in good economies and challenging ones alike.
Despite the macro headwinds, we believe 2008 will prove to be another record year of sales
and segment earnings for Jarden. As we say in Jarden’s DNA statement, we strive every year to
make the business better and we will work hard to execute against our operating strategy to
achieve our stated financial goals.
Yours sincerely,
Martin E. Franklin
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
“The acquisitions of Pure Fishing and K2 into Jarden Outdoor
Solutions created what we believe is the largest sporting
goods equipment company in the world.”