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DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of the Registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement dated May 16, 2007 (to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A within
120 days after the Registrant’s fiscal year-end of March 3, 2007), for the regular meeting of shareholders to be held on
June 27, 2007 (“Proxy Statement”), are incorporated by reference into Part III.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO THE
PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (“Exchange Act”), provide a “safe harbor” for forward-looking statements to encourage companies to provide
prospective information about their companies. With the exception of historical information, the matters discussed in this
Annual Report on Form 10-K are forward-looking statements and may be identified by the use of words such as “anticipate,”
“believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “project,” “outlook,” and other words and terms of similar meaning. Such
statements reflect our current view with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and
assumptions. A variety of factors could cause our future results to differ materially from the anticipated results expressed in
such forward-looking statements. Readers should review Item 1A, Risk Factors, of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a
description of important factors that could cause future results to differ materially from those contemplated by the
forward-looking statements made in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. In addition, general economic conditions,
acquisitions and development of new businesses, product availability, sales volumes, promotional activity of our competitors,
profit margins, weather, foreign currency fluctuation, availability of suitable real estate locations, our ability to react to a
disaster recovery situation, and the impact of labor markets and new product introductions on our overall profitability,
among other things, could cause our future results to differ materially from those projected in any such forward-looking
statements.