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28APR200812362441
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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
Management’s Report on the Consolidated Financial Statements
Our management is responsible for the preparation, integrity and objectivity of the accompanying consolidated financial
statements and the related financial information. The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and necessarily include certain amounts that
are based on estimates and informed judgments. Our management also prepared the related financial information
included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and is responsible for its accuracy and consistency with the consolidated
financial statements.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent
registered public accounting firm, who conducted its audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). The independent registered public accounting firm’s responsibility is to express
an opinion as to the fairness with which such financial statements present our financial position, results of operations and
cash flows in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as
defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Our internal control over financial reporting is
designed under the supervision of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, and effected by our Board
of Directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States and include those policies and procedures that:
(1) Pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect our transactions and the
dispositions of our assets;
(2) Provide reasonable assurance that our transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, and that our receipts
and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and Board of Directors;
and
(3) Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition
of our assets that could have a material effect on our financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.
Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial
statement preparation and presentation.
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and
principal financial officer, we assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of March 1,
2008, using the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in
Internal Control — Integrated Framework. Based on its assessment, management has concluded that our internal control
over financial reporting was effective as of March 1, 2008. During its assessment, management did not identify any
material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. Deloitte & Touche LLP, the independent registered
public accounting firm that audited our consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 1, 2008, included in
Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, has issued an unqualified
attestation report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of March 1, 2008.
Bradbury H. Anderson James L. Muehlbauer
Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Executive Vice President — Finance
(principal executive officer) and Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial officer)
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