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<p style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px; TEXT-INDENT: 4%; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="justify"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">We file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and
various states and foreign jurisdictions. The Internal Revenue
Service (“IRS”) is currently examining our U.S. income
tax returns for the fiscal years ended on January 28,
2012, January 29, 2011, January 30, 2010 and
January 31, 2009. We do not anticipate any adjustments that
would result in a material impact on our condensed consolidated
financial statements as a result of these audits.</font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 4%; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="justify"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">We accrue for the effects of uncertain tax positions and the
related potential penalties and interest. Our recorded liability
for unrecognized tax benefits decreased by $8.5 million during the
13 weeks ended August 3, 2013 and by $17.9 million during the
26 weeks ended August 3, 2013. The decrease in the liability
for unrecognized tax benefits was primarily the result of payments
made to settle certain U.S. federal income tax items and did not
have a material impact on our income tax provision. There were no
material adjustments to our recorded liability for unrecognized tax
benefits during the 13 and 26 weeks ended July 28, 2012. It is
reasonably possible that the amount of the unrecognized tax benefit
with respect to certain of our unrecognized tax positions could
significantly increase or decrease during the next 12 months. At
this time, an estimate of the range of the reasonably possible
outcomes cannot be made.</font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px; TEXT-INDENT: 4%; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="justify"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">The income tax provisions for the 13 weeks and
26 weeks ended August 3, 2013 and July 28, 2012 are
based upon management’s estimate of our annualized effective
tax rate.</font></p>
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