Five Year Financial Summary

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts) 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
NET SALES $9,802,237 $8,791,618 $8,280,379 $7,725,414 $7,193,912
MEMEBERSHIP FEES 177,530 175,782 161,747 149,538 138,986
OTHER REVENUE 47,599 47,065 54,496 57,976 57,703
TOTAL REVENUES 10,027,366 9,014,465 8,496,622 7,932,928 7,390,601
 
COGS INCLUDING BUYING AND OCCUPANCY 9,003,978 8,090,581 7,601,282 7,063,663 6,590,284
SG&A EXPENSE 798,725 724,077 739,702 643,236 595,837
PROVISION FOR CREDIT CARD CLAIMS 2,000 4,000 7,000
PREOPENING EXPENSE 3,736 4,555 9,524 7,601 13,199
OPERATING INCOME 220,927 195,252 144,114 214,428 184,281
INTEREST INCOME, NET 764 3,742 2,638 2,742 803
GAIN ON CONTINGENT LEASE OBLIGATIONS 3,119 4,494 9,424
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES 221,691 198,994 149,871 221,664 194,508
PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES 85,871 77,613 57,081 86,407 74,836
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS 135,820 121,381 92,790 135,257 119,672
GAIN (LOSS) FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (1,237) 1,480 (20,774) (6,724) (5,271)
NET INCOME 134,583 122,861 72,016 128,533 114,401
DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE:
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS 2.30 1.88 1.40 1.97 1.71
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (0.02) 0.02 (0.32) (0.10) (0.08)
NET INCOME 2.28 1.90 1.08 1.87 1.63
% CHANGE
TOTAL NET SALES 11.50% 6.17% 7.18% 7.39% 10.10%
COMP CLUB SALES 9.40% 3.70% 1.20% 3.60% 6.00%
OPERATING INCOME 13.15% 35.48% -32.79% 16.36% 12.52%
 
EPS:INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS 22.34% 34.29% -28.93% 15.20% 14.00%
EPS:NET INCOME 20.00% 75.93% -42.25% 14.72% 10.88%

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SELECTED RATIOS (% OF NET SALES)
MEMBERSHIP FEES 1.81% 2.00% 1.84% 1.70% 1.58%
OTHER REVENUE 0.49% 0.54% 0.62% 0.66% 0.66%
MERCHANDISE COST 91.86% 92.03% 91.80% 91.43% 91.61%
MERCHANDISE GROSS MARGIN 8.14% 7.97% 8.20% 8.57% 8.39%
SG&A EXPENSE 8.15% 8.24% 8.93% 8.33% 8.28%
PREOPENING EXPENSE 0.04% 0.05% 0.12% 0.10% 0.18%
OPERATING INCOME 2.25% 2.22% 1.74% 2.78% 2.56%
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS 2.26% 2.26% 1.81% 2.87% 2.70%
NET INCOME 1.37% 1.40% 0.87% 1.66% 1.59%

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BALANCE SHEET STATISTICS AND RATIOS
WORKING CAPITAL 167,776 198,905 203,000 257,503 208,852
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE/INVENTORY 67.87% 71.00% 65.86% 68.49% 70.20%
TOTAL ASSETS 2,021,436 2,046,519 1,993,014 1,989,849 1,891,514
LONG TERM DEBT INCLUDING CAPITAL LEASES 1,148 1,715 2,243 2,737 3,196
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY 984,804 980,492 1,019,887 1,015,979 939,167
RETURN ON INVESTED CAPITAL 15.70% 15.00% 14.90% 15.60% 16.30%
DEBT/TOTAL CAPITALIZATION, INCLUDING CAPITAL LEASES 0.17% 0.23% 0.27% 0.31% 0.39%
CURRENT RATIO 1.18 1.21 1.23 1.30 1.25

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CASH FLOW INFORMATION
DEPRECIATION 107,609 106,403 105,253 103,807 98,900
CASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS 223,941 304,811 172,889 192,464 237,229
CAPITAL SPENDING 138.0 89.9 190.8 123.1 133.3

During 2008, the Company recorded post-tax expense of $0.5 million, or $.01 per diluted share, to increase its reserve for closed clubs. Also in 2008, the Company recorded post-tax income of $3.3 million, or $.06 per diluted share, as a result of favorable state income tax audit settlements.

Results in 2007 included post-tax income of $3.6 million or $.05 per diluted share, as a result of favorable state income tax audit settlements; $2.4 million, or $.04 per diluted share, as a result of settling the lease for one of the two ProFoods clubs, which the Company closed in January 2007; and $0.6 million, or $.01 per diluted share, in connection with completing the closing of BJ's pharmacies in the first quarter. Results in 2007 also included post-tax expenses of $11.3 million, or $.17 per diluted share, for stock-based compensation.

In the first quarter ended May 5, 2007, the Company implemented FASB Interpretation No. 48, "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109" (FIN 48). The implementation of FIN 48 required the Company to record a charge to stockholders' equity of $6.2 million.

Results in 2006 included post-tax expense of $10.9 million, or $.16 per diluted share, to record stock-based compensation; $15.2 million, or $.23 per diluted share for costs associated with the closing of ProFoods; post-tax expenses of $5.2 million, or $.08 per diluted share, for long lived asset impairment; post-tax losses of $4.3 million, or $.06 per diluted share, for the closing of the Company's in-club pharmacies; losses of $2.9 million, or $.04 per diluted share, for severance pay and other corporate restructuring costs; and post-tax losses of $1.2 million, or $.02 per diluted share, to increase the Company's reserve for credit card claims. Results also included post-tax gains of $4.0 million, or $.06 per diluted share, resulting from a 53rd week of sales and gains of $2.1 million, or $.03 per diluted share, from House2Home bankruptcy recoveries.

Results in 2005 included post-tax gains of $3.1 million, or $.04 per diluted share, from House2Home bankruptcy recoveries and from the reduction in the Company's House2Home contingent lease obligations, and post-tax gains of $1.9 million, or $.03 per diluted share, in connection with a settlement reached in the Visa®/Mastercard® antitrust litigation. Results in 2005 also included post-tax losses of $2.4 million, or $.03 per diluted share, to increase the Company's reserve for credit card claims.

The results for 2004 include post-tax gains of $6.1 million, or $.09 per diluted share, to record House2Home bankruptcy recoveries and reductions in the Company's House2Home contingent lease obligations; a post-tax loss of $4.2 million, or $.06 per diluted share, to establish a reserve for credit card claims; a post-tax loss of $4.3 million, or $.06 per diluted share, to record lease accounting corrections; and a post-tax loss of $1.7 million, or $.02 per diluted share, to increase closed club reserves.

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Club Economics

  2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
# OF CLUBS 180 177 172 163 155
LARGE 161 158 153 144 137
SMALL 19 19 19 19 18
# OF SQUARE FEET (MILLIONS) 19.5 19.2 18.6 17.5 16.6
LARGE 18.2 17.8 17.2 16.2 15.4
SMALL 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3
COMP SALES/AVG. CLUB (000)
LARGE 58,043 53,811 53,353 52,163 51,416
SMALL 34,388 31,586 29,847 28,614 25,754
COMP SALES/AVG. SQ. FT. (000) 510 477 471 461 454
AVG. CLUB AGE 10.5 9.8 9.5 8.9 8.3
AVG. RENT/SQ. FT. 10.69 10.43 10.10 9.90 9.64
TOTAL NET SALES/EMPLOYEE (000) 499 456 430 430 423
AVG. CLUB INVENTORY (000) 4,775 4,957 4,947 4,929 4,839
SALES TO INVENTORY RATIO 11.4 10.0 9.7 9.5 9.5

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