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| 2 ©2022 The Container Store Inc. All rights reserved. Forward - Looking Statements This presentation contains forward - looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 .. All statements contained in this presentation that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward - looking statements, including statements regarding our future opportunities and expectations for our business; our goals, strategies, priorities and initiatives; market opportunities; sales trends and momentum; our share repurchase program; our an tic ipated financial performance, including long - term targets and our plans regarding Path to $2 Billion; and expected store, manufacturing facility and distribution center openings. In s ome cases, you can identify forward - looking statements by terms such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “could,” “intends,” “target,” “projects,” “contemplates,” “b elieves,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important fac tors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forw ard - looking statements. Such risks include, but not limited to, the following: the COVID - 19 pandemic and the associated impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition; o ur ability to continue to lease space on favorable terms; costs and risks relating to new store openings; quarterly and seasonal fluctuations in our operating results; cost increases tha t are beyond our control; our inability to protect our brand; our failure or inability to protect our intellectual property rights; overall decline in the health of the economy, consumer spen din g, and the housing market; our inability to source and market new products to meet consumer preferences; failure to successfully anticipate consumer preferences and demand; competition fr om other stores and internet - based competition; vendors may sell similar or identical products to our competitors; our and our vendors’ vulnerability to natural disasters and other une xpected events; disruptions at our Elfa manufacturing facilities; deterioration or change in vendor relationships or events that adversely affect our vendors or their ability to obtain financ ing for their operations, including COVID - 19; our payment terms for goods and services, and our negotiation of alternative terms for lease payments and other business contracts, each as a resul t o f COVID - 19; product recalls and/or product liability, as well as changes in product safety and other consumer protection laws; risks relating to operating two distribution centers; our de pen dence on foreign imports for our merchandise; our reliance upon independent third party transportation providers; our inability to effectively manage our online sales; effects of a sec uri ty breach or cyber - attack of our website or information technology systems, including relating to our use of third - party web service providers; damage to, or interruptions in, our info rmation systems as a result of external factors, working from home arrangements, staffing shortages and difficulties in updating our existing software or developing or implementing new so ftw are; our indebtedness may restrict our current and future operations, and we may not be able to refinance our debt on favorable terms, or at all; fluctuations in currency exchange rat es; our inability to maintain sufficient levels of cash flow to meet growth expectations; our fixed lease obligations; disruptions in the global financial markets leading to difficulty in b orr owing sufficient amounts of capital to finance the carrying costs of inventory to pay for capital expenditures and operating costs; changes to global markets and inability to predict future i nte rest expenses; our reliance on key executive management; our inability to find, train and retain key personnel; labor relations difficulties; increases in health care costs and labor co sts; violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and similar worldwide anti - bribery and anti - kickback laws; impairment charges and effects of changes in estimates or projections used to ass ess the fair value of our assets; effects of tax reform and other tax fluctuations; significant fluctuations in the price of our common stock; substantial future sales of our common sto ck, or the perception that such sales may occur, which could depress the price of our common stock; risks related to being a public company; our performance meeting guidance provided to the public; anti - takeover provisions in our governing documents, which could delay or prevent a change in control; and our failure to establish and maintain effective internal con tro ls. These and other important factors discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10 - K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, (the “SEC”) on June 2, 2022, as updated from time to time in our other reports filed with the SEC could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward - looking statements made i n this presentation. Any such forward - looking statements represent management’s estimates as of the date of this presentation. Because forward - lookin g statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, you should not rely on these forward - looking statements as predictions of future events. While we may elect to up date such forward - looking statements at some point in the future, we disclaim any obligation to do so, even if subsequent events cause our views to change. These forward - looking statemen ts should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date of this presentation. |