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This presentation contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 concerning the Company's operations, performance, and financial condition.
Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results
to differ materially from those indicated. Such risks and uncertainties may include, but are not limited to: the
failure to find a suitable permanent replacement for the Company's former Chief Executive Officer within a
reasonable time period, the failure to consummate our identified strategic solution for our other non-core
assets, the failure to effectively implement our planned consolidation, cost and capital budget reduction plans
and store closing plans, the failure to implement the Company's business plan for increased profitability and
growth in the Company's retail stores and direct-to-consumer segments, the failure to effectively implement the
Company's plans for a new organizational structure and enhancements in the Company's merchandise and
marketing, the failure to effectively implement the Company's plans for the transformation of its brands to a
vertical specialty store model, the failure to achieve increased profitability through the adoption by the
Company's brands of a vertical specialty store model, the failure to achieve improvement in the Company's
competitive position, the failure to continue receiving financing at an affordable cost through the availability of
our credit card securitization facilities and through the availability of credit we receive from our suppliers and
their agents, the failure to maintain efficient and uninterrupted order-taking and fulfillment in our direct-to-
consumer business, changes in or miscalculation of fashion trends, extreme or unseasonable weather
conditions, economic downturns, escalation of energy costs, a weakness in overall consumer demand, the
failure to find suitable store locations, increases in wage rates, the ability to hire and train associates, trade and
security restrictions and political or financial instability in countries where goods are manufactured, the
interruption of merchandise flow from the Company's centralized distribution facilities, competitive pressures,
and the adverse effects of natural disasters, war, acts of terrorism or threats of either, or other armed conflict,
on the United States and international economies. These, and other risks and uncertainties, are detailed in the
Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 2, 2008, our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other
Company filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Charming Shoppes assumes no duty to
update or revise its forward-looking statements even if experience or future changes make it clear that any
projected results expressed or implied therein will not be realized.
Forward-Looking Statements
