| On February 21, 2012, Macy's, Inc. (“Macy's”) issued a press release announcing Macy's financial condition and results of operations for the 13 and 52 weeks ended January 28, 2012. The full text of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The press release referred to above contains certain non-GAAP financial measures of diluted earnings per share, operating income and operating income as a percent of sales, excluding certain items, and cash flow from operating activities net of cash used in investing activities. The excluded items include gain on sale of leases, impairments and store closing costs and expenses associated with the early retirement of debt. Management believes that diluted earnings per share, operating income and operating income as a percent of sales, excluding certain items, are useful measures in evaluating Macy's ability to generate earnings from operations and that providing such measures will allow investors to more readily compare the earnings referred to in the press release to the earnings provided by Macy's in past and future periods. Management believes that excluding certain items from these calculations is particularly useful where the amounts of such items are not consistent in the periods presented. Management believes cash flow from operating activities net of cash used in investing activities is a useful measure in evaluating Macy's ability to generate cash from operations after giving effect to cash used by investing activities. Management believes that excluding cash flows from financing activities from the calculation of this measure is particularly useful where the amounts of such items are not consistent in the periods presented. However, the reader is cautioned that any non-GAAP financial measures provided by Macy's are provided in addition to, and not as alternatives for, Macy's reported results prepared in accordance with GAAP. Certain items that may have a significant impact on Macy's financial position, results of operations and cash flows must be considered when assessing Macy's actual financial condition and performance regardless of whether these items are included in these non-GAAP financial measures. Additionally, the methods used by Macy's to calculate its non-GAAP financial measures may differ significantly from methods used by other companies to compute similar measures. As a result, any non-GAAP financial measures provided by Macy's may not be comparable to similar measures provided by other companies. |
