1 EXHIBIT 99.6 Report of Independent Accountants on Financial Statement Schedule To the Board of Directors of Juno Lighting, Inc. Our audits of the consolidated financial statements of Juno Lighting, Inc. referred to in our report dated January 14, 1999, appearing on page F-2 of this Registration Statement, also included an audit of the Financial Statement Schedule listed herein. In our opinion, the Financial Statement Schedule presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein when read in conjunction with the related consolidated financial statements. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Chicago, Illinois January 14, 1999 2 JUNO LIGHTING, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS (in thousands) Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E Column F -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Balance at Charged to Other charges beginning of costs and add (deduct) Balance at Description period expenses Deductions (a) (b) end of period - ----------- ------------ ---------- -------------- ------------ ------------- Deducted from assets to which they apply: Allowance for doubtful accounts: Year ended November 30, 1998 $ 907 $ 812 $ 510 $ (4) $ 1,205 Year ended November 30, 1997 554 929 574 (2) 907 Year ended November 30, 1996 854 549 850 1 554 - ------------------------------- NOTES: (a) Write off of bad debts, less recoveries. (b) Foreign currency translation.