1. Basis of Presentation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for fiscal year end consolidated financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and related footnotes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 3, 2018 (Commission File No. 1-11084) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Due to the seasonality of our business, results for any quarter are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be achieved for a full fiscal year.

We operate as a single business unit.

The following table provides a brief description of issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards:

Standard

Description

Effect on our Financial Statements

Leases

(ASC Topic 842)

Issued February 2016

Effective Q1 2019

Among other things, the new standard requires us to recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability on our balance sheet for each lease. It also changes the presentation and timing of lease-related expenses.

Approximately 5% of our store leases and all of our land leases are not currently recorded on our balance sheet. Recording right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for these and other non-store leases is expected to have a material impact on our balance sheet. We are also evaluating the impact that recording right-of-use assets and lease liabilities will have on our income statement and the financial statement impact that the standard will have on leases which are currently recorded on our balance sheet.

In 2017, we recorded provisional amounts for certain income tax effects of the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act (the “Act"), as addressed in Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (“SAB 118”). During the six months ended August 4, 2018, we made no adjustments to the previously recorded provisional amounts related to the Act. Additional work is needed to finalize the income tax effects of the Act and we do not expect subsequent adjustments to be material. Any such adjustments will be recorded as income tax expense in the period in which the adjustment is finalized.