PacSun highlights actions taken in fiscal'08 to improve long term profitability

13 Mar '09

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Full Year Results
Total sales for fiscal 2008 (52 weeks) ended January 31, 2009 were $1,254.9 million, a decrease of 3.9 percent from total sales of $1,306.0 million during fiscal 2007 (52 weeks) ended February 2, 2008. Total Company same-store sales decreased 5 percent during fiscal 2008.

For fiscal 2008, the Company recorded a loss from continuing operations of $39.4 million, or $(0.59) per diluted share, compared to income from continuing operations of $45.6 million, or $0.65 per diluted share, in fiscal 2007.

Results for fiscal 2008 include the previously announced non-cash, pre-tax asset impairment charge of $8.0 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, incurred in the first quarter related to the materials handling equipment in the Company's closed Anaheim distribution center, the non-cash, pre-tax goodwill impairment charge of $6.5 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, incurred in the third quarter, the pre-tax gain on the sale of the Company's closed Anaheim distribution center of $8.7 million, or $0.09 per diluted share, and a pre-tax, non-cash impairment charge of $4.6 million, or $0.05 per diluted share, associated with a reduction in the fair value of certain land that was held by the Company for sale during the fourth quarter.

Financial Outlook for First Fiscal Quarter of 2009
As previously announced, the Company is now providing earnings guidance only on a quarter-to-quarter basis due to the unprecedented and uncertain nature of the current economic and consumer environment. Assuming a same-store sales decline in the negative low-twenty percent range for the first quarter, the Company expects to report a loss of $(0.26) to $(0.31) per diluted share for the first quarter of fiscal 2009.

Pacific Sunwear of California Inc

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