NEWS RELEASE
CONTACT:
Peter D. Brown
Vice
President, Treasurer
and
Investor Relations
Foot
Locker, Inc.
(212)
720-4254
NEW YORK, NY, February 15, 2006 – Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE: FL), the New York-based specialty athletic retailer, announced today that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend on the Company’s common stock of $0.09 per share, which will be payable on April 28, 2006 to shareholders of record on April 14, 2006.
Foot Locker, Inc. is a
specialty athletic retailer that operates approximately 4,000 stores in 20
countries in North America, Europe and Australia. Through its Foot Locker, Footaction, Lady Foot Locker, Kids Foot
Locker and Champs Sports retail stores, as well as its direct-to-customer
channel Footlocker.com/Eastbay, the Company is the leading provider of athletic
footwear and apparel.
This press release contains
forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s current views of future
events and financial performance. These
forward-looking statements are based on many assumptions and factors detailed
in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including
the effects of currency fluctuations, customer demand, fashion trends,
competitive market forces, uncertainties related to the effect of competitive
products and pricing, customer acceptance of the Company’s merchandise mix and
retail locations, the Company’s reliance on a few key vendors for a majority of
its merchandise purchases (including a significant portion from one key
vendor), unseasonable weather, risks associated with foreign global sourcing,
including political instability, changes in import regulations, disruptions to
transportation services and distribution, economic conditions worldwide, any
changes in business, political and economic conditions due to the threat of
future terrorist activities in the United States or in other parts of the world
and related U.S. military action overseas and the ability of the Company to
execute its business plans effectively with regard to each of its business
units. Any changes in such assumptions or factors could produce significantly
different results. The Company
undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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