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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;24, 2002</B>
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<P align="right"><FONT size="2"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-________</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="5"><B>Form&nbsp;S-3</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="3"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="6"><B>CSK Auto Corporation</B>
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<DIV align="center"><FONT size="2">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
<I>(State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>
Incorporation or Organization)</I></FONT></TD>
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<B>5531</B><BR>
<I>(Primary Standard Industrial<BR>
Classification Code Number)</I>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>86-0765798</B><BR>
<I>(I.R.S. Employer Identification<BR>
Number)</I></FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>645 E. Missouri Ave., Suite&nbsp;400<BR>
Phoenix, Arizona 85012</B><BR>
<I>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</I>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Maynard Jenkins<BR>
CSK Auto Corporation<BR>
645 E. Missouri Ave., Suite&nbsp;400<BR>
Phoenix, Arizona 85012<BR>
(602)&nbsp;265-9200</B><BR>
<I>(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</I>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP<BR>
1801 California Street, Suite&nbsp;4100<BR>
Denver, Colorado 80202<BR>
(303)&nbsp;298-5700<BR>
Attention: Richard M. Russo</B></FONT></TD>
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<B>Jenkens &#038; Gilchrist Parker Chapin LLP<BR>
405 Lexington Avenue<BR>
New York, NY 10174<BR>
(212)&nbsp;704-6000<BR>
Attention: Mark Hirsch</B></FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: </B>As soon
as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following
box. <FONT face="wingdings">o</FONT>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered
on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule&nbsp;415 under the Securities Act
of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or
interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. <FONT face="wingdings">x</FONT>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following
box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. <FONT face="wingdings">o</FONT>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462(c)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registrations statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. <FONT face="wingdings">o</FONT>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule&nbsp;434,
please check the following box. <FONT face="wingdings">o</FONT>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">Common Stock</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">3,041,967</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">12.06</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">36,686,122</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">3,375</FONT></TD>
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        <TD colspan="17" align="left"><FONT size="2">(1)&nbsp;Based on the average of the high and low trading price of the common stock, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on October&nbsp;18, 2002, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(c).</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or
dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant
shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration
statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section&nbsp;8(a) of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until this registration statement
shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said
Section&nbsp;8(a), may determine.</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. The
selling stockholders may not sell these securities until the registration
statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This
prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities or the
solicitation of an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not
permitted.</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Subject to Completion</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Preliminary Prospectus dated October&nbsp;24, 2002</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><IMG src="p67121p6712100.gif" alt="&#091;CSK LOGO&#093;">
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<P align="center"><FONT size="6"><B>CSK AUTO CORPORATION</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Common Stock</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This prospectus relates to 3,041,967 shares of CSK Auto Corporation common
stock that may be offered for sale or otherwise transferred from time to time
by certain of our stockholders. See &#147;<I>Selling Stockholders</I>&#148;. We will not
receive any proceeds from the sale of these shares and we will pay
substantially all of the expenses incurred in connection with this offering
other than selling commissions.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any or all of these shares may be offered from time to time in one or more
transactions (which may include block transactions) on the New York Stock
Exchange or in the over-the-counter-market, in negotiated transactions or
otherwise, at fixed prices, which may be changed, at market prices prevailing
at the time of sale, at negotiated prices, or without consideration, or by any
other legally available means. The selling stockholders may offer these shares
directly or by or through brokers, dealers, agents or underwriters who may
receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions, commissions or
otherwise.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The selling stockholders and any brokers, dealers, agents or underwriters
that participate in the distribution of the shares may be deemed to be
&#147;underwriters&#148; within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in
which event any discounts, concessions and commissions received by such
brokers, dealers, agents or underwriters and any profit on resale of the shares
purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts
under the Securities Act. The aggregate net proceeds to the selling
stockholders from the sale of the shares will be the purchase price of such
shares less any commissions. See &#147;<I>Plan of Distribution</I>&#148;. No underwriting
arrangements have been entered into by the selling stockholders as of the date
hereof.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol &#147;CAO&#148;.
On October&nbsp;23, 2002, the last reported sale price of our common stock on the
New York Stock Exchange was $12.05 per share.
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>An Investment in the Shares of Common Stock Offered Hereby Involves Risk.<BR>
See &#147;</B><B><I>Risk Factors</I></B><B>&#148; Beginning on Page 3.</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities
commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if
this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is
a criminal offense.
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">The date of this prospectus is _______ __, 2002.
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PROSPECTUS SUMMARY</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">THE OFFERING</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">RISK FACTORS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">INFORMATION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#004">USE OF PROCEEDS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#005">SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Statement of Operations Data</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#007">SELLING STOCKHOLDERS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SELLING STOCKHOLDERS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">LEGAL MATTERS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">EXPERTS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012">INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#013">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#014">Item&nbsp;14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#015">Item&nbsp;15. Indemnification of Officers and Directors</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#016">Item&nbsp;16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#017">Item&nbsp;17. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#018">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#019">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
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<TD>1</TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">The Offering</FONT></TD>
<TD>2</TD>
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<TD>14</TD>
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<TD>16</TD>
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<TD>17</TD>
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<TD>17</TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Where You Can Find More Information</FONT></TD>
<TD>18</TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You should rely only on information contained in or incorporated by
reference in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with
different or additional information. If anyone provides you with different or
inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. We are not making an offer
to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not
permitted. You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus
and the documents incorporated by reference is accurate only as of the
respective dates of those documents in which the information is contained. Our
business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects may have
changed since those dates.
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PROSPECTUS SUMMARY</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>This summary highlights information more fully described elsewhere in this
prospectus or incorporated herein. Because it is a summary, it is not complete
and may not contain all the information that may be important to you. You
should read the entire prospectus carefully, including the &#147;Risk Factors&#148;
section and our consolidated financial statements and related notes, before
deciding to invest in our common stock. In this prospectus, &#147;CSK,&#148; &#147;CSK Auto,&#148;
&#147;the Company,&#148; &#147;we,&#148; &#147;us,&#148; and &#147;our&#148; refer to CSK Auto Corporation and its
subsidiaries, CSK Auto, Inc. and its subsidiaries, except where it is noted or
otherwise where the context makes clear that the reference is only to CSK Auto
Corporation or to CSK Auto, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Our fiscal years
consist of 52 or 53&nbsp;weeks, end on the Sunday nearest to
January&nbsp;31, and are
named for the calendar year just ended.</I>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>CSK Auto Corporation</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We are the largest specialty retailer of automotive parts and accessories
in the Western United States and the third largest retailer in the United
States, based on store count. We have the number one market position in 25 of
the 28 geographic markets in which we operate, based on store count. Our stores
offer a broad selection of brand name and generic automotive products for
domestic and imported cars and light trucks, including new and remanufactured
automotive replacement parts, maintenance items and accessories. As of August
4, 2002, we operated 1,114 stores in 19 states under one fully integrated
operating format and three brand names:
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        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2"><B>C</B>hecker Auto Parts, founded in 1969, with 405 stores in the
Southwestern, Rocky Mountain and Northern Plains states and Hawaii;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2"><B>S</B>chuck&#146;s Auto Supply, founded in 1917, with 234 stores in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska; and</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2"><B>K</B>ragen Auto Parts, founded in 1947, with 475 stores primarily in California.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We serve both the do-it-yourself (DIY)&nbsp;and the commercial installer, or
do-it-for-me (DIFM), markets. The DIY market, which is comprised of consumers
who typically repair and maintain vehicles themselves, is the foundation of our
business. Sales to the DIY market represented approximately 82% of our net
sales for fiscal 2001. In 1994, we began targeting the DIFM market, comprised
of auto repair professionals, fleet owners, governments and municipalities, to
leverage our existing store base, fixed costs, inventory, and in-store
personnel. As a result, sales to the DIFM market have increased from
approximately 11% of our net sales for fiscal 1996 to approximately 18% of our
net sales for fiscal 2001.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The members of our senior management team average over 27&nbsp;years of retail
experience. We believe the team&#146;s experience has enabled us to generate strong
sales growth. Over the last five years, we have completed and integrated
several strategic acquisitions, consistently achieved positive comparable store
sales growth and expanded our commercial business. From fiscal 1996 through
fiscal 2001, we achieved:
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        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">store growth from 580 to 1,130 stores at year-end;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">positive comparable store sales growth in each fiscal year during this period;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">net sales growth from $793.1&nbsp;million to approximately $1.44&nbsp;billion, a compound annual growth rate of 12.7%; and</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">growth in adjusted EBITDA from $50.5&nbsp;million to $131.0&nbsp;million, a compound annual growth rate of 21.0%.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the second quarter of fiscal 2002 (ended August&nbsp;4, 2002), we reported
comparable store sales growth of 7% and net sales of $398.3&nbsp;million. Our net
sales in the second quarter of fiscal 2002 increased 4.3% over the same period
last year.
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Additional Information</B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our principal executive offices are located at 645 East Missouri Avenue,
Suite&nbsp;400, Phoenix, Arizona 85012. Our telephone number is (602)&nbsp;265-9200. CSK
Auto Corporation was incorporated on July&nbsp;12, 1993 in Delaware.
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>THE OFFERING</B>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Common stock offered:</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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3,041,967 shares</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Common stock to be outstanding after this
offering</FONT></TD>
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45,157,442 shares*</FONT></TD>
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See &#147;Risk Factors&#148; beginning on
page 3 and other information
included in this prospectus for
a discussion of factors you
should carefully consider
before deciding to invest in
shares of our common stock.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">New York Stock Exchange symbol</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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&#147;CAO&#148;</FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">*</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">The number of shares of our common stock outstanding after the offering
is based on the number of shares of our common stock outstanding as of
October&nbsp;22, 2002, and excludes 3,209,352 shares of common stock subject to
outstanding stock options as of August&nbsp;4, 2002 at a weighted average
exercise price of $13.11 per share (2,159,532 of which were exercisable as
of August&nbsp;4, 2002) and 156,490 shares reserved for future issuance
pursuant to options that may be issued under our option plans.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>RISK FACTORS</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Before you invest in our common stock you should carefully consider the
following risks, as well as the other information set forth in this prospectus
and the information incorporated by reference. If any of the following risks
actually occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations may
suffer. As a result, the trading price of our common stock could decline, and
you could lose all or part of your investment. In addition to the risks
described below, we may encounter risks that are not currently known to us or
that we currently deem immaterial, which may also impair our business
operations and your investment in our common stock.</I>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Risks Associated with Our Business</B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B><I>We may not be profitable or achieve continued growth.</I></B>
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We incurred net losses during two of our last five fiscal years. We can
offer no assurance that we will be profitable or achieve improvements in
operating profit in the future.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B><I>Demand for our products may slow down and negatively affect our revenues.</I></B>
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The need to purchase or replace auto parts is affected by a number of
factors. A substantial decrease in the number of vehicle miles driven could
have a negative impact on our revenues. Other factors that may also cause
demand for our products to decrease include:
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        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">increases in gas prices;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">changes in the economy;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">changes in travel patterns; and</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">weather conditions.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B><I>Our Profitability Enhancement Program may not achieve the benefits we expect.</I></B>
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We have taken a number of steps designed to improve our operations and
financial results. In the second quarter of fiscal 2001, we announced the
implementation of a Profitability Enhancement Program and special charges of
$28.0&nbsp;million, net of tax, to our income. We expect that these changes to our
business operations will continue to produce cost savings in the future.
However, we cannot provide any assurance that any of the changes made to our
business operations will achieve the benefits that we expect.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B><I>We may not be able to grow our number of stores in a profitable manner.</I></B>
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our store growth is based, in part, on expanding selected stores,
relocating existing stores and adding new stores primarily in markets we
currently serve. There can be no assurance that our opening of new stores in
markets we already serve will not adversely affect existing store
profitability. There also can be no assurance that we will be able to manage
our growth effectively.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our future growth and financial performance are, therefore, dependent upon
a number of factors, including our ability to:
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        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">locate and obtain acceptable store sites;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">negotiate favorable lease terms;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">complete the construction of new and relocated stores in a timely manner;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">hire, train and retain competent managers and associates; and</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">integrate new stores into our systems and operations.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B><I>A decrease in the ability and willingness of our suppliers to supply products
to us on favorable terms would have a negative impact on our results of
operations.</I></B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our business depends on developing and maintaining productive
relationships with our vendors and upon their ability or
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">willingness to sell products to us on favorable price and other terms.
Many factors outside our control may harm these relationships and the ability
or willingness of these vendors to sell these products on such terms. For
example, financial difficulties that some of our vendors may face may increase
the cost of the products we purchase from them. In addition, our failure to pay
promptly, or order sufficient quantities of inventory from our vendors, such as
occurred during fiscal 2001, may increase the cost of products we purchase from
vendors or may lead to vendors refusing to sell products to us at all. Finally,
the trend towards consolidation among automotive parts suppliers may disrupt
our relationship with some vendors. A disruption of these vendor relationships,
including any failure to obtain vendor discounts and allowances, or a
disruption in our vendors&#146; operations could have a material adverse effect on
our business and results of operations.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B><I>Our operations are concentrated in the western region of the United States, and
therefore our business is subject to fluctuations if adverse conditions occur
in that region.</I></B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The vast majority of our stores are located in the Western United States.
As a result of this geographic concentration, we are subject to regional risks
such as the economy, weather conditions, power outages, the cost of
electricity, earthquakes and other natural disasters. In recent years, certain
regions where we operate have experienced economic recessions and extreme
weather conditions. Although temperature extremes tend to enhance sales by
causing a higher incidence of parts failure and increasing sales of seasonal
products, unusually severe weather can reduce sales by causing deferral of
elective maintenance. Because our business is seasonal, inclement weather
occurring during traditionally peak selling months may harm our business. No
prediction can be made as to future economic or weather conditions. Several of
our competitors operate stores across the United States and, therefore, may not
be as sensitive to such regional risks.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B><I>Delivery of products that we import from overseas may be delayed by labor
disputes in the west coast seaports.</I></B>
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On September&nbsp;30, 2002, the Pacific Maritime Association, a group
representing seaport operators on the west coast of the United States and
international shipping lines, initiated a lockout of members of the
International Longshore and Warehouse Union at 29 west coast ports. On October
8, 2002, a federal court issued a restraining order effective until October&nbsp;16,
2002, to be followed by an 80-day cooling off period as required by the Taft
Hartley Act. Although the Company believes that if a lockout or strike were to
follow this 80-day period, the Company would not be materially and adversely
affected because its sales of imported products are not significant, an
extended work stoppage and its related negative impact on the economy as a
whole could adversely affect our revenues in a material manner.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B><I>Our industry is highly competitive and we may not have the resources to compete
effectively.</I></B>
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The retail sale of automotive parts and accessories is highly competitive.
Some of our competitors have more financial resources, are more geographically
diverse or have better name recognition than us, which might place us at a
competitive disadvantage to those competitors. Because we seek to offer
competitive prices, if our competitors reduce their prices we may be forced to
reduce our prices, which could cause a material decline in our revenues and
earnings and hinder our ability to service our debt.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We compete primarily with the following:
</FONT>
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        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">national and regional retail automotive parts chains;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">wholesalers or jobber stores (some of which are associated with national parts distributors or associations);</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">automobile dealers that supply manufacturer parts; and</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">mass merchandisers that carry automotive replacement parts and accessories.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B><I>We are subject to environmental laws and the cost of compliance with these laws
could negatively impact the results of our operations.</I></B>
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We are subject to various federal, state and local laws and governmental
regulations relating to the operation of our business, including those
governing the handling, storage and disposal of hazardous substances, the
recycling of batteries and used lubricants, and the ownership and operation of
real property. As a result of investigations undertaken in connection with
certain of our store acquisitions, we are aware that soil or groundwater may be
contaminated at some of our properties. There can be no assurance that any such
contamination will not have a material adverse effect on us. In addition, as
part of our operations, we handle hazardous materials and our customers may
also bring hazardous materials onto our properties in connection with, for
example, our oil recycling program.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">There can be no assurance that compliance with environmental laws and
regulations will not have a material adverse effect on us in the future.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B><I>We depend on our executive officers.</I></B>
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our success depends on the efforts of our executive officers. No assurance
can be given that the loss of one or more of our executive officers would not
have an adverse impact on us. We do not maintain &#147;key person&#148; life insurance
with respect to our executive officers. Our continued success will also be
dependent upon our ability to retain existing, and attract additional,
qualified personnel to meet our needs.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B><I>There are risks associated with the judgments we make regarding critical
accounting matters and with the application of recent accounting
pronouncements.</I></B>
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In reporting our financial results, we make a number of judgments with
respect to critical accounting matters. In addition, several recent accounting
pronouncements are not yet fully reflected in our financial statements. These
accounting pronouncements and our judgments regarding critical accounting
matters can have material impacts on our financial statements.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Risks Associated with Our Financial Condition</B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B><I>We are highly leveraged and have substantial debt service obligations that
could restrict our ability to grow and operate successfully.</I></B>
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We had an aggregate of approximately $544.7&nbsp;million of outstanding
indebtedness for borrowed money as of August&nbsp;4, 2002. Our substantial debt
could adversely affect our financial health and prevent us from fulfilling our
obligations under our outstanding debt instruments.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The degree to which we are leveraged could have important consequences to
your investment in our common stock, including the following risks:
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        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">our ability to obtain additional financing for working capital, capital
expenditures, acquisitions or general corporate purposes may be impaired
in the future;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations must be
dedicated to the payment of principal and interest on our indebtedness,
thereby reducing the funds available for other purposes;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">our indebtedness under CSK Auto, Inc.&#146;s senior credit facility carries
variable rates of interest, and our interest expense could increase if
interest rates in general increase;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">we are substantially more leveraged than some of our competitors, which
might place us at a competitive disadvantage to those competitors that
have lower debt service obligations and significantly greater operating
and financial flexibility than we do;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">we may not be able to adjust rapidly to changing market conditions;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">we may be more vulnerable in the event of a downturn in general economic conditions or in our business; and</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">our failure to comply with the financial and other restrictive
covenants governing our debt, which, among other things, require us to
maintain certain financial ratios and limit our ability to incur
additional debt and sell assets, could result in an event of default
that, if not cured or waived, could have a material adverse effect on our
business or our prospects.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B><I>We may not be able to generate the cash necessary to service our indebtedness,
which would require us to refinance our indebtedness or default on our
scheduled debt payments, undermining our ability to grow and operate
profitably.</I></B>
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We will need a significant amount of cash to service our debt. Our ability
to generate cash depends on the success of our financial and operating
performance. Our historical financial results have been, and our future
financial results are anticipated to be, subject to substantial fluctuations.
We cannot assure you that our business will generate sufficient cash flow from
operations, that currently anticipated cost savings and operating improvements
will be realized on schedule or at all, or that future borrowings will be
available to us under CSK Auto, Inc.&#146;s senior credit facility or otherwise in
an amount sufficient to enable us to satisfy all of our obligations or
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">to fund our other liquidity needs. In addition, because the senior credit
facility has variable interest rates, the cost of those borrowings will
increase if market interest rates increase.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If we are unable to meet our expenses and debt obligations, we may need to
refinance all or a portion of our indebtedness before the scheduled maturity
dates of such debt, sell assets or raise equity. On such maturity dates we may
need to refinance our indebtedness if our operations do not generate enough
cash to pay such indebtedness in full and if we do not raise additional
capital. Our ability to refinance will depend on the capital markets and our
financial condition at such time. We cannot assure you that we would be able to
refinance any of our indebtedness, sell assets or raise equity on commercially
reasonable terms or at all, which could cause us to default on our obligations
and impair our liquidity.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B><I>Despite current indebtedness levels, we may still be able to incur
substantially more indebtedness, which would intensify the risks discussed
above.</I></B>
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Despite our current and anticipated debt levels, we may be able to incur
substantial additional indebtedness in the future. If new debt is added to our
current debt levels, the substantial risks described above would intensify. CSK
Auto, Inc.&#146;s senior credit facility permits additional borrowings (subject to a
borrowing base formula), and any such borrowings (along with prior outstanding
borrowings under the senior credit facility) would be secured by substantially
all of CSK Auto, Inc.&#146;s assets. Although the terms of the indentures governing
CSK Auto, Inc.&#146;s outstanding notes and the credit agreement relating to the
senior credit facility contain restrictions on the incurrence of additional
indebtedness, these restrictions are subject to a number of qualifications and
exceptions and, under certain circumstances, indebtedness incurred in
compliance with these restrictions could be substantial.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B><I>Restrictions imposed by CSK Auto, Inc.&#146;s senior credit facility, the indenture
governing CSK Auto, Inc.&#146;s 12% senior notes, and the indenture governing CSK
Auto, Inc.&#146;s 11% senior subordinated notes restrict or prohibit our ability to
engage in or enter into some operating and financing arrangements, which could
adversely affect our ability to take advantage of potentially profitable
business opportunities.</I></B>
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The operating and financial restrictions and covenants in our debt
instruments, including the credit agreement relating to CSK Auto, Inc.&#146;s senior
credit facility and the indentures governing CSK Auto, Inc.&#146;s notes, impose
significant operating and financial restrictions on us and require us to meet
certain financial tests. Complying with these covenants may cause us to take
actions that are not favorable to you as a holder of our common stock. These
restrictions may also have a negative impact on our business, results of
operations and financial condition by significantly limiting or prohibiting us
from engaging in certain transactions, including:
</FONT>
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        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">incurring or guaranteeing additional indebtedness;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">making investments;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">creating liens on our assets;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">transferring or selling assets currently held by us;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">paying dividends;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">engaging in mergers, consolidations, or acquisitions; or</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">engaging in other business activities.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;These restrictions could place us at a disadvantage relative to
competitors not subject to such limitations.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, a breach of the covenants, ratios, or restrictions contained
in CSK Auto, Inc.&#146;s senior credit facility could result in an event of default
thereunder. Upon the occurrence of such an event of default, the lenders under
CSK Auto, Inc.&#146;s senior credit facility could elect to declare all amounts
outstanding under the senior credit facility, together with accrued interest,
to be immediately due and payable. If we were unable to repay those amounts,
the lenders could proceed against the collateral granted to them to secure the
indebtedness. If the lenders under the senior credit facility accelerate the
payment of the indebtedness, our assets may not be sufficient to repay in full
that indebtedness, which is secured by substantially all of our assets, and our
other indebtedness.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Risks Relating to the Ownership and Market for Our Common Stock.</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B><I>A small number of stockholders own a large percentage of our stock and their
interests may not always be identical to those of our public stockholders.</I></B>
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our
five largest stockholders and other stockholders associated with them
own in excess of 53% of our common stock. In addition, eight of our current
directors were nominated by certain of these stockholders. The interests of our
principal stockholders could conflict with your interests. Until such time, if
ever, that there is a significant decrease in the percentage of outstanding
shares held by such stockholders, these stockholders will be able to
significantly influence us through their ability to vote as stockholders
regarding, among other things, election of directors and approval of
significant transactions.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If all the shares of our common stock offered by this prospectus are sold
to parties unrelated to our current stockholders, our four largest
stockholders and other stockholders associated with them will own in excess of
46% of our common stock. In addition, five of our current directors
were nominated by certain of these stockholders.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B><I>Our stock price may be highly volatile. The price of our common stock may
decrease and you could lose some or all of your investment.</I></B>
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The price at which our common stock trades has fluctuated significantly
and may continue to be highly volatile. From our initial public offering in
March 1998 through October&nbsp;23, 2002, the sales price of our stock, as reported
on the New York Stock Exchange, has ranged from a low of $2.50 to a high of
$37.38 per share. The share prices for some other companies in our industry
have experienced similar fluctuations. If our share price decreases you could
lose some or all of your investment.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, the stock market in general has from time to time experienced
significant price and volume fluctuations that have affected the market prices
for companies like ours. In the past, this kind of market price volatility has
often resulted in securities class action litigation against companies
comparable to ours. Securities litigation could result in substantial costs and
divert our management&#146;s attention and resources.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sales
of large numbers of shares pursuant to this registration statement at the same time could cause the market
price of our common stock to decline significantly. These sales also might make
it more difficult for us to sell securities in the future at a time and price
that we deem appropriate. In addition, the potential sale of large
numbers of shares by other stockholders may depress the market price
of our common stock. See &#147;Relationship With the Selling
Stockholders&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Registration Rights.&#148;
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>INFORMATION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This prospectus includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements relate
to analyses and other information which are based on forecasts of future
results and estimates of amounts not yet determinable. These statements also
relate to our future prospects, developments and business strategies. The
statements contained in this prospectus that are not statements of historical
fact may include forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and
uncertainties.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We have used the words &#147;anticipate,&#148; &#147;believe,&#148; &#147;could,&#148; &#147;estimate,&#148;
&#147;expect,&#148; &#147;intend,&#148; &#147;may,&#148; &#147;plan,&#148; &#147;predict,&#148; &#147;project,&#148; &#147;will&#148; and similar
terms and phrases, including references to assumptions, in this prospectus to
identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made
based on our management&#146;s expectations and beliefs concerning future events
affecting us and are subject to uncertainties and factors relating to our
operations and business environment, all of which are difficult to predict and
many of which are beyond our control, that could cause our actual results to
differ materially from those matters expressed in or implied by these
forward-looking statements. The factors described under the heading &#147;Risk
Factors&#148; are among those that may cause actual results to differ materially
from the forward-looking statements. All of our forward-looking statements
should be considered in light of these factors. We undertake no obligation to
update our forward-looking statements or risk factors to reflect new
information, future events or otherwise.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, we have filed reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission that include forward-looking statements relating to,
among other things, future prospects and estimated cost savings. Like the
forward-looking statements included in this prospectus, such statements, which
were based on estimates of amounts not yet determinable, necessarily involve a
number of risks and uncertainties, all of which are difficult to predict and,
in many cases, are beyond our control.
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>USE OF PROCEEDS</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the 3,041,967 shares by
the selling stockholders. All proceeds from the resale of such shares will go
to the selling stockholders. See &#147;Selling Stockholders&#148; and &#147;Plan of
Distribution&#148;.
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA</B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The selected financial data for each of the five fiscal years during the
period ended February&nbsp;3, 2002 are derived from our consolidated financial
statements, which have been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent
accountants. The consolidated financial statements as of February&nbsp;4, 2001 and
February&nbsp;3, 2002 and for each of the three years in the period ended February
3, 2002 incorporated herein by reference. The selected financial data for the twenty-six
weeks ended August&nbsp;5, 2001 and August&nbsp;4, 2002 have been derived from our
unaudited consolidated financial statements incorporated herein by
reference and
include, in our management&#146;s opinion, all adjustments, consisting only of
normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the data for such
periods. The results for the twenty-six weeks ended August&nbsp;4, 2002 are not
necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the fiscal year ending
February&nbsp;2, 2003 or for any future period. You should read the data presented
below together with our consolidated financial statements and related notes,
the other financial information incorporated herein by reference.
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL AND OTHER DATA</B>
</FONT>

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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Net sales</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">845,815</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,004,385</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,231,455</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,452,109</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,438,585</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">737,843</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">773,856</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Cost of sales</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">468,171</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">531,073</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">636,239</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">769,043</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">790,585</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">422,183</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">426,658</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Gross profit</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">377,644</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">473,312</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">595,216</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">683,066</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">648,000</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">315,660</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">347,198</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Other costs and expenses:</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Operating and administrative</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">330,514</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">399,016</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">501,527</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">592,691</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">580,134</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">291,243</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">294,203</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Store closing and
other restructuring costs</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,640</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">335</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">4,900</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">6,060</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">22,392</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">23,771</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">539</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Legal settlement</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">8,800</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">2,000</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">2,000</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Loss on sale of stores</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">847</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Secondary offering costs</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">265</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Goodwill amortization</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,941</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">4,799</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">4,807</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">2,418</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Operating profit</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">45,490</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">73,961</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">86,848</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">70,716</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">38,667</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(3,772</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">51,344</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">1996 Recapitalization charges</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,009</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Interest expense</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">40,680</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">30,730</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">41,300</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">62,355</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">61,608</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">31,410</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">33,958</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Equity in loss on joint venture</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">3,168</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Income (loss)&nbsp;before income taxes,
extraordinary loss and cumulative
effect of change in accounting
principle</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">3,801</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">43,231</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">45,548</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">5,193</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(22,941</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(35,182</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">17,386</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Income tax expense (benefit)</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,557</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">15,746</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">17,436</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">193</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(8,886</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(13,598</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">6,224</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Income (loss)&nbsp;before extraordinary
loss and cumulative effect of
change in accounting principle</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">2,244</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">27,485</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">28,112</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">5,000</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(14,055</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(21,584</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">11,162</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Extraordinary loss, net of income
taxes</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(3,015</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(6,767</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(3,137</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(3,695</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Income (loss)&nbsp;before cumulative
effect of change in accounting
principle</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(771</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">20,718</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">28,112</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">5,000</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(17,192</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(21,584</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">7,467</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Cumulative effect of change in
accounting principle, net of income
taxes</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(741</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Net income (loss)&nbsp;as reported</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(771</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">20,718</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">27,371</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">5,000</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(17,192</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(21,584</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">7,467</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Add back amortization of goodwill,
net of tax(9)</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,276</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">3,171</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">3,256</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,597</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Goodwill adjusted net income (loss)</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(771</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">20,718</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">28,647</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">8,171</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(13,936</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(19,987</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">7,467</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Income (loss)&nbsp;before extraordinary
loss and cumulative effect of
change in accounting principle &#151;
per diluted share</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(0.04</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">0.75</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">0.98</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">0.18</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(0.50</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(0.78</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">0.31</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Net income (loss)&nbsp;as reported &#151; per
diluted share</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(0.04</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">0.75</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">0.96</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">0.18</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(0.61</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(0.78</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">0.21</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Goodwill adjusted net income (loss)
&#151; per diluted share</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(0.04</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">0.75</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1.00</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">0.29</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(0.50</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(0.72</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">0.21</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
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        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Weighted average shares outstanding
(diluted)</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">18,012</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">27,640</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">28,627</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">27,839</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">28,391</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">27,841</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">36,179</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="19"><FONT size="1"><B>Fiscal Year(1)</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="7"><FONT size="1"><B>Twenty-Six Weeks Ended</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="23"><FONT size="1"><B>(in thousands, except per share amounts and selected store data)</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2"><B>Other Financial Data</B></FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Adjusted EBITDA(10)</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">70,173</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">103,861</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">148,966</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">156,902</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">131,041</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">66,780</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">70,414</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
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        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Net cash provided
by (used in)
operating
activities</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(62,703</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">3,403</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(4,031</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">32,469</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(7,914</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">27,206</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">6,036</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Net cash used in
investing
activities</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(56,727</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(37,524</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(260,221</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(34,542</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(10,143</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(4,885</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">850</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Net cash provided
by (used in)
financing
activities</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">119,059</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">36,759</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">268,524</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,442</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">23,010</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(19,345</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(6,451</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Capital expenditures</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">20,132</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">37,846</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">41,358</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">32,080</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">12,200</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">7,873</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">3,617</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Depreciation and
amortization</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">20,367</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">22,412</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">29,375</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">40,827</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">41,146</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">20,824</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">17,958</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Commercial sales(11)</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">115,378</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">155,845</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">217,696</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">249,314</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">259,096</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">136,001</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">138,995</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2"><B>Selected Store Data</B></FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Number of stores
(end of period)</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">718</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">807</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,120</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,152</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,130</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,154</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,114</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Stores with
commercial sales
centers</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">360</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">509</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">554</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">548</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">545</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">544</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">558</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Total store square
footage (at period
end)(12)</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">4,980,134</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">5,601,694</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">8,074,699</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">8,376,808</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">8,234,806</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">8,388,876</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">8,123,433</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Average net sales
per store(12)</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,303</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,317</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,278</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,278</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,261</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">640</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">690</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Percentage increase in
comparable store
net sales(13)</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">4</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">%</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">2</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">%</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">4</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">%</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">2</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">%</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">%</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">0</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">%</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">7</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">%</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2"><B>Balance Sheet Data
(end of period)</B></FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Cash and cash
equivalents</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">4,852</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">7,490</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">11,762</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">11,131</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">16,084</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">14,107</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">16,519</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Net working capital</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">235,651</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">306,879</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">456,594</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">401,523</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">498,914</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">372,894</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">521,426</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Total assets</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">563,251</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">634,022</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,035,652</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,066,806</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,068,577</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,082,394</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,091,615</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Total debt
(including current
maturities)</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">439,962</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">333,293</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">627,133</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">647,881</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">670,843</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">633,587</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">544,689</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Stockholders&#146;
equity (deficit)</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(75,055</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">105,389</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">134,547</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">139,613</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">154,286</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">118,144</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">287,734</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</CENTER>
<P align="right"><FONT size="2">(footnotes on following pages)
</FONT>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Notes to Selected Consolidated Financial Data</B>
</FONT>

<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Our fiscal year consists of 52 or 53&nbsp;weeks, ends on the Sunday nearest to
January&nbsp;31 and is named for the calendar year just ended. All fiscal years
presented had 52&nbsp;weeks except for fiscal 2000, which had 53&nbsp;weeks.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">In December 1997, we acquired 82 stores from Trak Auto Corporation, which
have been included in results of operations from the date of acquisition.
The results of operations in fiscal 1997 shown are calculated in
accordance with GAAP and include $5.3&nbsp;million of items that we believe
will not occur on a regular basis and which we are allowed to exclude when
we calculate our operating results for purposes of measuring compliance
under our debt covenants. They consist of:</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">$3.4&nbsp;million of transition and integration expenses associated with the 82 stores acquired from Trak Auto Corporation;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">$0.9&nbsp;million of non-cash stock based compensation; and</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">$1.0&nbsp;million of other expenses related to our recapitalization in October 1996.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">In addition, our fiscal 1997 results include an extraordinary loss of $3.0
million (net of an income tax benefit of $2.1&nbsp;million) relating to the early
extinguishment of outstanding debt under our then existing senior credit
facility.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(3)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">The results of operations in fiscal 1998 shown are calculated in
accordance with GAAP and include $7.5&nbsp;million of items that we believe
will not occur on a regular basis and which we are allowed to exclude when
we calculate our operating results for purposes of measuring compliance
under our debt covenants. They consist of:</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">The write-off of a $3.6&nbsp;million prepaid management fee;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">$3.1&nbsp;million of transition and integration expenses associated with 82 stores acquired from Trak Auto Corporation; and</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">$0.8&nbsp;million of costs in connection with a secondary offering of our common stock.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">In addition, our fiscal 1998 results include an extraordinary loss of $6.8
million (net of an income tax benefit of $4.2&nbsp;million) relating to the early
extinguishment of outstanding debt with the proceeds from our initial public
offering.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(4)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">The results of operations in fiscal 1999 shown are calculated in
accordance with GAAP and include $32.7&nbsp;million of items that we believe
will not occur on a regular basis and which we are allowed to exclude when
we calculate our operating results for purposes of measuring compliance
under our debt covenants. They consist of:</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">$30.2&nbsp;million of transition and integration costs incurred with respect
to acquired stores; and</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">$2.5&nbsp;million of store closing costs incurred in connection with the
closure of existing stores that overlapped with better-situated acquired
stores.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(5)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">The results of operations in fiscal 2000 shown are calculated in
accordance with GAAP and include $48.5&nbsp;million of items that we believe
will not occur on a regular basis and which we are allowed to exclude when
we calculate our operating results for purposes of measuring compliance
under our debt covenants. They consist of:</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">$3.2&nbsp;million write-off of our investment in PartsAmerica.com;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">$8.8&nbsp;million of charges associated with certain legal settlements;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">$23.8&nbsp;million of transition and integration costs incurred with respect to acquired stores;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">$0.4&nbsp;million discrete provision for bad debt in connection with the bankruptcy of a large commercial customer;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">$3.7&nbsp;million of store closing costs incurred in connection with the
closure of existing stores that overlapped with better-situated acquired
stores;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">$5.7&nbsp;million of non-cash charges associated with the liquidation of certain acquired inventories; and</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">$2.9&nbsp;million of operating losses incurred by acquired automotive service centers prior to our exit from that business.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(6)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">The results of operations in fiscal 2001 shown are calculated in
accordance with GAAP and include $51.2&nbsp;million of items that we believe
will not occur on a regular basis and which we are allowed to exclude when
we calculate our operating results for purposes of measuring compliance
under our debt covenants. They consist of:</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">$46.3&nbsp;million of charges incurred in connection with our Profitability Enhancement Program;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">$2.0&nbsp;million of charges associated with certain legal settlements;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">$0.2&nbsp;million of transition and integration costs incurred with respect to acquired stores;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">$1.2&nbsp;million loss on the disposition of certain fixed assets; and</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">$1.5&nbsp;million discrete provision for bad debt in connection with the bankruptcy of a large commercial customer.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(7)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">The results of operations in the first half of fiscal 2001 shown are
calculated in accordance with GAAP and include $49.7&nbsp;million of items that
we believe will not occur on a regular basis and which we are allowed to
exclude when we calculate our operating results for purposes of measuring
compliance under our debt covenants. They consist of:</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">$46.3&nbsp;million of charges incurred in connection with our Profitability Enhancement Program;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">$2.0&nbsp;million of charges associated with certain legal settlements;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">$0.2&nbsp;million of transition and integration costs incurred with respect to acquired stores; and</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">$1.2&nbsp;million loss in the disposition of certain fixed assets.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(8)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">The results of operations in the first half of fiscal 2002 shown are
calculated in accordance with GAAP and include $1.1&nbsp;million of items that
we believe will not occur on a regular basis and which we are allowed to
exclude when we calculate our operating results for purposes of measuring
compliance under our debt covenants. They consist of:</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P>
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        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">$0.3&nbsp;million of costs
associated with the secondary offering of our common stock; and</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">$0.8&nbsp;million related to the loss on the sale of certain Texas stores.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(9)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Reflects the cessation of
goodwill amortization pursuant to SFAS 142.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(10)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">EBITDA represents net income (loss)&nbsp;before interest expense, income tax
expense (benefit), and depreciation and amortization expense. While EBITDA
is not intended to represent cash flow from operations as defined by
generally accepted accounting principles and should not be considered as
an indicator of operating performance or an alternative to cash flow as a
measure of liquidity, it is included herein to provide additional
information with respect to our ability to meet our future debt service,
capital expenditure and working capital requirements.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Adjusted EBITDA reflects the impact of certain items that we believe are
important in evaluating our results. Such items are included in the
calculation of EBITDA as it is defined in CSK Auto, Inc.&#146;s senior credit
facility, for purposes of measuring our compliance with debt covenants.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Both EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA may differ in method of calculation from
similarly titled measures used by other companies. The computation for each
of the respective periods shown is as follows (in thousands):</FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="7"><FONT size="1"><B>(Unaudited)</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Income (loss)&nbsp;before income taxes,
extraordinary loss and cumulative
effect of change in accounting
principle</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">3,801</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">43,231</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">45,548</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">5,193</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(22,941</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">(35,182</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">17,386</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Add back:</FONT></DIV></TD>
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<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
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        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Interest expense</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">40,680</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">30,730</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">41,300</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">62,355</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">61,608</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">31,410</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">33,958</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Depreciation and
amortization
expense</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">20,367</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">22,412</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">29,375</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">40,827</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">41,146</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">20,824</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">17,958</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV></TD>
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        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">EBITDA</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">64,848</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">96,373</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">116,223</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">108,375</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">79,813</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">17,052</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">69,302</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
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        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Equity in loss of joint venture(a)</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">3,168</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2"><B>Other adjustments(b):</B></FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
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(PEP)&nbsp;charges</FONT></DIV></TD>
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<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
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integration costs</FONT></DIV></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">250</FONT></TD>
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</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,160</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
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charges</FONT></DIV></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">400</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
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acquisitions</FONT></DIV></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">2,556</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">3,727</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">5,686</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">2,928</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">5,325</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">265</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">847</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">51,228</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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</TR>
<TR>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Adjusted EBITDA</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">70,173</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">103,861</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">148,966</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">156,902</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">131,041</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">66,780</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">70,414</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="4" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="4" noshade></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="4" noshade></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(a)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">In March 2000, we participated in the formation of a new joint
venture, PartsAmerica.com (&#147;PA&#148;), with Advance Stores Company
Incorporated (&#147;Advance&#148;) and Sequoia Capital. PA engaged in the sale of
automotive parts and accessories via e-commerce. Results of operations
for fiscal 2000 reflect the write off our investment in PA (a total of
$3.2&nbsp;million) due to poor operating results. During the second quarter
of fiscal 2001, PA ceased operations.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(b)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">See notes 2 through 8 above for a discussion of these items.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(11)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Represents sales to commercial accounts, including sales from stores
without commercial sales centers.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(12)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Total store square footage is based on our actual store formats and
includes normal selling, office, stockroom and receiving space. Average
net sales per store is based on the average of the beginning and ending
number of stores and is not weighted to take into consideration the actual
dates of store openings, closings or expansions.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(13)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Comparable store net sales data is calculated based on the change in net
sales commencing after the time a new store has been open twelve months.
Therefore, sales for the first twelve months a new store is open are not
included in the comparable store calculation. Relocations are included in
comparable store net sales from the date of opening.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SELLING STOCKHOLDERS</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following table sets forth certain information regarding the selling
stockholders&#146; beneficial ownership of our common stock as of October&nbsp;24, 2002.
</FONT>
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<TABLE cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="85%">
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD width="41%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="7"><FONT size="1">Shares Beneficially Owned</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1">Shares Registered</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="7"><FONT size="1">Shares Beneficially Owned</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="7"><FONT size="1">Before the Offering</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1">in this Offering</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="7"><FONT size="1">After the Offering</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><I>Name of Shareholder</I></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><I>Number</I></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><I>Percentage</I></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><I>Number</I></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><I>Percentage</I></FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD colspan="21" align="left"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><HR size="1" noshade></DIV></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">The Carmel Trust (1)</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">497,282</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">%</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">497,282</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">0</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">0</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">%</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
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        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Transatlantic Investments, LLC</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">544,685</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1.2</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">%</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">544,685</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">0</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">0</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">%</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Glenellen Investment Co.</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">2,000,000</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">4.4</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">%</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">2,000,000</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">0</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">0</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">%</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">(1)&nbsp; The trustee of the Carmel Trust (&#147;Carmel&#148;) is Chiltern Trustees Limited.
The agreement pursuant to which Carmel was established in 1977 (the &#147;Carmel
Agreement&#148;) designates certain &#147;protectors&#148; who must authorize any action taken
by the trustee and who have the authority to discharge the trustee and to
appoint substitute trustees. These protectors are Saul Tobias Bernstein, Gerrit
Van Riemsdijk and Robert Smith (who is also a director of the Company). Other
than in their respective roles with Carmel and its subsidiaries, these
individuals are not otherwise associated with Carmel or us. The Carmel
Agreement provides that Carmel shall continue until 21&nbsp;years after the death of
the last survivor of the descendants of certain persons living on the date it
was established. Potential beneficiaries of Carmel include certain charitable
institutions, and under limited circumstances, certain members of the families
of Jules Trump (a director of the Company) and Eddie Trump (a director of the
Company) who are not citizens or residents of the United States. Carmel can be
deemed to beneficially hold 3,041,967 shares including the number of shares
shown as owned by Transatlantic Investments, LLC (544,685 shares) and Glenellen
Investment Co. (2,000,000 shares), each an affiliate of Carmel and each of
which has shared investment and dispositive power with respect to its shares.
Jules Trump, Eddie Trump and Robert Smith each disclaim beneficial ownership of
all shares shown as owned by Carmel. The address for Carmel and Glenellen is
c/o Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &#038; Flom, 333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago,
Illinois 60606. The address for Transatlantic is c/o TG Services, Inc., P.O.
Box 186, East Brunswick, New Jersey 08816.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Stockholders&#146; Agreement</B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;At the time of our recapitalization in October 1996, CSK Auto Corporation
entered into a stockholders&#146; agreement with each of our stockholders at the
time (the &#147;Agreeing Stockholders&#148;). The stockholders selling in this offering
are parties to the stockholders agreement. This agreement restricts the
transfer of shares of our common stock held by the Agreeing Stockholders. The
stockholders&#146; agreement also entitles the Agreeing Stockholders to certain
rights regarding the transfer of their shares (including registration rights)
and corporate governance.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B><I>Transfer Restrictions</I></B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;When any Agreeing Stockholder desires to sell its shares, the
stockholders&#146; agreement provides that we and each of the other Agreeing
Stockholders have, except as set forth below, a &#147;right of first refusal&#148; on
those shares. We have a right of first refusal in the case of any proposed
sales or other transfers of shares by any Agreeing Stockholder, and if we do
not elect to purchase all such shares, such right can be exercised by the other
Agreeing Stockholders. The right of first refusal is a right to purchase such
offered shares on the same terms and conditions as the proposed third-party
sale, except in the case of transfers (1)&nbsp;to affiliates and certain family
members (&#147;Permitted Transferees&#148;), (2)&nbsp;pursuant to a registered public
offering, or (3)&nbsp;pursuant to Rule&nbsp;144 under the Securities Act. Any Agreeing
Stockholder wishing to sell any of its shares, whether or not it has received a
third-party offer, may offer to sell those shares to us and the other Agreeing
Stockholders on terms and conditions established by the selling Agreeing
Stockholder. In the event that we and/or the other Agreeing Stockholders do not
purchase the shares, the selling Agreeing Stockholder may sell the shares to
third parties on terms and conditions specified in the stockholders&#146; agreement.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The stockholders&#146; agreement also provides the Original Investcorp Group
and the Original Carmel Group (each as defined below) with &#147;Drag-Along&#148; rights.
If members of the Original Investcorp Group or the Original Carmel Group were
to desire to sell all of their shares to an unaffiliated third-party who has
offered to acquire all of our outstanding shares, then the selling Agreeing
Stockholders would have the right to require each of the other Agreeing
Stockholders to sell all of their shares in the same transaction and upon the
same terms and conditions; provided that the other Agreeing Stockholders would
have the right to purchase, and/or have us purchase, from the selling Agreeing
Stockholders all of the shares held by the selling Agreeing Stockholders upon
the terms and conditions of
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"> the third party offer. For these purposes, the &#147;Original Investcorp Group&#148;
shall mean the members of the Investcorp Group (as identified in the
stockholders&#146; agreement) and each of their Permitted Transferees, and the
&#147;Original Carmel Group&#148; shall mean Carmel (as defined in the stockholders&#146;
agreement) and each of its Permitted Transferees.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The stockholders&#146; agreement also provides Agreeing Stockholders with
&#147;Tag-Along Rights.&#148; If any Agreeing Stockholder (the &#147;Proposed Transferor&#148;)
proposed to transfer any shares (other than to Permitted Transferees, or
pursuant to a registered public offering or under Rule&nbsp;144) to any person (the
&#147;Proposed Purchaser&#148;), each of the other Agreeing Stockholders would have the
right to require the Proposed Purchaser to purchase a pro rata portion of its
shares, and the Proposed Transferor would have to make a corresponding
reduction in the number of its shares to be purchased. Each Agreeing
Stockholder also has preemptive rights under certain circumstances to acquire a
portion of any additional shares we offer at any time, other than in connection
with a public offering and certain non-cash issuances, in order to enable such
Agreeing Stockholder to maintain its percentage equity ownership.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B><I>Registration Rights</I></B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the stockholders&#146; agreement, the Agreeing Stockholders have
demand registration rights (&#147;Demand Rights&#148;) and piggy-back registration rights
(&#147;Piggy-back Rights&#148;). The Demand Rights entitle the Agreeing Stockholders to
require us to register all or any of the unregistered shares held by the
exercising Agreeing Stockholders. The Investcorp Group as a whole may exercise
Demand Rights up to four times. The Carmel Group as a whole may also exercise
Demand Rights up to four times. The Piggy-back Rights entitle the Agreeing
Stockholders, at any time that we propose to sell any equity securities in a
transaction registered under the Securities Act, to include a portion of their
unregistered stock in such offering. In connection with the registered offering
of our common stock in December 1998, the Investcorp Group exercised one of its
Demand Rights and the Carmel Group agreed that the next registered offering of
common stock by both the Investcorp Group and the Carmel Group that is made
pursuant to an exercise of Demand Rights shall be deemed to be pursuant to an
exercise by the Carmel Group.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The stockholders&#146; agreement provides that the Agreeing Stockholders will
agree to restrictions on their ability to sell or otherwise transfer their
shares for 90&nbsp;days following certain registered public offerings by us.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B><I>Second Amendment</I></B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In connection with the
agreements relating to the issuance by the Company in December 2001
of $50.0&nbsp;million in principal amount of 7%
convertible subordinated debentures, the Agreeing Stockholders amended the
stockholders&#146; agreement to waive certain notification, preemptive and
registration rights contained therein. In such amendment, specific time
deadlines for compliance with the registration rights not waived were
established and the ability to obtain payments for non-compliance with those
deadlines, identical in amount to those provided to the purchasers of the
convertible subordinated debentures in the December&nbsp;7, 2001 Registration Rights
Agreement by and among us, Investcorp CSK Holdings L.P., and LB I Group Inc.,
were provided to certain of the Agreeing Stockholders who are not affiliated
with Investcorp, S.A. or the Investcorp Group.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B><I>Third Amendment</I></B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the Third Amendment, the Agreeing Stockholders waived certain
notification, preemptive and registration rights contained therein with respect
to any future registration of shares issuable upon exercise of certain warrants
issued in connection with our refinancing in December 2001. In addition, the
Third Amendment provided modifications of certain registration filing
preferences among the Agreeing Stockholders.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B><I>Fourth Amendment</I></B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Stockholders&#146; Agreement was further amended in October 2002 to modify
the registration rights of the Agreeing Stockholders and the Company. The
Fourth Amendment limits until December&nbsp;2, 2002, the rights of the Company and
the Agreeing Stockholders (other than members of the Carmel Group) to sell
shares of the Company&#146;s stock (other than 3,534,192 previously registered
shares) or to request registration for sales of any unregistered shares.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B><I>Election of Directors</I></B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The stockholders&#146; agreement provides that the Investcorp Group will have
the right to nominate a majority of the members of the boards of directors of
CSK Auto Corporation and the respective subsidiaries thereof so long as the
Investcorp Group holds a greater number of shares of CSK Auto Corporation than
the Carmel Group, and the Carmel Group will have the right to nominate a
majority of the members of such boards of directors during any period in which
the Carmel Group holds a greater number of shares. Three of
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"> our twelve directors are affiliated with members of the Carmel Group.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B><I>Termination</I></B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The stockholders&#146; agreement, other than the registration rights
provisions, will terminate after either the Investcorp Group or the Carmel
Group holds less than the lesser of (1)&nbsp;five percent of the then current voting
power, or (2)&nbsp;ten percent of the voting power held by such group at the time of
our 1996 recapitalization. If all the shares covered by this prospectus are
sold, such a termination of the non-registration provisions of the
stockholders&#146; agreement will occur.
</FONT>
<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION</B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The selling stockholders may offer and sell the shares shown on the cover
page of this prospectus at various times in one or more of the following
transactions:
</FONT>
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        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">on or off the New York Stock Exchange; or</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">in privately negotiated transactions.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The securities may be sold:
</FONT>
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<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">at prevailing market prices at the time of sale;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">at prices related to those prevailing market prices;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">at fixed prices; or</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">at negotiated prices.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The transactions may be effected by one or more of the following methods:
</FONT>
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<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">ordinary brokerage
transactions and transactions in which the broker solicits purchasers;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">purchases by a broker or dealer as principal, and the resale by
that broker or dealer for its account under this prospectus,
including resale to another broker or dealer;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">underwritten offerings;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">block trades in which the broker or dealer will attempt to sell
securities as agent but may position and resell a portion of the
block as principal to facilitate the transaction; or</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">negotiated transactions between selling stockholders and
purchasers without a broker or dealer.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This prospectus may also be used by those to whom a selling stockholder
may pledge, donate or transfer shares covered by this prospectus and the term
&#147;selling stockholder&#148; as used in this prospectus shall also include that
pledgee, donee or transferee.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To the extent required, this prospectus may be amended or supplemented
from time to time to reflect any pledgee, donee or other transferee that may
offer shares under this prospectus and to describe a specific plan of
distribution or transaction.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In connection with the sale of the shares or otherwise, the selling
stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other
financial institutions. In connection with hedging transactions,
broker-dealers or other financial institutions may engage in short sales of our
common stock in the course of hedging the positions they assume with selling
stockholders. The selling stockholders may also sell our common stock short
and redeliver shares covered by this prospectus to close out the short
positions. The selling stockholders may also enter into option or other
transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions which require
the delivery to the broker-dealer or other financial institution of shares
covered by this prospectus, which shares those broker-dealers or other
financial institutions may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented
or amended to reflect the transaction). The selling stockholders may also
pledge their shares to a broker-dealer or other financial institution, and,
upon a
</FONT>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">default, that broker-dealer or other financial institution may effect sales of
the pledged shares pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to
reflect that transaction).
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The selling stockholders and any broker-dealers, underwriters or other
persons acting on the behalf of parties that participate in the distribution of
securities may be deemed to be underwriters. If so, any commissions, discounts
or concessions received by them or profits they receive on the resale of
securities may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the
Securities Act.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The selling stockholders may also sell their shares of common stock under
Rule&nbsp;144 promulgated under the Securities Act instead of under this prospectus,
if Rule&nbsp;144 is available for those sales.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As of the date of this prospectus, we are not aware of any agreement,
arrangement or understanding between any broker or dealer and any of the
selling stockholders with respect to the offer or sale of the securities under
this prospectus.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We will file a supplement to this prospectus, if required, pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;424(b) under the Securities Act upon being notified by the selling
stockholders that any material arrangement has been entered into with a
broker-dealer for the sale of shares through a block trade, special offering,
or secondary distribution or a purchase by a dealer or through an underwritten
offering. Such supplement will disclose:
</FONT>
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<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">the name of any participating dealer, underwriter or agent;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">the number of shares involved;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">the price at which such shares will be offered for sale to the public;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">any commissions to be paid or discounts or concessions to be
allowed to any dealer, underwriter or agent, where applicable; and</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">other facts material to the transaction.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our registration rights agreement with the selling stockholders provides
for our indemnification of the selling stockholders and their directors and
officers, the underwriters and controlling persons of the selling stockholders
or any underwriters against liabilities in connection with the offer and sale
of the shares of our common stock, including liabilities under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and requires us to contribute to payments that such
persons or entities may be required to make in respect of such liabilities.
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We will bear all costs, expenses and fees in connection with the
registration of the shares offered pursuant to this prospectus. The selling
stockholders will pay all commissions and discounts, if any, attributable to
the sales of the shares.
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>LEGAL MATTERS</B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The validity of the shares of common stock offered in this prospectus has
been passed upon for us by Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP, Denver,
Colorado.
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>EXPERTS</B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The consolidated financial statements incorporated in this prospectus by
reference to the Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K/A for the year ended February&nbsp;3,
2002 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent accountants, given on the authority of
said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION</B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We file annual, quarterly and special reports and other information with
the SEC. You may read and copy any reports or other information filed by us at
the SEC&#146;s public reference room at Room&nbsp;1024, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. You may call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330
for further information located in the public reference room. Our filings with
the SEC are also available to the public from commercial document retrieval
services and at the SEC&#146;s Web site at http://www.sec.gov.
</FONT>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE</B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The SEC allows us to &#147;incorporate by reference&#148; the information we file
with the SEC. This means that our SEC filings, containing important
disclosures, may be listed below rather than repeated in full in this
prospectus. In addition, our filings with the SEC after the date of this
prospectus and before the termination of this offering will update the
information in this prospectus and the incorporated filings. These later
filings also will be considered to be included in this prospectus. The
documents listed below and any future filings made prior to the termination of
this offering with the SEC under Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, comprise the documents
incorporated by reference into this prospectus:
</FONT>
<P>
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<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">Our Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K/A for the year ended February&nbsp;3, 2002.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">Our Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K dated March&nbsp;5, 2002, June&nbsp;7, 2002, July&nbsp;17, 2002 and September&nbsp;18, 2002.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">Our Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarters ended May&nbsp;5, 2002 and August&nbsp;4, 2002.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">The description of our capital stock contained in the Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;5, 1998 (file no.
001-13927).</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, you may request a copy of any of these filings, at no cost,
by writing or telephoning us at the following address or phone number:
</FONT>
<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>CSK Auto Corporation<BR>
645 E. Missouri Avenue<BR>
Suite&nbsp;400<BR>
Phoenix, Arizona 85012<BR>
Attention: Finance Department<BR>
Phone: (602)&nbsp;631-7392</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>3,041,967 Shares</B>
</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>CSK AUTO CORPORATION</B>
</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>Common Stock</B>
</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>PROSPECTUS</B>
</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="4">&nbsp;
</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>October&nbsp;24, 2002</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART II</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;14. </B><B><I>Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.</I></B>
</FONT>

<CENTER>
<TABLE cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="55%">
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="62%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="13%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Accounting Fees</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">30,000</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Legal Fees</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">65,000</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">SEC Filing Fees</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">3,375</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Total Expenses</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">98,375</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;15. </B><B><I>Indemnification of Officers and Directors</I></B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) makes
provisions for the indemnification of officers and directors of corporations in
terms sufficiently broad to indemnify the officers and directors of the Company
under certain circumstances from liabilities (including reimbursement of
expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;).
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by the DGCL, CSK Auto Corporation&#146;s Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended (the &#147;Charter&#148;) provides that, to the fullest extent
permitted by the DGCL, no director shall be liable to the Company or to its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of his fiduciary duty as a
director. Delaware law does not permit the elimination of liability (i)&nbsp;for any
breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders,
(ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional
misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;in respect of certain unlawful
dividend payments or stock redemptions or repurchases, or (iv)&nbsp;for any
transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit. The
effect of this provision in the Charter is to eliminate the rights of the
Company and its stockholders (through stockholders&#146; derivative suits on behalf
of the Company) to recover monetary damages against a director for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director thereof (including breaches resulting from
negligent or grossly negligent behavior) except in the situations described in
clauses (i)-(iv), inclusive, above. These provisions will not alter the
liability of directors under federal securities laws.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, the Charter provides that the Company may indemnify any
person who was or is a party or who was or is threatened to be made a party to
or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit
or proceeding (including, without limitation, one by or in the right of the
corporation to procure judgment in its favor), whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was
a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or is or was serving at
the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of any
other corporation or enterprise, from and against any and all expenses
(including attorney&#146;s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by such person. The Charter also provides that
the indemnification provided in the Charter shall not be deemed exclusive of
any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled and that the
Company may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any
director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or any other corporation or
enterprise against expense liability or loss whether or not the Company would
have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss
under the DGCL or under the respective charters.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;CSK Auto Corporation&#146;s By-Laws (the &#147;Bylaws&#148;) provide that the Company may
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party
to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in
the right of the Company) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the Company or is or was serving at the request
of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of any other
corporation or enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if
such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in
or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person&#146;s
conduct was unlawful.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Bylaws also provide that the Company may indemnify any person who was
or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action or suit by or in the right of the Company to procure judgment
in its favor by reason of the fact that such person acted in any of the
capacities set forth above, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense
or settlement of such action or suit if such person acted under similar
standards, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim,
issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable
to the Company unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the
State of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall
determine that despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the
circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to be
indemnified for such expenses which the Court of
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"> Chancery of the State of Delaware or the court in which such action was
brought shall deem proper.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Bylaws also provide that to the extent a director or officer of the
Company has been successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding
referred to in the previous paragraphs or in the defense of any claim, issue,
or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
therewith and that indemnification provided for in the Bylaws shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party may be
entitled.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B><I>Insurance</I></B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We maintain liability insurance covering directors and officers of each of
the above companies.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;16. </B><B><I>Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules</I></B>
</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>EXHIBIT LIST</B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following is a list of Exhibits included as part of this Registration
Statement.
</FONT>
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        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Exhibit</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>No.</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Form of Common Stock certificate, incorporated herein by
reference to our Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed
March&nbsp;5, 1998</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">5.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Opinion of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP, as to the legality
of the securities being registered.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP (included in the
opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this Registration
Statement)</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">24.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Powers of Attorney (included on signature page)</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;17. </B><B><I>Undertakings</I></B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</FONT>
<P>
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        <TD width="5%"></TD>
        <TD width="95%"></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
of the offering.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"> action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby further undertakes that:
</FONT>
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        <TD width="5%"></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act
of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of
this registration statement in reliance upon Rule&nbsp;430A and contained in a
form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)(1) or (4)
or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this
registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Phoenix, State of Arizona, on October&nbsp;24, 2002.
</FONT>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><FONT size="2">CSK Auto Corporation</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
By:
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Don W. Watson</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Don W. Watson</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><I>Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer<BR>
and Chief Accounting Officer</I></FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Each of the undersigned, being a director or officer of CSK Auto Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), hereby constitutes and appoints Lon
Novatt and Don Watson, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration
statement, and any registration statement related to the offering contemplated
by this registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done to the end that such
Registration Statement or Registration Statements shall comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the applicable Rules and Regulations
adopted or issued pursuant thereto, as fully and to all intents and purposes as
he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their substitute or
resubstitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</FONT>
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        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Name</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD colspan="5" valign="top" align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ Maynard Jenkins<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Maynard Jenkins</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer<BR>
and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 24,&nbsp;2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD colspan="5" valign="top" align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ Don W. Watson<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Don W. Watson</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Chief Financial Officer<BR>(Principal Financial
Officer)<BR>
(Principal Accounting Officer)
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 24, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD colspan="5" valign="top" align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ James G. Bazlen<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
James G. Bazlen</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 24, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD colspan="5" valign="top" align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ James Egan<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
James Egan</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 24, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD colspan="5" valign="top" align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ Morton Godlas<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Morton Godlas</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 24, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD colspan="5" valign="top" align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ Terilyn A. Henderson<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Terilyn A. Henderson</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 24, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD colspan="5" valign="top" align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ Charles K. Marquis<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Charles K. Marquis</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 24, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD colspan="5" valign="top" align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Simon Moore<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Simon Moore</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 24, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD colspan="5" valign="top" align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Robert Smith<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Robert Smith</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 24, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD colspan="5" valign="top" align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Christopher J. Stadler<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2"></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 24, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Name</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">Christopher J. Stadler</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD colspan="5" valign="top" align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ Jules Trump<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Jules Trump</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
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        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ Eddie Trump<BR>
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Eddie Trump</FONT></TD>
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Director
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        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ Savio W. Tung<BR>
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Savio W. Tung</FONT></TD>
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Director
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Form of Common Stock certificate, incorporated
herein by reference to our Registration Statement
on Form&nbsp;8-A filed March&nbsp;5, 1998</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP as to the
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Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP (included in
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                                October 24, 2002





(303) 298-5700                                                    C 18591-00034

CSK Auto Corporation
645 E. Missouri Avenue
Suite 400
Phoenix, Arizona  85012

         Re:      Registration Statement on Form S-3

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         We have acted as special counsel for CSK Auto Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), in connection with registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of 3,041,967 shares of the Company's Common
Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), to be sold by the three
selling stockholders (the "Selling Stockholders' Shares") named in the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement") to be filed by
the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with such
registration. The selling stockholders propose to sell the Selling Stockholders'
Shares pursuant to the Plan of Distribution set forth in the Registration
Statement.

         We have examined the originals, or photostatic or certified copies, of
such records of the Company and certificates of officers of the Company and of
public officials and such other documents as we have deemed relevant and
necessary as the basis for the opinions set forth below. In such examination, we
have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all
documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of
all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies and the
authenticity of the originals of such copies.

                  Based on the foregoing and in reliance thereon, and subject to
the assumptions, exceptions, qualifications and limitations set forth herein, we
are of the opinion that the Selling Stockholders' Shares have been validly
issued and are fully paid and non-assessable.

         We render no opinion herein as to matters involving the laws of any
jurisdiction other than the laws of the United States of America and the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. We are not admitted to practice in the
State of Delaware; however, we are generally
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CSK Auto Corporation
October 24, 2002
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familiar with the Delaware General Corporation Law as presently in effect and
have made such inquiries as we consider necessary to render the foregoing
opinion. In rendering this opinion, we assume no obligation to revise or
supplement this opinion should current laws, or the interpretations thereof, be
changed.

         We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement, and we further consent to the use of our name under the
caption "Legal Matters" in the Registration Statement and the prospectus which
forms a part thereof. In giving these consents, we do not thereby admit that we
are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of
the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission.


                                                 Very truly yours,

                                                 /s/ Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

                                                 GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
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CSK Auto Corporation
October 24, 2002
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                                                                    Exhibit 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 of our reports dated April 16, 2002 relating to the
consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedules, which
appear in CSK Auto Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended
February 3, 2002. We also consent to the references to us under the headings
"Experts" and "Selected Consolidated Financial Data" in such Registration
Statement.

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

Phoenix, Arizona
October 24, 2002

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