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&lt;p style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Basis of Presentation &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 6px; text-indent: 4%; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial position of the Company as of July&amp;nbsp;31, 2010 and the results of operations and the cash flows for the periods ended July&amp;nbsp;31, 2010 and July&amp;nbsp;25, 2009. Such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. The results of operations for the periods ended July&amp;nbsp;31, 2010 and July&amp;nbsp;25, 2009, are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements included in the 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on June&amp;nbsp;23, 2010. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 12px; text-indent: 4%; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;The condensed consolidated financial statements of Patterson Companies, Inc. include the assets and liabilities of PDC Funding Company, LLC ("PDC Funding") and PDC Funding Company II, LLC ("PDC Funding II"), wholly owned subsidiaries and separate legal entities under Minnesota law. PDC Funding and PDC Funding II are fully consolidated special purpose entities of the Company established to sell customer installment sale contracts to outside financial institutions in the normal course of business. The assets of PDC Funding and PDC Funding II would be available first and foremost to satisfy the claims of its creditors. There are no known creditors of PDC Funding or PDC Funding II. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin-top: 6px; text-indent: 4%; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;The fiscal year end of the Company is the last Saturday in April. The first quarter of fiscal 2011 represents the 14 weeks ended July&amp;nbsp;31, 2010 and the first quarter of fiscal 2010 represents the 13 weeks ended July&amp;nbsp;25, 2009. Fiscal 2011 will include 53 weeks of operations, while fiscal 2010 was comprised of 52 weeks. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin-top: 6px; text-indent: 4%; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;Total comprehensive income was $46,613 and $67,984 for the three months ended July&amp;nbsp;31, 2010 and July&amp;nbsp;25, 2009, respectively. Other than net income, comprehensive income also includes foreign currency translation adjustments. Foreign currency translation adjustments do not include a provision for income tax because earnings from foreign operations are considered to be indefinitely reinvested outside the U.S. During the three months ended July&amp;nbsp;25, 2009, comprehensive income was positively affected by approximately $23 million due to the effect of changes in exchange rates on foreign currency translation. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share (shares in thousands): &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin-top: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;Options to purchase 615 and 1,368 shares of common stock during the three months ended July&amp;nbsp;31, 2010 and July&amp;nbsp;25, 2009, respectively, were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because the effect would have been anti-dilutive. Unvested restricted stock awards excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share were 362 and 231 shares during the three months ended July&amp;nbsp;31, 2010 and July&amp;nbsp;25, 2009, respectively, because the effect would have been anti-dilutive. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin-top: 6px; text-indent: 4%; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;In June&amp;nbsp;2009, the FASB issued guidance codified into ASC Topic No.&amp;nbsp;860, "Transfers and Servicing" (ASC 860) which amends the derecognition guidance in former FASB Statement No.&amp;nbsp;140 and eliminates the exemption from consolidation for qualifying special-purpose entities. Also in June 2009, the FASB issued guidance codified into ASC Topic No.&amp;nbsp;810, "Consolidation" (ASC 810) which amends the consolidation guidance applicable to variable interest entities. The Company adopted ASC 860 and ASC 810 at the beginning of fiscal 2011. The related guidance did not have a material impact on its financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 12px; text-indent: 4%; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;In October 2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No.&amp;nbsp;2009-13, "Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements" (ASU 2009-13). This update amends ASC Topic 605-25, "Revenue Recognition &amp;ndash; Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements" to remove the criterion that entities must use objective and reliable evidence of fair value in separately accounting for deliverables and provides entities with a hierarchy of evidence that must be considered when allocating arrangement consideration. The update also requires entities to allocate arrangement consideration to the separate units of accounting based on the deliverables' relative selling price. The provisions will be effective for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in the Company's fiscal year 2012 and must be applied prospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the provisions of ASU 2009-13. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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