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Interim Financial Statements</b> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements of American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (the “Company”) at October 30, 2010 and October 31, 2009 and for the 13 and 39 week periods ended October 30, 2010 and October 31, 2009 have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. Certain notes and other information have been condensed or omitted from the interim Consolidated Financial Statements presented in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Therefore, these Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Fiscal 2009 Annual Report. In the opinion of the Company’s management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments and those further described in the footnotes that follow) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">As used in this report, all references to “we,” “our,” and the “Company” refer to American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries. “American Eagle Outfitters,” “American Eagle,” “AE,” and the “AE Brand” refer to our U.S. and Canadian American Eagle Outfitters stores. “AEO Direct” refers to our e-commerce operations, ae.com, aerie.com and 77kids.com. “MARTIN+OSA” or “M+O” refers to the MARTIN+OSA stores and e-commerce operation which we operated until its closure during the 13 weeks ended July 31, 2010. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Company’s business is affected by the pattern of seasonality common to most retail apparel businesses. The results for the current and prior periods are not necessarily indicative of future financial results. </div> </div>  <!-- Begin Block Tagged Note false false false us-types:textBlockItemType textblock Description containing the entire organization, consolidation and basis of presentation of financial statements disclosure. 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