To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Courier Corporation:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Courier Corporation and subsidiaries ("the Company") as of September 25, 1999 and September 26, 1998, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended September 25, 1999. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of September 25, 1999 and September 26, 1998, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended September 25, 1999 in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
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