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CORPORATE CAMPUS
Best Buy Co., Inc.
7601 Penn Avenue South
Richfield, MN 55423-3645
Phone: (612) 291-1000
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Deloitte & Touche LLP (fiscal 2006)
Ernst & Young LLP (fiscal 2005 and fiscal 2004)
GENERAL COUNSEL
Robins, Kaplan, Miller
& Ciresi L.L.P.
ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING
June 21, 2006, 9:30 a.m. (CDT)
Best Buy Corporate Campus—Theater
If you have a proposal for a future meeting,
please send it to Joseph M Joyce, senior vice president—general counsel and assistant secretary, at
the company's corporate campus in Richfield, Minn. The
deadline for proposals to be considered
at the 2007 regular meeting of shareholders
is Jan. 17, 2007. More details
are included in Best Buy's proxy statement.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Shareholders may access Best Buy’s
SEC filings, annual reports and
quarterly financial results by visiting the company's Web site, www.BestBuy.com.
Scroll toward the bottom of the page
and select “For Our Investors.” A Web-based
e-mail notification system also is
available under “E-mail Alerts” to alert
subscribers to new financial releases,
SEC filings, upcoming events and other
significant postings.
You also may visit our Web site to
obtain product information, company
background information, current news
and financial information and our corporate social responsibility report. Or, contact:
Best Buy Co., Inc.—Investor Relations
Jennifer Driscoll, Vice President
Charles Marentette, Senior Director
Carla Haugen, Director
7601 Penn Avenue South
Richfield, MN 55423-3645
Phone: (612) 291-6147
Site created by: The Nancekivell Group
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TRANSFER AGENT
For questions regarding your stock
certificates—such as lost certificates, name
changes and transfers of ownership—
please contact our transfer agent:
Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
P.O. Box 43078
Providence, RI 02940-3078
Phone: (877) 498-8861 or
(781) 575-2879
Hearing impaired: (800) 952-9245
www.computershare.com
DIVIDEND POLICY
We pay a quarterly cash dividend to holders of common shares. The quarterly rate was 8 cents per common share at the end of fiscal 2006.
Stock Split History
Best Buy's stock has split eight times in the company's history.
Date |
Split |
4/1/1986 |
Two for one |
2/23/1987 |
Three for two |
9/2/1993 |
Three for two |
4/29/1994 |
Two for one |
5/27/1998 |
Two for one |
3/19/1999 |
Two for one |
5/13/2002 |
Three for two |
8/3/2005 |
Three for two |
DIRECT STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
You may purchase Best Buy’s common
stock and/or elect to reinvest your
dividends directly through the company's transfer
agent. To obtain information on the
plan or to enroll:
By Mail:
Computershare Investment Plan
for Best Buy
c/o Computershare
P.O. Box 43081
Providence, RI
02940-3081
By Phone: (877) 498-8861
By Internet: Go to www.BestBuy.com.
Scroll toward the bottom of the page,
select “For Our Investors” and then
“Direct Stock Purchase Plans.” |
FINANCIAL RELEASES
FOR FISCAL 2007
Quarterly earnings releases normally are distributed at 8:00 a.m., Eastern Time.
Quarterly earnings conference calls
normally are scheduled at 10:00 a.m.,
Eastern Time. Best Buy does not expect to host a conference call in conjunction with the release of December revenue results.
Disclosure |
Date |
First-Quarter Earnings |
6/13/2006 |
Second-Quarter Earnings |
9/12/2006 |
Third-Quarter Earnings |
12/12/2006 |
December Revenue |
1/5/2007 |
Fourth-Quarter Earnings |
4/4/2007 |
SHAREHOLDERS AT A GLANCE
As of February 25, 2006, the percentage
of shares beneficially held by directors
and executive officers (28 people) was
18 percent. Founder and Chairman
Richard M. Schulze held 76 million
shares beneficially (16 percent of shares
outstanding).
As of December 31, 2005, the number
of institutional shareholders was 618.
The percentage of shares held by institutions was 77.1 percent.
The top institutional shareholders were:*
Capital Research &
Management Company
84.6 million shares
Fidelity Management & Research Company
28.9 million shares
Barclays Global Investors
13.6 million shares
Goldman Sachs & Company
12.7 million shares
State Street Global Advisors
11.8 million shares
*Source: FactSet Research Systems, Inc.
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