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Location

222 Jarvis Street
Toronto Ontario
M5B 2B8
Canada

Phone: +1 416 9414526

Fax: +1 416 9412321

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Business Summary

Sears Canada Inc. The principal activities of the Group are divided into three major businesses: Merchandising, Credit, and Real Estate Joint Venture operations. The Merchandising segment includes the Group's full-line department store and catalogue operations, Sears Furniture Stores, 128 dealer stores, 15 outlet stores, 33 floor covering centres, 66 auto centres, and 107 travel branches, as well as the products and services offered under the Sears HomeCentral banner and online shopping at www.sears.ca and www.eatons.com; the Credit Operations finance and manage customer charge account receivables generated from the sale of goods and services charged on the Sears card; and the Real Estate Joint Venture holds interests in 19 shopping centres. Merchandise accounted for 94% of 2000 revenues; credit operations, 5% and real estate, 1%.

Industry: Department Store Chains
Employees: N/A

Officers:
Mark A. Cohen - Chairman & Chief Executive
John T. Butcher - Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
R. R. Vezer - Senior Vice President, Secretary & General Counsel
Tony Prisco - Treasurer

Statistics at a Glance -- SCC.TO(in Canadian Dollars)

(updated 28-Dec-01)

Share Information
Recent Price	$18.75
Year To Date High	$26.95
Year To Date Low	$12.50
Beta	1.06
Daily Volume	1.15B
Market Capitalization	$2.00B
Shares Outstanding	106.7M
Valuation Ratios - 2000
Price/Earnings TTM	14.65
Price/Book	1.29
Price/Sales	0.31
Price/Cash Flow	5.85
Price/Capex	4.46
Dividend Yield TTM	1.28%
Per-Share Data - 2000
Book Value	$14.52
Cash	$1.27
Dividend TTM	$0.24
Sales	$59.67
Earnings	$2.12
Income Statement - 2000
Sales	$6.36B
EBITDA	$530.3M
Operating Profit	$388.0M
Interest Expense	$66.4M
Interest Income	N/A
Net Income	$225.8M

Balance Sheet & Cash Flow - 2000
Cash	$135.5M
Short Term Debt	$152.5M
Long Term Debt	$546.1M
Total Debt	$698.6M
Shareholder's Equity	$1.55B
Depreciation	$129.8M
Capex	$447.3M
Management Effectiveness - 2000
Return on Assets	7.60%
Return on Equity	16.77%
Return on Investment	-45.52%
Financial Strength - 2000
LT Debt/Equity	35.25%
Total Debt/Equity	45.09%
LT Debt/Total Capitalization	26.06%
Ratio Analysis - 2000
Gross Profit Margin	6.10%
EBITDA Margin	8.34%
Operating Margin	6.10%
Net Income Margin	3.55%
Capex as % of Sales	7.04%
Quick Ratio	.62
Inventory Turnover	6.38
Stock Performance
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