As previously announced, the Company will have no further comment on the status of the strategic review until it has been concluded. Company Overview Liberty Financial Companies, Inc. Statements by Gary Countryman and any other statements contained in this press release that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed forward-looking. These statements include, without limitation, the Company's expectations as to dilution to earnings, the success of its restructuring efforts, exploration of strategic alternatives, the risk that the actual adjustment, if any, to net operating income relating to the Company's carrying value for equity interests in private equity funds is less than currently anticipated, changes in redemption and operating expense levels, changes in economic and market conditions, changes in assets under management and the carrying value of the Company's investments, interest rate risks, acquisition risks, including risks that the recent acquisition of Wanger Asset Management, L.P. will not be as successful as anticipated, risks that the Company will not receive favorable effective tax rates, risks that the exploration of strategic alternatives will not benefit the Company or result in a transaction, and other risks described from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Form 10-K filed on March 30, 2000. The Company does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any obligation, to update forward-looking statements, even if the Company's situation may change in the future.
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