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Sheet: Fiscal Year Change Overview

BEST BUY FISCAL YEAR CHANGE OVERVIEW
OVERVIEW
To align [NAME] quarterly reporting with peer retailers, beginning in fiscal 2013 the company's fiscal year will end on the Saturday nearest the end of January, instead of the end of February, as it previously did. The change impacts U.S. and Canada fiscal calendars (Europe, China and Mexico remain on their current schedules and thus will now be on a one month-lag versus two months)  The table below outlines the new fiscal calendar for 2013 and 2014:
[NAME] (53 weeks)
NOTE: FY13 Form 10K (transition report) will be based on an 11 month year (Mar - Jan)
Q11 | Feb / March / April | Jan. 29, 2012 to May 5, 2012 | 14 weeks
Q2 | May / June / July | May 6, 2012 to Aug. 4, 2012 | 13 weeks
Q3 | Aug / Sept / Oct | Aug. 5, 2012 to Nov. 3, 2012 | 13 weeks
Q4 | Nov / Dec / Jan | Nov. 4, 2012 to Feb. 2, 2013 | 13 weeks
Fiscal Calendar 2014 (52 weeks)
Q1 | Feb / March / April | Feb. 3, 2013 to May 4, 2013 | 13 weeks
Q2 | May / June / July | May 5, 2013 to Aug. 3, 2013 | 13 weeks
Q3 | Aug / Sept / Oct | Aug. 4, 2013 to Nov. 2, 2013 | 13 weeks
Q4 | Nov / Dec / Jan | Nov. 3, 2013 to Feb. 1, 2014 | 13 weeks
RECAST FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR FY12 AND FY11
FY12 and FY11 have been recast for the new fiscal calendar. The tables below outline how the years were recast.
RECAST Fiscal 2012 (52 weeks2) |  |  |  |  | For reference: OLD Fiscal 2012 (53 weeks)
Q1 | Feb / March / April | Jan. 30, 2011 to Apr. 30, 2011 | 13 weeks |  | Q1 | March / April / May | Feb. 27, 2011 to May 28, 2011 | 13 weeks
Q2 | May / June / July | May 1, 2011 to July 30, 2011 | 13 weeks |  | Q2 | June / July / August | May 29, 2011 to Aug. 27, 2011 | 13 weeks
Q3 | Aug / Sept / Oct | July 31, 2011 to Oct. 29, 2011 | 13 weeks |  | Q3 | Sept / Oct / Nov | Aug. 28, 2011 to Nov. 26, 2011 | 13 weeks
Q4 | Nov / Dec / Jan | Oct. 30, 2011 to Jan. 28, 2012 | 13 weeks |  | Q4 | Dec / Jan / Feb | Nov. 27, 2011 to March 3, 2012 | 14 weeks
RECAST Fiscal 2011 (52 weeks) |  |  |  |  | For reference: OLD Fiscal 2011 (52 weeks)
Q1 | Feb / March / April | Jan. 31, 2010 to May 1, 2010 | 13 weeks |  | Q1 | March / April / May | Feb. 28, 2010 to May 29, 2010 | 13 weeks
Q2 | May / June / July | May 2, 2010 to July 31, 2010 | 13 weeks |  | Q2 | June / July / August | May 30, 2010 to Aug. 28, 2010 | 13 weeks
Q3 | Aug / Sept / Oct | Aug. 1, 2010 to Oct. 30, 2010 | 13 weeks |  | Q3 | Sept / Oct / Nov | Aug. 29, 2010 to Nov. 27, 2010 | 13 weeks
Q4 | Nov / Dec / Jan | Oct. 31, 2010 to Jan. 29, 2011 | 13 weeks |  | Q4 | Dec / Jan / Feb | Nov. 28, 2010 to Feb. 26, 2011 | 13 weeks
The following list of financial statements are recast for the new fiscal calendar for FY12 and FY11 and available in this workbook:
Income Statement |  | Balance Sheet | Segment Information
Non-GAAP Reconciliations |  | Cash Flow (YTD Basis) | Revenue Category Summary
1Note February FY12 will be "recycled" for US and Canada operations.  For all other international entities, this will be the actual results of January 2012 due to the change in the lag for reporting results from 2 months to 1 month.  2Note the restated FY12 calendar will include February FY11 which is a 4 week month.  Under the new fiscal calendar and utilizing February FY11, the restated FY12 calendar will be a 52 week year.