partners in the global supply chain and you !. academy vision statement to deliver an unparalleled...

Partners in thePartners in theGlobal Supply ChainGlobal Supply Chain

And You !

Academy Vision StatementTo deliver an unparalleled shopping

experience by providing convenience, selection, service and every day value to

the sports and outdoor enthusiast.

Academy Company Overview Founded in 1938 as a Surplus Store. Academy Corp. was established in 1973. Privately held full-line sporting goods retailer. One of the largest family-owned businesses in Texas. Nations third largest big box full-line sporting goods retailer. Highest average volume per store in our industry. Highest sales per square foot in our industry. Stores average 65,000 square feet; prototype store is 85,000

square feet. Currently operate 105 stores in 11 states within the southern

United States. Diverse consumer base across multiple income levels. Attract a high percentage of female and family shoppers.

Loyal Customer Base Convenient and accessible locations. Consistent, clean and easy to navigate store layouts. Focused on a high quality level of customer service. Diverse product mix spans traditional sporting goods assortments. In-Stock commitment on wide range of product. Value equation with our Every Day Low Price strategy. No Problem return policy. Alix Partners ranked Academy as having the highest level of

customer loyalty among all sporting goods competitors.

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Houston

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New Orleans

Birmingham

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Rosenberg

Pensacola

Mobile

Midland

Macon

Lufkin

Lubbock

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Lake Jackson

Wichita Falls

West Monroe

Waco

Our Footprint

105 Stores in 11 states

105 Stores in 11 states

Distribution Center Overview

Katy, Texas facility is over 1.4 million square feet Twiggs County (1 million square feet) to support Eastern expansion plans Facilities are designed with ample capacity to support our in-stock commitment. Seven day operation, 2 shifts Daily inventory replenishment to Stores based on sales & stock models Fully automated conveyor system, total 6 miles; incorporates photo electric laser

sorters Operate our own fleet of trucks for store deliveries Paperless environment Quick response and cross docking system 1.9 million square feet Total capacity up to 125 stores Dedicated shipping door for each Store Support EDI transactions, such as ASN & carton labeling, i.e. UCC 128

labels and Pack By Store.

Objective:Respond to each store’s sales velocity and replenish merchandise to maintain our ‘never-out’ commitment, deliver new product to the shelf faster and support vendor replenishment programs.

Coming December 2008

Twiggs County Distribution Center

SouthEast of Macon, Georgia

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"Academy Sports & Outdoors Introduces Upcoming East Coast

Distribution Center"

As Academy continues to grow an additional distribution center has become a necessity. Ordersto the new DC may be written as early as March of 2008, so please prepare your systemsaccordingly.

Changes to EDI? There aren’t any mapping changes at all to the EDI transmissions. What we doneed is for your system to read the N1*ST segment of each 850 PO accurately and make sure thatthe PO is sent to the correct location. Each DC is assigned a “store” number and that specificnumber would be present in the N1*ST segment.

Dedicated Store to DC relationship? Yes…I’m including the current store listing and the DCassignments. This would be for use in updating files in your system, if needed, but the PO’swould still ship to the “store” present in the N1*ST segment.

There are really three locations involved here. Two of the locations should already be setup inyour system. All three DC’s and their addresses are presented below.

Store 004 Store 704 Store 905Academy DC Academy, Ltd. Dallas Market DC1800 N. Mason RD. Twiggs County DC 1810 Kelly BlvdKaty, TX 77449 1 Academy Drive Carrollton, TX 75006

Jeffersonville, GA 31044

Store 704, Twiggs County DC, will not be open for receiving until at least December, 2008. If aPO is received requesting shipment to 704 prior to December, 2008 contact the Buyer orvendcomp@academy.com immediately to reconfirm the correct ship to facility. No ordersshould be routed to Twiggs County DC until you have received direction to ship as such.

There shouldn’t be any need to test the EDI documents as there aren’t any changes in the formatof these documents. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to

krista.johnson@academy.com. Please check vendor.academy.com periodically for updates and changes.

Preparing your system to receive PO’s for new DC. TCDC – Store 704

Requested Resale Certificate (Tax Exemption) for TCDC (Store 704)

• Who is eligible for the “Resale Certificate”? Trade vendors (vendors we purchase items from for resale in stores) who

shouldn't be charging Academy tax on our purchases because we charge tax on the items sold to the customer.

• Who is not eligible for the “Resale Certificate”? Expense vendors: Items Academy purchase to consume & are

taxable to Academy.

• For questions related to the “Resale Certificate” please contact: Katrina BlumeSr. Tax Analyst 281.646.5872katrina.blume@academy.com

The certificate that retailers use is to let vendors know that we are intending to resell purchased items and ultimately collect the tax from the customer. Resale certificates are provided to vendors that indicate we are purchasing items for resale and that they should not be charging us tax on our purchase.