A. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND ACCOUNTING POLICIES The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated condensed financial statements (the "Financial Statements") include our accounts and those of our wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries and partnerships, and have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, the Financial Statements do not include all of the information and footnotes normally included in the annual consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. In our opinion, the Financial Statements contain all material adjustments necessary to present fairly our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods presented. All such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. These Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the annual consolidated financial statements, and footnotes thereto, included in our Annual Report to Shareholders on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2012. In the second quarter of fiscal 2013, we changed our annual testing date for evaluating goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible asset impairment from the last day of the fiscal year to the first day of the Company s fourth fiscal quarter for all reporting units and indefinite-lived intangible assets. This voluntary change in accounting method is preferable under the circumstances because it will allow us more time to complete the annual goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible asset impairment testing in advance of our year-end reporting. This change does not delay, accelerate or avoid an impairment charge. The change is not applied retrospectively as it is impracticable to do so because retrospective application would require application of significant estimates and assumptions with the use of hindsight. Accordingly, the change will be applied prospectively.