"I am very excited to be joining one of the nation's leading sporting goods retailers," Emerson added. "I look forward to working with Big 5's executive team and accounting department."
As previously announced, Charles P. Kirk, the Company's former Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, will remain a Senior Vice President and a member of the Company's Senior management team.
Work on the review and associated audit of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2004 has been substantially completed. The Company expects that the review and audit will be completed and the Form 10-K will be filed shortly. The Company also expects that the review of its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the first quarter and second quarter of fiscal 2005 will be completed, and that those reports will be filed, soon after the Form 10-K is filed.
Emerson will become the Company's Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer upon the Company's filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2004 and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the first quarter and second quarter of fiscal 2005. Pending those filings, Emerson will serve as a Senior Vice President with the Company.
American retail chain Big 5 is a leading sporting goods retailer in the United States, operating 312 stores in 10 states under the "Big 5 Sporting Goods" name. It provides a full-line product offering in a traditional sporting goods store format that averages approximately 11,000 square feet.
The product mix includes athletic shoes, apparel and accessories, as well as a broad selection of outdoor and athletic equipment for team sports, fitness, camping, hunting, fishing, tennis, golf, snowboarding and in-line skating.
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation
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