Operator
Operator
Good morning and welcome to GameStop Corporation's fourth quarter and year-end sales and earnings results conference call. (Operator Instructions) I would like to remind you that this call is covered by the Safe Harbor disclosure contained in GameStop's public documents and is the property of GameStop. It is not for rebroadcast or use by any other party without the prior written consent of GameStop. At this time, I would like to turn the conference over to Mr. Dick Fontaine, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GameStop Corporation. Please go ahead, sir. Dick Fontaine: Thank you. Good morning and thank you for joining us to review GameStop's 2006 fiscal year and an even more promising forecast for 2007. As mentioned, I'm Dick Fontaine, GameStop's Chairman and CEO. With me this morning are Steve Morgan, our President; David Carlson, our Executive VP and Chief Financial Officer; and Dan DeMatteo, our Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer. This morning, as you all know, we released our 2006 fourth quarter and full year results and our forecast for the first quarter and full year's outlook for 2007. Obviously, I couldn’t be more positive about both. We have built a unique business model that continues to drive growing market share and positions us to take full advantage of the opportunities that are developing in this explosive business, worldwide, and we intend to stay aggressive. While the release contains the essentials, a number of performance indicators for 2006 certainly bear repeating. GameStop total sales exceeded $5 billion and grew by 72%. Net earnings exceeded $158 million for the year and grew by 57%. Our fourth quarter earnings per share exceeded guidance and represented the best fourth quarter for GameStop ever. Comp stores for the year increased by 12%. In 2006, we completed the integration of the…