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Corporate Profile for Gap Inc., dated June 19, 1998.


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Published Date:   June 19, 1998

Company Name:     Gap Inc.

Address:          One Harrison Street
                  San Francisco, Calif.  94105

Main Telephone
 Number:          650/952-4400

Internet Home
 Page Address
  (URL)           www.gap.com

Chief Executive
 Officer:         Millard S. Drexler

Chief Financial

 Officer:         Warren R. Hashagen

Investor Relations

 Contact:         Tyler Painter
 Business number: 650/874-7780

Public Relations
 Contact:         Kristy Van Koughnet
 Business number: 415/427-2503

Trading Symbol/
 Exchange:        GPS/NYSE

Industry:         Retail (specialty)





Company description: Gap Inc., headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation).

The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay
, operates three of the strongest apparel brands on the market today: Gap (including GapKids and babyGap), Banana Republic banana republic
n.
A small country that is economically dependent on a single export commodity, such as bananas, and is typically governed by a dictator or the armed forces.
 and Old Navy.

Known for quality and classic style, the company designs, merchandises, sources, distributes and sells its own branded merchandise in over 2,200 stores throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , the United Kingdom, Canada Canada (kăn`ədə), independent nation (2001 pop. 30,007,094), 3,851,787 sq mi (9,976,128 sq km), N North America. Canada occupies all of North America N of the United States (and E of Alaska) except for Greenland and the French islands of , France, Japan and Germany Germany (jûr`mənē), Ger. Deutschland, officially Federal Republic of Germany, republic (2005 est. pop. 82,431,000), 137,699 sq mi (356,733 sq km). .

Gap Inc., which employs over 80,000 people around the globe, posted sales of $6.508 billion in fiscal year 1997 (period ended 1/31/98). Net earnings were $533.9 million or $1.30 diluted earnings per share diluted earnings per share

An earnings measure calculated by dividing net income less preferred stock dividends for a period by the average number of shares of common stock that would be outstanding if all convertible securities were converted into shares of
. Total assets at year end were $3.338 billion.

  CONTACT:  Gap Inc.


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