TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY

Tractor Supply Company is the largest operator of rural lifestyle retail stores in the United States. The company operates over over 2000 retail stores in 49 states, employs more than 45,000 team members and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn. Its stock is traded on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol "TSCO". The company was founded in 1938 as a mail order catalog business offering tractor parts to America's family farmers. Today Tractor Supply is a leading edge retailer with annual revenues of nearly $10 billion. Tractor Supply stores are located primarily in towns outlying major metropolitan markets and in rural communities. The typical Tractor Supply store has about 16,000 square feet of selling space inside, with a similar amount of outside space.