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Liquidity and Capital Resources<br />

Working capital and cash flow are two financial measurements that provide an indication of our ability to meet<br />

our financial obligations. We currently use a <strong>com</strong>bination of cash generated by operations, borrowings on our line<br />

of credit and debt offerings to fund continuing operations.<br />

The following table summarizes the major elements of our working capital as of October 31, 2008 and October<br />

26, 2007, respectively:<br />

October 31, October 26,<br />

In millions 2008 2007<br />

Cash and cash equivalents $ 201.6 $ 173.2<br />

Accounts receivable 632.2 560.2<br />

Inventories 805.2 727.4<br />

Other current assets 99.2 77.0<br />

Short-term notes payable, including current<br />

portion of long-term obligations (26.5) (0.2)<br />

Accounts payable (291.8) (199.2)<br />

Employee <strong>com</strong>pensation and benefits (110.0) (59.5)<br />

Advance payments and progress billings (491.7) (324.1)<br />

Accrued warranties (46.6) (49.4)<br />

Other accrued liabilities (173.8) (121.1)<br />

Working Capital $ 597.8 $ 784.3<br />

We currently use working capital and cash flow production as two financial measurements to evaluate the<br />

performance of our operations and our ability to meet our financial obligations. We continue to require working<br />

capital investment to maintain our position as a leading manufacturer and servicer of high productivity mining<br />

equipment. The primary drivers of these requirements are funding for purchases of production and replacement<br />

parts inventories. Our position as a market leader in providing timely service and repair requires us to maintain a<br />

certain level of replacement parts. As part of our continuous improvement of purchasing and manufacturing<br />

processes, we continue to strive for alignment of inventory levels with customer demand and current production<br />

schedules.<br />

We expect fiscal 2009 capital spending to be between 2.5% and 3.0% of sales. This represents an increase from<br />

fiscal 2008 capital spending as a percentage of sales of up to 0.5%. Capital projects will be monitored to ensure<br />

alignment with customer needs and prevailing economic conditions.<br />

In addition, cash is required for capital expenditures for the repair, replacement, and upgrading of existing<br />

facilities. We have debt service requirements, including <strong>com</strong>mitment and letter of credit fees under our revolving<br />

credit facility and biannual interest payments due to holders of our Senior Notes issued in November 2006. We<br />

believe that cash generated from operations, together with borrowings available under our credit facility, provide us<br />

with adequate liquidity to meet our operating and debt service requirements and planned capital expenditures. For<br />

the long-term the fundamentals of the <strong>com</strong>modity cycle remain positive, near-term softness will require continuous<br />

reevaluation of new projects to ensure that we are effectively allocating resources in line with current market<br />

conditions.<br />

In fiscal 2008, we <strong>com</strong>pleted a $50 million 130,000 square foot expansion in proprietary <strong>com</strong>ponent machining<br />

capabilities for P&H Mining at our Tianjin, China campus, with first piece runoff of currently installed equipment<br />

<strong>com</strong>pleted early in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008, with full production targeted for the second half of fiscal 2009.<br />

As we look to provide more efficient operations amongst our customers and three operating segments, we are in<br />

the process of consolidating six smaller existing facilities in Australia into one <strong>com</strong>bined underground and surface<br />

mining service center and manufacturing facility.<br />

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