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Callaway Golf Company (the “Company” or “Callaway Golf”) was incorporated in
California in 1982 and reincorporated in Delaware on July 1, 1999. In 1997, the
Company acquired substantially all of the assets of Odyssey Sports, Inc., which
manufactured and marketed the Odyssey brand of putters and wedges. In 1998, the
Company began a reorganization of its international operations by acquiring the
distribution rights in certain key international markets. As a result, during
1998 through 2001, the Company acquired distribution rights and substantially
all of the assets from its distributors in Japan, France, Belgium, Norway,
Denmark, Germany, Japan, Ireland, Spain, Canada, Korea and Australia. In 2000,
the Company entered the golf ball business with the release of its first golf
ball product. In 2003, the Company acquired through a court-approved sale
substantially all of the golf-related assets of the TFGC Estate Inc.