Please delete me from the mailing list. Thanks, James Reuter On 12/1/07, Howard Cummer <cummer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Dear Flexers, > > > In case some of you may have missed this, > the following was posted by John Buckley on the Leica Users Forum > yesterday and I have forwarded it to the LUG: > > In the first six months of the current fiscal year, i.e. until September > 30, 2007, the Leica Camera AG Group (ISIN DE000A0EPU98) registered sales > growth of 71.2 %, to EUR 88.8 million. Sales in the Photo segment grew by > 147.0 %, to EUR 62.6 million. The strong sales growth of digital compact > cameras and the success of the digital rangefinder camera M8 are clearly > in > evidence here. Sales in the Sports optics segment have increased by 1.9%, > to EUR 16.4 million. > > Compared to the prior year period, Group net income/loss improved by EUR > 11.0 million to a net income of EUR 6.5 million. This enhanced > performance > is mainly due to the increase in sales. > > For fiscal year 2007/2008 Leica Camera Group aims at achieving a positive > operating result and for the following fiscal years at further improving > its performance. The precondition therefor is that the reorientation of > the > product portfolio and the implementation of the restructuring concept are > continued according to plan. > > 28.11.2007 Financial News transmitted by DGAP > > >