Even if these improvements fall short of expectations, they will make the company more attractive to a potential buyer.

We will continue to do that. There is a great deal of upside potential in leaving the company as is.

Obviously, this year there are some expectations on me to perform, but this is only my third Grand Prix of my life.

Yesterday we got a bullish comment on Coke that raised expectations of the company reporting to the upside. That didn't happen today. Secondly, the quality of their earnings wasn't great, Although sales were up for the quarter, margins declines and it looked like they also shipped more around the world than was consumed.

This is obviously a strong quarter, but investors did have high expectations for what the company could do,

Succession at any company is challenging, and unfortunately the expectations that Bill and I and others had when he joined the company a year ago didn't play out as we had hoped. I want to personally thank Bill for his dedication and commitment over the past year.