This strategic move will further strengthen our position as a safety and systems supplier to the automotive industry and will give us a real push forward in automotive electronics.

For fiscal year 2006 we expect further sales growth and another improvement of our operating profit.

The next big thing in the industry is more sophisticated communications between vehicles.

The run up to the 2007 full-market opening in Europe will continue to feed consolidation momentum in the EU. Around the globe, increased competition is driving companies to turn to M&A activities to deliver growth horizontally and vertically. High wholesale power, gas and carbon prices also are creating new platforms for deal activity, pushing up generation asset values and bolstering the rationale for deal prices. As we look ahead, we can expect to see greater integration of upstream and downstream entities and more moves by the mega-players. The attitude of the competition authorities will be critical to future deals.

The run up to the 2007 full-market opening in Europe will continue to feed consolidation momentum in the EU.

We believe this instrumentation set will significantly enhance our capabilities at Venus compared to the most recent mission. We are looking forward to it!