we believe we are on track to deliver on our previously disclosed range of earnings per share of $2.58 to $2.85 during the second half of this year.

We expect our results for the remainder of the year to be in line with the earnings per share range that Wall Street is carrying for the second half of the year, representing another record year of double-digit sales and earnings per share growth,

We were previously looking for revenue of $16.1 million and earnings per share of one cent. Weak demand for PCs and flat-panel displays were cited as the culprits.

We remain comfortable with our estimated fourth-quarter earnings per share range of 28 cents to 30 cents a share versus 26 cents last year, an increase of 8 percent to 15 percent.

It's important to me only as a surrogate to cash flow and earnings per share.

[During July 2003, Abramovich paid a 15p-per-share premium on the trading price of a fortnight previously. Even the £17m this netted Ken Bates was initially insufficient for the then chairman.] I'm told he said he wanted more money, ... and Trevor said, 'Don't be ridiculous, this is more than you could have imagined'.