2006 Annual Report

Financial Highlights

(tabular amounts in thousands of US dollars, except per share data)
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(1) Including inventory write-offs of $4,121,000 and $18,463,000 for the years ended August 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively, and nil for the years ended August 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004. Including an unusual gain of $473,000 for the year ended August 31, 2003, and nil for the years ended August 31, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2002.

(2) Including stock-based compensation costs, inventory and tax credit write-offs, unusual grants recovery, amortization of intangible assets, impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill as well as restructuring and other charges of $4,723,000, $6,091,000, $7,878,000, $22,943,000 and $57,451,000 for the years ended August 31, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

Annual Financial Results

(in millions of dollars or in % of sales)
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Annual Report 2006