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Alcon, Inc.

Alcon's first quarter sales rise 8.1%

Published in Lab Business Week, May 28th, 2006

Alcon, Inc., (ACL) reported global sales of $1,157.1 million for the first quarter of 2006, an increase of 8.1% over global sales in the first quarter of 2005, or 10.5% excluding the impact of foreign exchange fluctuations.

Net earnings for the first quarter of 2006 increased 18.5% to $295.7 million, or $0.95 per share on a diluted basis, compared to $249.5 million, or $0.80 per share for the first quarter of 2005. Earnings per share in the first quarter of 2006 were reduced by approximately $0.07 per share due to the expensing of share-based compensation expense as a result of the implementation of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) 123. If SFAS 123 had...

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