Acer announced its financial results for 1-3 quarters in 2009

Acer Corporation today announced financial results for 1-3 quarters in 2009, where the report notes the following:

• Consolidated revenue amounted to 405.8 billion Taiwan dollars (12.6 billion U.S. dollars) with annual growth rate of 1,3%.
• Operating profit reached 10.37 billion target Taiwan dollars (322 million U.S. dollars), an annual increase of 2,7%.
• Profit after tax amounted to 7.84 billion Taiwan dollars (243.3 million U.S. dollars) and earnings per share - 2.98 Taiwan dollar, while in 1-3 quarter 2008 earnings after tax amounted to 8, 93 billion Taiwan dollars (277.3 million U.S. dollars) and earnings per share - 3.61 Taiwan dollar.
• Revenue from the sale of shares in the first three quarters of 2009 is absent.
Preliminary results of the 3 quarters of 2009, according to Acer, look like this:

• Consolidated profit amounted to 167.6 billion Taiwan dollars (5.2 billion U.S. dollars), an annual growth rate of 5,3%.
• Operating profit amounted to 4.75 billion Taiwan dollars (147.6 million U.S. dollars), and again reached a record high with an annual growth of 2,2% and operating profit amounted to 2,8%.
• Amount of profit after tax amounted to 3.47 billion Taiwan dollars (107.8 million U.S. dollars), earnings per share amounted to 1.32 Taiwan dollar, while the 3 rd quarter 2008 net profit after tax stood at 3, 04 billion Taiwan dollars (94.5 million U.S. dollars) and earnings per share - 1.22 Taiwan dollar.