We believe the Street should view the 41 cents per share number as the truest operating metric and therefore applaud this morning's report card.

The fourth quarter profit was below estimates, my estimate was €590m or 44 cents per share.

Following the update we are raising our EPS (earnings per share) forecast for the current year from 201 cents to 205 cents.

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.

The stock might come under pressure because the 'whisper number' for earnings per share was higher, ... But I'm still bullish on the stock. The business momentum is there.

For 2007, our goal is to produce 15 percent to 16 percent growth in operating earnings per diluted share, excluding the impact of the yen.