Article: Another first for Charlie's

JUICE AND soft drinks company Charlie's Group had a very upbeat message for shareholders at its annual meeting last month in that it expects sales to double between now and 2010.

The company, which listed in July 2005 through the shell of former unsuccessful mining prospector-cum-dot.com wreck Spectrum Resources, failed to meet its forecast of a $1 million profit for the year ended June.

But the reason for that is obvious: the company also grew much faster than forecast too. Rather than the forecast $16.2 million sales for the year, it reported $24.1 million in sales.

The $33,000 net profit it reported has the distinction of being the first annual net profit in the company's long history ...

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