CORRECTED (OFFICIAL) - Slovenian Brewer Pivovarna Lasko Raises 9-mo Group Net Profit by 176.9% Y/Y

October 29 (SeeNews) - Slovenian blue-chip brewer Pivovarna Lasko almost trippled its group net profit in the first nine months of 2007 to 49.36 million euro ($71 million), the company said on Monday.

Group net sales through September rose by 6.8% on the year to 224.03 million euro, Pivovarna Lasko said in a statement to the Ljubljana Stock Exchange (LJSE) where it is listed.

Following are details from the company's statement (in millions of euro):

GROUP FIGURES

PARENT FIGURES

Pivovarna Lasko's shares lost 0.87% to 97.74 euro in morning trade on the LJSE on Monday.

The Pivovarna Lasko group comprises the parent company and four subsidiaries.

($ = 0.69 euro)