Slovenia’s Krka Sees 2008 Group Net Profit in Line with Plan, Sales Up 22%

Parent sales rose by one-fifth to 826 million euro last year, Krka said in a statement.

The company said it will release its unaudited 2008 financial results at the end of February.

Shares in blue chip Krka rose 2.33% to an average price of 53.21 euro on the Ljubljana Stock Exchange on Thursday. The company released its statement after the end of trading.

($ = 0.7696 euro)