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To: Keith J who wrote (24546)	8/7/2006 1:40:22 PM
From: bruwin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78958

Keith, below is an extract from HANS's 8-K SEC Filing published in the last day or two. If anyone wishes to still sell their HANS shares after what it contains, then I suggest they seriously consider brushing up on the more relevant aspects of Fundamental Analysis. This, in fact, is why I prefer not to "punt" stocks. It often happens that one sees temporary sell-offs in Quality stocks, for, who knows, what reasons. It's happened to me, that the price of a stock that I recommended fell due to a temporary sell-off, and I was then "accused" of giving "bad advice" !! I suspect that these short term sell offs, quite often have to do with short sellers, who realise the inherent quality of a company and use their relatively "deep pockets" to influence the stock's price downwards in the short term, knowing full well that they'll profit at a later date when they buy back prior to that stock's inevitable medium to longer term price rise. Were you to visit my web site you'd see 3 examples of this occurrence. DAW, DGC and WBO (3 S.African companies) increased by 154% in 9 mths, 114% in 6 mths and 96% in 12 mths. respectively. Yet each of those shares had several short term sell offs in their medium to long term upward climb. And they only had an upward climb due to their excellent Fundamentals. So one has to ask the question, "Why, and Who sold stock that could have provided them with exceptional Capital Gains ??!!" As a matter of interest, when I first entered DGC on my web site about 2 years ago, it was trading at 70c. It closed on Friday at 310c. That's a Capital Gain of over 340%, or 170%/annum. It's one of the few S.African stocks that Dr.Posel and I are currently prepared to own. And we'll continue to own it just as long as it continues to satisfy our criteria. Anyway, here's that report. I hope it, and what I said above, answers your question .... "HANSEN NATURAL REPORTS RECORD SECOND QUARTER SALES AND PROFITS -- Net Sales Increase 82.6 percent, Net Income Increases 85.0 percent -- Corona, CA - August 7, 2006 - Hansen Natural Corporation (NASDAQ:HANS) today reported record financial results, including sharp increases in sales and profits, for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2006. Gross sales for the second quarter increased 77.7 percent to $182.1 million from $102.5 million a year earlier. Net sales for the second quarter increased 82.6 percent to $156.0 million from $85.4 million a year ago. Operating income for the second quarter increased to $45.8 million from $25.4 million a year ago. Net income for the second quarter increased 85.0 percent to $28.2 million, or $0.28 per diluted share on a post-split basis ($1.14 per diluted share on a pre-split basis), from $15.2 million, or $0.16 per diluted share on a post-split basis ($0.63 per diluted share on a pre-split basis), last year. Gross sales for the six months ended June 30, 2006 increased 82.3 percent to $319.9 million from $175.5 million a year earlier. Net sales for the first half of 2006 were up 89.6 percent to $275.8 million from $145.5 million a year ago. Operating income for the six months ended June 30, 2006 advanced 101.1 percent to $80.6 million from $40.1 million a year ago. Net income for the 2006 year-to-date period increased 104.6 percent to $49.3 million, or $0.50 per diluted share on a post-split basis ($2.00 per diluted share on a pre-split basis), from $24.1 million, or $0.25 per diluted share on a post-split basis ($0.99 per diluted share on a pre-split basis), last year."