Question-and-Answer Session
Thank you. [Operator Instructions]. Our first question comes through from Nick Lyall of UBS. Please go ahead.
Nick Lyall - UBS
Hi there. This is Nick Lyall for UBS. I just take two questions, if I could. The first one was on the cost price. I think the one offs from last Q3 '07, was there still 28 million of cost items, did they... or rather the advantages didn't occur this time. Can you just explain how many of those we should expect just to get the run rate in the cost right please.
And then secondly on the amendments, there you remember the terms of the debt and Sky, does it really free to investigate tax assets and savings or the market sis just too tough to allow you to investigate those. Do you think? Thanks.
Unidentified Company Representative
On the cost side, the Q3 '07 items were one-time in nature. So they related to employee related incentives as the stock based compensation, from litigation settlements in the quarter. So all of those were nonrecurring into Q3 '08, if I understood your question correctly.
Nick Lyall - UBS
Yes.
Unidentified Company Representative
Second question, I'm sorry?
Nick Lyall - UBS
Yes sorry the one bid was on the amendments that have done the sky deal. Are markets too tough for you to investigate things like tax assets and other changes at such a restructuring and or do you think now that the management time is freed up to watch your investigation of those?
Unidentified Company Representative
No what the amendment process has done for us is given us a flexibility to go off and work on these things. That's the best timing for the company. We'll continue to pursue the tight process monitorization as we've discussed in the past.
And we are making progress on several fronts on that and we will continue to pursues our over the coming month. And from a restructuring perspective we have talked in the past that we continue to look at our cost structure for... continue the efficiencies and we will request that further we'll see you at the appropriate time.
Nick Lyall - UBS
Okay that's great. Thank you
Operator
Thank you. Our next question comes through from David Kestenbaum from Morgan Joseph. Please go ahead.
David Kestenbaum - Morgan Joseph & Co Inc
Hey great. You didn't give any guidance this quarter, so I'm wondering are you still sticking with the things that you've said in the past about stronger customer and ARPU RGU growth in the back half of the year.
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