Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
(Operator Instructions). Your first question comes from the line of John Kreger with William Blair & Company.
Natalie - William Blair & Company
Hi everyone this is Natalie in for John.
Jost Fischer
Hi Natalie.
Natalie - William Blair & Company
First I was just hoping given sales and operating income were down in Q1 I was hoping you could talk about some of the factors that (inaudible) is performing better later in the year?
Simone Blank
Natalie, we reiterated guidance today and said that we expect to be less revenue and constant currency and plus amortization. And we also said before that we expect we are on-track we are inline with other expectations. And that we were expecting a week of first half and positive growth in the second half also driven by the IDS patent and by new product launches including the AC.
Natalie - William Blair & Company
Got it. Okay and then also what do you think drove the better Galileos performance in the quarter, do you think that was driven in part by some of the tax incentive?
Jost Fischer
I think certainly the section 179 did play a role, Natalie, but I have to say a lot of credit goes to territory managers and the Patterson reps who got behind selling this outstanding product and keep in mind we also launched the Compact which had a significant impact in the quarter.
Natalie - William Blair & Company
Okay, great. And then Simone, did the related amortization that you had in Q1, should that be above the level that we expect for the remaining quarters of '09?
Simone Blank
I didn’t fully get that question, Natalie.
Natalie - William Blair & Company
Yeah, the deal related amortization that you had in Q1, is that above the level we should expect going forward?
Simone Blank
Yeah. The amortization in the quarter is the level that we would expect going forward.
Natalie - William Blair & Company
Okay. Thank you.
Operator
Your next question comes from the line from Jon Wood with Bank of America/Merrill Lynch. Please proceed.
Jon Wood - Bank of America/Merrill Lynch
Thanks guys. Can you give us some color on the factors behind the considerable weakness you saw in Germany in the period?
Jost Fischer
Hi Jon. This is Jost. Yeah, market was weak in Germany, and it was down materially as we indicated in our last call, general economic environment certainly played a role and then the absence of any material tax incentives and during the quarter there was an announcement that an accelerated tax depreciation will be in place for 2009, which certainly did not encourage any doctor to buy during the 2008 side of it.
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