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Question: Thomas Becker - HSBC - Analyst
: Yes, thank you very much, Thomas Becker, HSBC -- three quick questions. First of all, what do you expect will be the potential of the Hitachi deal?
Could you give us some ideas there?
Second is, currency gains. You had some currency gains in Q1. Do you expect same figure in Q2?
And the last question is, what measures have you taken, undertaken for the US is fairly weak on the sales line in Q1. What do you expect in Q2,
what measures have you taken there?
Question: Thomas Becker - HSBC - Analyst
: Probably one assumes constant currency, yes, currency development in Q2, then probably on that assumption maybe we can assume that we will
see in Q2 equal gain?
Question: Thomas Becker - HSBC - Analyst
: OK.
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Question: Thomas Becker - HSBC - Analyst
: OK, probably one last thing and then I go away. US again -- do you expect to bounce back in the current quarter, in terms of (INAUDIBLE)?
Question: Claude Volar - HBB Group - Analyst
: Yes, hello, Claude Volar from HBB (ph) Group. And just a few short questions. The first one, do you disclose the exact number of the IZB (ph) deal,
so just to get a flavor how much (INAUDIBLE) revenues would have been excluding this deal? Must have been, as you (INAUDIBLE) quite significant.
The second one is regarding sales and marketing costs, which were surprisingly down, since I expected a bit more regarding your marketing
offensive in the United States. So what should we expect there in the next quarters? And the last one is once again, for the time regarding the tax
ratio what shall we expect there in the coming quarters?
Question: Claude Volar - HBB Group - Analyst
: OK, thank you very much.
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Question: Jay Meyer - - Analyst
: Good afternoon, it's Jay (INAUDIBLE) from (INAUDIBLE). I have just three quick questions now. Maybe you disclosed it in the presentation, Peter.
The services revenues were very strong in the quarter. Was this due to any particular reason, was it due to Germany -- was this a part of a large
contract?
Question: Jay Meyer - - Analyst
: OK, thank you very much.
Question: Gregory Meyers - ING - Analyst
: Good afternoon, Gregory Meyers (ph), ING. I have two questions. The first question is could you give us the current value of the share offer of -X.
You know the share offer business of Opendex shares and Opendex (INAUDIBLE).
And my second question is some news concerning the Opendex deal that has happened since the announcement of the - agreement. Has something
happened here and what can you expect in the next season (ph). Thank you very much.
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