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Lassonde Industries Inc. announces its results for the fourth quarter and fiscal 2015
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nLassonde Industries Inc. announces its results for the fourth quarter and fiscal 2015\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prngen3{\nBORDER-BOTTOM:black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: CENTER; BORDER-LEFT:black 0pt; PADDING-LEFT:0.50em; PADDING-RIGHT:0.50em; VERTICAL-ALIGN: BOTTOM; BORDER-TOP:black 0pt; BORDER-RIGHT:black 0pt\n}\n.prngen2{\nBORDER-BOTTOM:black 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT:black 0pt; PADDING-LEFT:0.50em; PADDING-RIGHT:0.50em; VERTICAL-ALIGN: BOTTOM; BORDER-TOP:black 0pt; BORDER-RIGHT:black 0pt\n}\n.prngen4{\nBORDER-BOTTOM:black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: RIGHT; BORDER-LEFT:black 0pt; PADDING-LEFT:0.50em; PADDING-RIGHT:0.50em; VERTICAL-ALIGN: BOTTOM; BORDER-TOP:black 0pt; BORDER-RIGHT:black 0pt\n}\n.prnsbt0{\nBORDER-TOP:0pt\n}\n.prnbcc{\nBORDER-COLLAPSE: COLLAPSE\n}\n.prnsbl0{\nBORDER-LEFT:0pt\n}\n.prnsbr0{\nBORDER-RIGHT:0pt\n}\n.prnsbb0{\nBORDER-BOTTOM:0pt\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLassonde Industries Inc. announces its results for the fourth quarter and fiscal 2015\nCanada NewsWire\nROUGEMONT, QC, March 24, 2016\n\n\n\nROUGEMONT, QC, March 24, 2016 /CNW Telbec/ - Lassonde Industries Inc. (TSX: LAS.A) (\"Lassonde\") posted sales of $1,449.3 million in 2015, a 22.7% increase year over year. Profit attributable to the Company's shareholders for 2015 totalled $57.0 million, up $11.8 million from 2014.\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFinancial highlights\n\n(in thousands of dollars)\n\n\nFourth quarters\n\nended\n\n\nYears\n\nended\n\n\n\n\nDecember 31,2015\n\n\n\nDecember 31,2014\n\n\n\nDecember 31,2015\n\n\n\nDecember 31,2014\n\n\n\nSales\n\n\n$\n\n\n401,473\n\n\n\n$\n\n\n349,413\n\n\n\n$\n\n\n1,449,287\n\n\n\n$\n\n\n1,181,026\n\n\n\nOperating profit \n\n\n\n36,182\n\n\n\n\n32,221\n\n\n\n\n111,252\n\n\n\n\n88,359\n\n\n\nProfit before income taxes \n\n\n\n30,442\n\n\n\n\n24,880\n\n\n\n\n86,390\n\n\n\n\n66,868\n\n\n\nProfit attributable to the Company's shareholders\n\n\n\n20,197\n\n\n\n\n16,307\n\n\n\n\n56,979\n\n\n\n\n45,242\n\n\n\nBasic and diluted earnings per share (in $)\n\n\n$\n\n\n2.89\n\n\n\n$\n\n\n2.33\n\n\n\n$\n\n\n8.15\n\n\n\n$\n\n\n6.47\n\n \...