2. Highlights For The Period
• A growth of 11.8% in the consolidated gross revenues quarter-over-quarter, totaling R$ 809.8 million, highlighting
the health and beauty category, in which a sharp growth of 34.3% was recorded;
• The operating cash flow was positive for the second consecutive quarter and amounted to R$ 62.1 million in 3Q10,
or 9.1% of the net operating revenue;
• Deep drop of 17.4 days in the Company's cash cycle, which stood at 48.8 days, the shortest since 2006. This
decrease derived in a fall of about R$ 106.1 million in working capital;
• Net debt fell by 42.9% (R$ 57.4 million) quarter-over-quarter. Thus, the Company's net debt / EBITDA ratio dropped
from 1.4x (June 2010) to 0.8x;
• A 9.6% drop over 2Q10 in operating expenses (administrative, selling and logistics), which resulted in 7.1% of net
revenues, the latter figure being the second best result for the Company in two years;
• An EPM (errors per million units delivered) reduction of 23.1% from 121.0 in 2Q10 to 93.0 in 3Q10.
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3Q10 Earnings Release