Connect Group reported earnings results for the third quarter and nine months of 2016. The company achieved sales of EUR 26.4 million in third quarter of 2016. The comparable figure for third quarter of 2015 was EUR 28.6 million. EBITDA is at EUR 1.34 million, against EUR 0.78 million in a year ago. The net result for shows a profit of EUR 0.52 million, against a loss of EUR 0.88 million in third quarter of 2015, a quarter in which restructuring costs of EUR 0.74 million were incurred. Without these restructuring costs, result would have been a loss of EUR 0.14 million. Cumulative sales for the first nine months of 2016 amounted to EUR 88.2 million, compared to EUR 85.4 million in the comparable period of 2015 (up 3.3%). EBITDA before restructuring costs for the first nine months of 2016 amounted to EUR 4.37 million, against EUR 0.29 million in 2015. Net profit for the first nine months of 2016 is EUR 0.65 million, against a loss of EUR 7.90 million in 2015. The net 2016 profit includes EUR 1.15 million of extraordinary expenses (restructuring costs), while the net loss for the first nine months of 2015 included EUR 5.29 million extraordinary expenses (EUR 0.74 million restructuring costs and EUR 4.55 million goodwill impairment). Without these extraordinary expenses, the net result for the first nine months of 2016 shows a profit of EUR 1.81 million, compared to a loss of EUR 2.61 million in 2015.