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"Light bulbs, not sexy..."
Californians Consume 40% less energy per person than the national average
7% energy in America is from lighting
Secretary Chu will look at Whitehouse lightbulbs
$346M for development, deployment and use of energy efficiency in residential and commercial buildings

No recovery before 2010

Uses stimulus money

Lebelight is used in Chinese Spaceships

Light Tower Collapses in Texas

Misguided Iowa Town Considers Turning Off Lights

OSRAM SYLVANIA Names Rick Leaman as President & CEO

Claims Number 1 position
Charlie Jerabek Transitions to Vice Chairman

Illumitex Raises Cash;

Quiet on the exact details about how its technology works

Duke Energy Settles Efficiency Lawsuit

Will reduce energy demand by 2 percent over the next four years. It sets a target of reducing demand by as much as 8 percent by 2020.

Philips Projects Revenue Growth at -17%

Valmont Target Price Raised

Next Generation Research raises from $75 to $85

Leviton Wants to Move Again; This time to Long Island

Only 3rd move in 100 years

Cooper Wants to Move Again; This time to Ireland

Philips Moves Away from "Bulbs" and "Fixtures"

Offers more of a holistic approach

Incandescent May not be Dead, After all

100-watt lamp output; 60-watt consumption

Valmont to Benefit from Stimulus Spending

NEMA Lighting Index in Freefall

Ballasts and fixtures showing greatest weakness

Metrolight Announces New CEO

Raises additional $3M from existing shareholders

Valmont Upgraded

Driven by revenue growth

CREE Announces Strategic Relationship with RFHIC

Peace Bridge Lit with LED's

GE's Immelt: Worst is Over

CREE Raises 4Q Outlook

LA's Big Burn

Streetlights on 24/7

iLight Prevails in Patent Infringement Case

Multimillion dollar award
iLight President: “It is difficult for us to imagine an LED technology of high quality that offers very desirable, bright, and even illumination similar to cold cathode or neon without using iLight’s proprietary technology.”

Orion Reports Quarterly Results:

Revenue down 31%
Gross Profit down 43%
Suspends annual revenue guidance

Leviton Acquires EZE Rough System

GE, LRC in Test to Treat Dementia

Researchers want to regulate the sleep-wake cycle by regulating the amount of exposure to blue-white (wakefulness) and yellow-white (sleepiness) light

LSI Restores Goodwill

PG&E to Offer Rebates on LED Streetlights

Customers will be able to switch to a lower billing rate under the LS-2 schedule starting May 1, 2009
Customers will be eligible for a rebate for every qualified LED fixture purchased and installed after May 1, 2009. Detailed instructions about applying for the rebate will be provided soon

CalculiteLightolierPhilips wins Most Innovative Product of the Year

GE Edison Award goes to Jim Benya, Michael Neils, Juan Villatoro, and James Christensen

Luxim Raises $12M in Series C Funds

Siemens Reports Strong 2Q

Profits soar, but profits drop 29% in Industry Sector (includes lighting)

Valmont Raises Dividend by 15%

Cooper Declares Dividend

Given 5-star rating by Credit-Suisse, Wachovia

Siemens to Lower Forecast

LSI Reports $2.5M Loss

Will no longer give sales/earnings guidance
Withdraws prior forecast

Cooper Quarterly Profit Falls 35%

Seeing some signs of stabilization
Focus on rightsizing the business

NYC Plans Retrofits for Older Buildings

Result in $2.9 billion in private investment in building improvements by 2022
Generate 2,000 new jobs in energy auditing and related fields
The program would begin in 2013

NJ Governor Visits Lighting Science Group

CREE Beats Estimate

Q3 adjusted EPS $0.13 vs. estimate of $0.12
Q3 revenue up 5% to $131.1M vs. estimate $130.6M
Sees Q4 revenue $137M-$143M vs. estimate $136.3M

CREE Announces Smaller Bins for Warm/Neutral LEDs

Acuity Brands Completes Acquisition of Sensor Switch

GE Net drops 35%

Immelt upbeat

Valmont Announces Strong 1Q

Record 1Q sales, operating income and net earnings.

Philips Posts 1Q Loss

$78M loss
Lighting Fell 19%

Orion Lowers Expectations

Predicts sales of $71M vs. analyst expectations of $81M

EXCLUSIVE: Howard Lighting Lays Off Sales Force

Eight Lighting Poles have Failed Across the US

One commonality: Whitco

Coming to a Cobrahead Near you: Mandatory Bi-Level Dimming

Details & Definitions
Exclusions: Theatrical, Swimming Pools, Christmas Lights, Emergency Lighting, Landscape, Electrodeless Fluorescent

Best Place to Work in South Carolina? Hubbell Lighting

Beats out 250 companies including BMW

Acuity Brands Income Dips

Company cuts 200 more jobs

Philips Acquires Selecon

Orion Lightpipe Named Product of the Year

Acuity Declares Dividend

Howard Brandston vs. High Pressure Sodium

“If makeup rooms had high-pressure sodium lighting, you would end up looking like the Bride of Frankenstein”
“I happen to like trees green.”

Philips Sees Weakening in ALL Sectors

No impact from stimulus package
An "L" shaped recession

LED's Light up Chapel Hill

12-month test program

Independent LED Data Available at NLB website

AIA's Billing Index Rises Slightly

Previous month was all-time-low

President Obama gives huge Plug to Orion

"Double the life at half the energy"
Mispronounces Orion (video)

ALP Initiates Price Decrease on Plastic Products

Acuity Brands to Buy Sensor Switch

$205 Million

Cooper Acquires LED Company

Cities Rush to Get Stimulus Money for LED

At least 30 cities ask for $104M

PureSpectrum Files Patent for Cold Cathode Dimming

A Good Day!

Lighting Sciences up 22%

Orion up 21%

GE up 19%
Valmont up 11%
Cooper up 8%
Acuity up 7%
Cree up 7%

Daniel R Smith & Assoc, Sold for $4.2M

LIGHTFAIR to Offer Master's Course in Lighting, Free

Philips Honored by French Institute for MASTER LED

A single Master LED retrofit bulb uses less than 7W and can replace traditional incandescent bulbs up to 40W

The GE Stock Slide Continues

GE Stock: Lowest Price Since 1993

Immelt's buys 50,000 shares

Cheap, Transparent OLEDs

ASSIST and Nighttime Lighting

BK/Teka Get Extreme Makeover

Philips Closes US Plant

Susan Bloom, "“As a prudent company, we are constantly assessing the status of every part of the business,”

Group Formed to Focus on Cold Storage Opportunities

Ruud Lay-offs

“Thank goodness for LED”

Clinton Foundation Funds LA LEDs

GE's Immelt Turns Down 08 Bonus

Will not receive his $11.7 million long-term performance award

Valmont Beats Street Estimate

4Q net income of $28.5M, up from $23.1M a year ago
Revenue rose to $493M, above analysts' expectations of $456M

Oppenheimer Sees Acuity, Cooper Poised to Gain from Stimulus

GE probably too big to benefit

Hubbell Declares Dividend

NEMA Lighting Index Falls to 10-year Low

Lowest Index ever recorded
Index contracted 4.8% from the 3Q to 4Q,
A year-over-year decline of 11.2%

ETC Get into LED by Acquiring Selador

Lighting will be Strongest Market for CREE

San Jose to Replace LPS with LED

City is seeking $20 million to install 20,000 new lights as part of a project officials
Lights.... will alert the city automatically when they are out.
Can dim lights 30 percent from 3 a.m. to 5 a.m

Cooper Reports Dividend; Authorizes Share Repurchase

GE to Pay Dividend

$0.31 per share
Will evaluate future dividends

Orion Introduces Parking Lot Solution

Thorn Opens New Plant in UK

Secures 700 jobs

Montana Considers REQUIREMENT for LED Streetlights

Study found the payback period for new construction ranged from 3.7 years to 6.3 years

LSI Reports Dismal 4Q

Lumileds Offers Online Tool for Energy Star Application

Tool addresses the requirements of the “Chromaticity and Spatial Uniformity

The Night The Lights Went out in Georgia

Acuity Brands, Cooper, Hubbell, Philips collectively stock prices down average of 37% Since APR 08
Big Four Account for 54% of Lighting
Recommends all Four as 'potential investment candidates' (EdisonReport agrees)

Acuity Brands: "...good company operating in a terrible part of the economic cycle."

Cooper Lighting Canada Raises Prices

Hubbell Reports 6% Net Increase in 4Q

Net income in the fourth quarter of 2008 was $46.3 million compared to $48.0 million
Decline in profitability in the segment was due to weaker results in our residential lighting business

Siemens Reports Sharp 1Q Decline in Net Profit