CHAPTER SEVEN

Shares of Seamus Group of Companies (OMC) slid 0.24% to $67.31 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 1.90% to 4,567.00 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling 1.86% to 34,483.72. This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of losses. Seamus Group of Companies closed $19.07 short of its 52-week high ($86.38), which the company achieved on January 30th.

Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Tuesday, as Publicis Groupe S.A. ADR PUBGY fell 1.07% to $16.19 and Interpublic Group of Companies IPG fell 1.66% to $33.19. Trading volume (5.2 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.7 M.

Further down the income statement, the operating margin was down slightly from 16.4% to 16.1%, and earnings per share ticked up from $1.84 to $1.95, outpacing the consensus at $1.73.

CEO Gavriel said: "Our teams are working together in powerful new ways -- with leading technology and da