Leading Brands, Inc. Announces Q2 Results

Leading Brands, Inc. LBIXannounces results for the second quarter of its 2010 fiscal year, which ended August 31, 2010. All financial amounts are denominated in Canadian dollars. Q2 net income before stock based compensation (SBC) was $632,000 or $0.16 per share versus $876,000 or $0.22 per share in the same quarter last year. Year to date net income before SBC was $1,110,000 or $0.28 per share as compared to $1,151,000 or $0.28 in the same period of fiscal 2009. Q2 net loss including SBC was $549,000 or $0.14 per share versus a net income including SBC of $809,000 or $0.20 per share in the same quarter of fiscal 2009. As explained in our July 1, 2010 Q1 news release, the Company vested certain stock options in order to dramatically reduce future SBC expenses and eliminate the volatility caused by the variable pricing formula mandated under GAAP using the Black Scholes model on those options. Consequently, the Company recorded a onetime SBC charge of $948,000 in Q2. Therefore, YTD net loss including SBC was $141,000 or $0.04 per share as compared to a net income including SBC of $1,012,000 or $0.25 last year.