The department store group described marketconditions as "difficult" and said the economic weakness in the UK could hit its performance in the second half of the financial year.
But a collective agreement meant to set broad marketconditions crosses antitrust lines, and the Department of Justice sued Apple and the five publishers in April of this year.
Finally, pricing restrictions may be removed entirely if Verisign demonstrates to the Commerce Department's satisfaction that marketconditions no longer warrant such restrictions.