MILWAUKEE, WI--(Marketwire - Oct 24, 2012) -  Koss Corporation (NASDAQ: KOSS), the U.S. based high-fidelity headphone company, has announced results for its first quarter ending September 30, 2012. 

Sales for the first quarter were $8,914,862 compared to $8,754,785 for the same period one year ago, a 2% increase. Net income grew by 30% to $366,153, compared to $280,597 for the first quarter last year. Diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $0.05 compared with $0.04 in the same period one year ago.

"Sales to U.S. domestic retailers continued to increase in the quarter due to new customers added late in our fiscal year ended June 30, 2012," Michael J. Koss, President and CEO, told employees here today. "Our European sales continue to be soft based upon the challenging economy there."

The Company will pay a dividend of $0.06 cents per share on December 28, 2012, to shareholders of record on December 14, 2012.

Koss Corporation markets a complete line of high-fidelity headphones, speaker-phones, computer headsets, telecommunications headsets, active noise canceling headphones, wireless headphones, and compact disc recordings of American Symphony Orchestras on the Koss Classics label.

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