The global economic downturn has cut Hartleys' net profit after tax by 64 per cent to $6 million for fiscal 2009, in what has been described as a good result by the group's chairman.

The global economic downturn has cut Hartleys' net profit after tax by 64 per cent to $6 million for fiscal 2009, in what has been described as a good result by the group's chairman.