Comments on: Wrigley, the merger, and the comment letters… http://www.footnoted.com/urge-to-merge/wrigley-the-merger-and-the-comment-letters/ Morningstar's guide to what's hiding in SEC filings Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:51:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Penelope http://www.footnoted.com/urge-to-merge/wrigley-the-merger-and-the-comment-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-5067 Penelope Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:52:35 +0000 http://www.footnoted.com/?p=1851#comment-5067 Rather than unfriendly, it just comes off as completely gutless: We don't know enough about whether you are being honest about these facts because you won't prove it to us and we just aren't going to make you. Have a nice day, please? Why can't the banks still take this attitude to just stating income on a mortgage application? ....oh, right... because none of those unverified "statements" were actually true. Boy am I glad I'm not writing these letters for a living. Nor, for that matter, counting on an unverifiable statement to be true. Just because I trust in God Doesn't mean I don't lock my car. Rather than unfriendly, it just comes off as completely gutless: We don’t know enough about whether you are being honest about these facts because you won’t prove it to us and we just aren’t going to make you. Have a nice day, please?

Why can’t the banks still take this attitude to just stating income on a mortgage application?
….oh, right… because none of those unverified “statements” were actually true.

Boy am I glad I’m not writing these letters for a living. Nor, for that matter, counting on an unverifiable statement to be true. Just because I trust in God Doesn’t mean I don’t lock my car.

]]> By: Andy http://www.footnoted.com/urge-to-merge/wrigley-the-merger-and-the-comment-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-5041 Andy Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:19:53 +0000 http://www.footnoted.com/?p=1851#comment-5041 Maybe I'm missing something, but doesn't the SEC's letter say "we have no basis to disagree with your decision to omit this information from your filing"? Then how is this letter unfriendly? I'm not the brightest person in the room, by far, so maybe someone can point me in the right direction. Thanks! Maybe I’m missing something, but doesn’t the SEC’s letter say “we have no basis to disagree with your decision to omit this information from your filing”? Then how is this letter unfriendly?

I’m not the brightest person in the room, by far, so maybe someone can point me in the right direction. Thanks!

]]> By: Cool Checks http://www.footnoted.com/urge-to-merge/wrigley-the-merger-and-the-comment-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-5038 Cool Checks Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:23:07 +0000 http://www.footnoted.com/?p=1851#comment-5038 I wonder how they are going to change Branding? I wonder how they are going to change Branding?

]]> By: Anon http://www.footnoted.com/urge-to-merge/wrigley-the-merger-and-the-comment-letters/comment-page-1/#comment-5035 Anon Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:23:20 +0000 http://www.footnoted.com/?p=1851#comment-5035 I wouldn't read too much into the letter. It was a pretty common response to companies unwilling to disclose performance targets during the SEC's executive compensation review of some 250 companies. I wouldn’t read too much into the letter. It was a pretty common response to companies unwilling to disclose performance targets during the SEC’s executive compensation review of some 250 companies.

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