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Armstrong World Industries rearranges the gym…

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Instead of nibbling on chocolates or checking out the President’s Day sales last weekend, the footnoted staff settled in at our computers with a nice long list of SEC filings.
While the second pot of coffee brewed, we found this 8-K that Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (AWI) filed at 4:39 p.m. last Friday.  Armstrong, which is based [...]

More AIG to start the new year…

Monday, January 4th, 2010

In some ways, it seems a bit sad to do the very first footnoted post of 2010 on AIG (AIG), which so dominated the news in 2009. But since the company filed one of the last 8Ks on Thursday afternoon, we just couldn’t ignore it for the sake of starting the year off with a [...]

On Chattem Execs and retention bonuses…

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

While business often slows down at many companies during the holiday season, that doesn’t appear to have been the case at Chattem, Inc. (CHTT), where the company’s attorneys have been filing a flurry of documents with the SEC related to its deal announced last Monday to be acquired by Sanofi-aventis (SNY). Sanofi, however, which is [...]

Sprint’s Brust gets reward for staying…

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

Here’s another pearl from the pre-holiday filings dump: on Wednesday afternoon Sprint (S) filed this 8-K that detailed an additional $50K bonus a month starting in May. That’s when Brust’s initial employment agreement is set to expire.
Footnoted regulars may remember that Brust, the former CFO at Eastman Kodak (EK) who came out of retirement to [...]

The details behind Berkshire’s deal for Burlington…

Monday, December 28th, 2009

Last month, when Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) announced its plans to buy Burlington Northern Sante Fe (BNI), several stories, including this one hinted at how quickly the deal came together. If memory serves, one story that I can’t seem to find said the deal came together in just 10 days — which seems like some sort [...]