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To: A. A. LaFountain III who wrote (62166)	6/17/1999 4:52:00 PM
From: grok	Respond to of 1574261

Very helpful, Tad. I wish that SI would post your reply somewhere so that all the threads could read it since there seems to be so much confusion on these things.

To: A. A. LaFountain III who wrote (62166)	6/17/1999 6:10:00 PM
From: Kevin K. Spurway	Respond to of 1574261

Re: "I'm not a lawyer (and I don't even portray one on television). But it's my understanding that the quiet period is not legally mandated. Instead, it is a convention adopted by companies to protect themselves (and think about it - otherwise, they would be bombarded with calls from analysts and investors attempting to ferret out a nuance [or more] that would provide an incremental understanding about the results to be reported)." Yes. There's nothing in any securities law that I'm aware of that mandates (or even mentions) a quiet period. Kevin