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To: johnd who wrote (31291)4/25/2000 12:32:00 PM
From: broken_cookie  Respond to of 50167
 
John,

I don't know. Further research or clarification is needed. Any M&A experts out there?



To: johnd who wrote (31291)4/25/2000 1:04:00 PM
From: broken_cookie  Respond to of 50167
 
John,

Found the text for SAB 96.

Looks like 6 months is the usual standard. So, not until July 7th at the earliest.

sec.gov

The staff generally has not questioned the use of pooling-of-
interests accounting as a result of reacquisitions of treasury
stock made more than six months after the combination is
consummated in circumstances in which there is no evidence that
the reacquisitions of treasury stock were planned transactions.