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To: S.C. Barnard who wrote (18096)2/25/1998 11:56:00 PM
From: aftab  Respond to of 97611
 
Quiet period is time between the merger agreement between the two Co's and formal approvals by the regulatory authorities. It is illegal under SEC rules for the two merging companies to make specific statements about forward earnings,plans and other financial info on the basis of merged entity.



To: S.C. Barnard who wrote (18096)2/26/1998 7:45:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 97611
 
scba: For one thing, after the 'quite period' Eckhard will be able to come out and calm the fears of the market by giving investors what his strategy is for the new merged-entity and other information that might shed some positive light on the 'deal'.