Northrup Grumman has been something of a frequent flyer here at footnoted. All the way back in 2005, we wrote about its thrice (now quadruple-retired) CFO Charles Noski. There’s also been overly generous consulting deals for other top executives, elite health benefits for former executives, and other lavish retirements. So when we came across this [...]

We’re never REALLY surprised at the things that wind up in what we’ve come to call the Friday Night Dump — that 90 minute period after the markets close on a Friday, but the SEC remains open for filings. Our own research shows that nearly 9% of all 8Ks filed in a given week are [...]

Google's proxy had lots of interesting tidbits, including new details on payments to Stanford University and the Series D raise by 23andme in December 2012.

Microsoft reported "record" third quarter earnings on Thursday. In the same release, it also announced that its CFO was leaving. An hour later, it filed a second 8-K.

ConEd's recent proxy provides details on bonuses paid to the company's top execs as a result of Superstorm Sandy and several other significant events.

As you’ve probably heard by now, on Tuesday afternoon the SEC said that companies (and the CEOs who run them) can happily tweet and post to Facebook and other social media sites to their hearts’ content. Prompted in  large part by a boastful posting on Facebook last July by Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, the SEC [...]

Casinos aren’t exactly known for minimalism. Nor are many of the people who run them. Even so, the money that Wynn Resorts (WYNN) has lavished on Linda Chen, president of Wynn International Marketing, still seems beyond the norm. We’ve footnoted in the past about some of the excesses at Wynn (see here and here) and [...]

The devil's in the details in Best Buy's agreement with founder and former Chairman and CEO Howard Schulze. Some details are serious and others seem downright silly.

Lululemon's recall of see-through yoga pants have been generating lots of headlines. But in the midst of this, the company decided to give its top executives a bump in their bonuses.

In the annals of executive decorating, the disclosure in IBM’s proxy statement filed earlier this week, probably doesn’t rank quite as high as former Tyco CEO Dennis Koslowski’s $6,000 shower curtain or former Merrill Lynch CEO Jon Thain’s $35,000 commode. But that’s only because we’re lacking some of the details on what IBM spent $1.03 [...]

The merger proxy filed by HJ Heinz provides some interesting details on its $23 billion deal with Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital.

Marsh & McLennan's former CEO gets 2 Ipads, an Iphone, a Blackberry and a Bloomberg terminal as part of his parting gifts.

Whirlpool's stock has been on a tear lately, climbing over 40% in the past six months. So a new disclosure about concerns over deficit spending seems a bit unusual.

Late Friday, heading into the three day weekend, Solera Holdings disclosed an agreement to rent a luxury ranch in Jackson Hole, Wy. from a company owned by its CEO.

Long in the works, our new site features deeper content, real-time updates, improved searchability, complete archival access, better organization, and a more user-friendly experience.

Late Friday, less than 20 minutes before the SEC closed for the week, Google (GOOG) filed this 8-K, which quickly had the interwebs a-buzzing. Within minutes of the filing, CNBC tweeted this alert. Two heavyweight tech sites, TechCrunch and AllThingsD quickly followed. And then the deluge began. To be sure, the filing was very interesting. [...]

Back in October, Google's third quarter earnings were accidentally released too early, creating a market meltdown that prompted Google's stock to drop over 10% in one day. Now the company is making sure that doesn't happen again.

Everywhere you turn these days, people seem to be talking about the “long tail” — in entertainment, in search, in insurance (where it’s been used for years). Colloquially, it tends to mean that there’s a pattern or tendency for a small but significant number of events or data-points to occur long after (or well away [...]

In January 2011, we forecast 10 takeover targets. Three companies on that list were acquired by April 2011, giving us a 3 for 10 record. Now, almost two years later, a fourth company on that list was acquired.

It's only January 18, but we've already found a strong candidate for our annual worst footnote of the year contest: the sendoff for the outgoing Executive Chairman at for-profit education company Apollo Group may prove tough to beat.

Given that it’s only 18 days after the year began, it may be a wee bit premature to declare a winner of the worst footnote for 2013. Still this 8-K filed by Apollo Group (APOL) last night, is already in the running. Now Apollo, the for-profit education company that is best known for the University [...]

For the past week, we’ve been reading various wrap-ups of 2012. Among our favorites was this Wired piece, which in addition to other interesting stats, found that Americans spent 520 billion minutes on their mobile devices just in the month of July. We’re a bit more focused on our particular slice of the world: SEC [...]

For the past week, we’ve been reading various wrap-ups of 2012. Among our favorites was this Wired piece, which in addition to other interesting stats, found that Americans spent 520 billion minutes on their mobile devices just in the month of July. We’re a bit more focused on our particular slice of the world: SEC [...]

Here at footnoted we do things a bit differently than the Oscars or any of those other silly awards shows. Rather than make you sit through endless recaps and teary-eyed speeches, we’re just going to announce the winner: General Electric (GE), which won the coveted worst footnote of 2012 award for this disclosure filed back [...]

Here at footnoted we do things a bit differently than the Oscars or any of those other silly awards shows. Rather than make you sit through endless recaps and teary-eyed speeches, we’re just going to announce the winner: General Electric (GE), which won the coveted worst footnote of 2012 award for this disclosure filed back [...]

As we count down to the end of the year, we always like to reflect on the year that was in footnotes. As with past years, there really was no shortage of crazy disclosures that we found buried in the footnotes. This year, we had such a hard time trying to narrow the results to [...]

As we count down to the end of the year, we always like to reflect on the year that was in footnotes. As with past years, there really was no shortage of crazy disclosures that we found buried in the footnotes. This year, we had such a hard time trying to narrow the results to [...]

Two weeks ago, Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) filed its 10-Q. While much of the filing was pretty similar to their prior 10-Q, there were a few seemingly minor new disclosures that we picked up on and included in our weekly Red Flag Alert that we sent out to footnotedPro subscribers. As with most of what we [...]

Two weeks ago, Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) filed its 10-Q. While much of the filing was pretty similar to their prior 10-Q, there were a few seemingly minor new disclosures that we picked up on and included in our weekly Red Flag Alert that we sent out to footnotedPro subscribers. As with most of what we [...]

Here at footnoted, we’re always fascinated by the things that companies take to the Friday night dump — that magical window on a Friday night after the market closes, but the SEC remains open. It’s no coincidence that the number of 8Ks filed during those 90 minutes is significantly higher than any other 90 minute [...]