I imagine that they had the ad made up ahead of time, and gave the go-ahead
to run it as soon as they heard from ISS.
At 12:30 PM 3/6/2002 -0600, Cynthia Fowler wrote:
>How did they get it in to the paper so fast? Did they know about this
>ahead of time? Just wondering.......
>
>Cynthia Bridges-Fowler
>North American Salt Company
>a division of Compass Minerals Group
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>http://www.compassminerals.com/
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> >>> Tom Brandt <[log in to unmask]> 03/06/02 12:05PM >>>
>Actually, it's two full pages facing each other in section A of the Detroit
>News.
>
>The left-hand side has large white letters on a black background saying
>"Top Independent Proxy Advisor Backs HP/Compaq Merger".
>
>The right-hand side is black letters on a white background, saying that ISS
>"has recommended that its clients vote for the merger of HP and Compaq."
>
>In bold type, all caps, it says "if you previously voted against the
>mergert, you have every right to change your vote", and then lists some
>phone numbers to call.
>
>There is more text, but these were the main points of the ad.
>
>Assuming this ad ran in newspapers in every large metropolitan area, it
>must have cost HP a young fortune.
>
>
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