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Help Tip: How to search for preferability letters?

Disclosed by Exhibit 18 are the Preferability letters which as you know are changes in the accounting policies relating to goodwill. The SECAnalyzer™, offers you a simple way to search for keywords within exhibits. In this case, we would search for specific keywords within exhibit 18 to find research about Preferability letters that were released.

Interestingly enough not all companies release Preferability letters after making changes. But don’t worry, we have you covered there too! Most of these companies state their changes within the footnote: accounting policies. You can easily search for specific keywords within footnotes just like exhibits. Allowing you to find all those nitty gritty details without breaking a sweat.

Please take a look at the step by step process below:
1. From the search panel, select ‘Form types, Sections, Notes to Financials, Exhibits & Contracts’.
2. Click on ‘Exhibits’ and select ‘EX-18 LETTER RE CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES’.
3. Enter your desired keywords in the Keyword/Concept search box and select the dates you’d like to search within.
4. Click ‘Search’.

Alternatively, if the company has not released a Preferability letter:
1. From the search panel, select ‘Form types, Sections, Notes to Financials, Exhibits & Contracts’.
2. Click on ‘Form Types’ and select 10-K & 10-Q (hold ctrl key to select multiple items)
3. Click on ‘Notes to Financial’ and select ‘Accounting Policies’.
4. Enter your desired keywords in the Keyword/Concept search box and select the dates you’d like to search within.
5. Click ‘Search’.