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Which Public Companies Do We Research? How Do We Choose? Representative Coverage List 2012-2016 Which Public Companies Do We Research? How Do We Choose? On the next pages we list over 1,000 of more than Doing it yourself, you’d have to track your 9,000 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests FOIA requests from time you first file them, all we filed on public companies since 2012. On this the way through administrative appeals. page we explain how we choose those companies to research and what’s involved in doing so. You also have to be comfortable with the possibility anyone could learn you filed a FOIA request. Probes Reporter files about 2,500 individual Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests Public companies could easily find out you each year, primarily with with the SEC. filed a FOIA request on them. Your competitors could too. With Probes Reporter, We choose companies to research using screening it’s only our name that’s on file. methodology developed over time. That includes red flags that can make a company at risk of an SEC In short, you must know what to ask for, on which probe. We combine this with anticipated subscriber companies, how often to ask, covering what time interest and specific requests made by our all- period, and how to interpret the wide array of access clients to pick companies to research. Any responses you are likely to receive. company with securities of any kind registered for trading in the US is a candidate for us to research. Probes Reporter does all of this for you. Since June 2000, our FOIA requests have Here are some other interesting items from our sought records on nearly 4,000 individual history of filing FOIA requests – public companies. They span all market sectors and capitalizations. We started out in 2000. We were previously known as SEC Insight / Disclosure Insight. It takes a serious commitment of resources to use the FOIA on your own as a research tool. One We did not count the number of cannot simply send the SEC a list of companies and administrative appeals we’ve filed. It’s easily ask for all records on that list. You have to file an well over one thousand. individual FOIA request for each company. In October 2004, we filed litigation against the Since 2000, we filed over 25,000 individual SEC for failure to comply with the FOIA. FOIA requests with the SEC (Yes, we counted. By March 2016, the exact number was 25,417). Again, since 2000, we have filed over 25,000 requests on nearly 4,000 individual public You have to make sure you have the company’s companies. The listing on the following pages name correct, in the manner in which the SEC is merely gives you a sense of some of those likely to have it in their systems. Name changes, researched since 2012, when we became Probes and M&A activity can easily throw-off your results. Reporter. © 2016 Probes Reporter, LLC All rights reserved. www.probesreporter.com [email protected] Page 1 Spring, 2016 Below are over 1,000 of the public companies Alliant Techsystems, Inc. ATK on which we filed over 9,000 FOIA requests Allied World Assurance Co Holdings, AG AWH since 2012. Allstate Corp. ALL Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ALNY 1-800-Flowers.com Incorporated FLWS Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. ANR Alteva, Inc. fka, Warwick Valley Telephone Company ALTV 3D Systems Corp. DDD Aluminum Corporation Of China Limited ACH 3SBio Inc. SSRX Ambassadors Group, Inc. EPAX AAON, Inc, AAON Aaron's Inc. AAN AMCOL International Corp. ACO Amedisys, Inc. AMED Abbott Laboratories ABT American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc AXL Abiomed, Inc. ABMD American Capital Agency Corp. AGNC Acacia Research Corp. ACTG American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. AEO Accelrys, Inc. ACCL American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. AEL Accretive Health, Inc. AH American Financial Group, Inc. AFG ACE Limited ACE American International Group, Inc. AIG ACI Worldwide, Inc. ACIW American National Insurance Co. ANAT Acorda Therapeutics Inc. ACOR Activision Blizzard, Inc. ATVI American Railcar Industries, Inc. ARII American Science & Engineering Inc. ASEI Acuity Brands, Inc. AYI American Tower Corp AMT Adobe Systems Inc. ADBE American Woodmark Corporation AMWD Advance Auto Parts Inc. AAP Amerigas Partners LP APU Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMD Amerisource Bergen ABC Advent Software Inc. ADVS Ames National Corporation ATLO Aecom Technology Corp ACM Amgen Inc. AMGN AEP Industries, Inc. AEPI Aeropostale Inc. ARO Ampco Pittsburgh Corp AP AMR Corporation AMR AeroVironment Inc. AVAV Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. AMLN Aetna, Inc. AET Analog Devices, Inc. ADI Affiliated Managers Group Inc. AMG Anaren Inc. ANEN AFLAC Inc AFL Anchor Bancorp Wisconsin Inc. ABCW Agilent Technologies Inc. A AngioDynamics Inc. ANGO AGL Resources, Inc. AGL Annaly Capital Management Inc. NLY Air Lease Corporation AL Antero Resources Corporation AR Air Products & Chemicals Inc. APD AO Smith Corp. AOS Aircastle LTD AYR Aon Corp AON AK Steel Holding Corporation AKS Apartment Investment & Management Co AIV Akorn, Inc. AKRX Apollo Global Management, LLC APO Alaska Air Group Inc. ALK Apollo Investment Corp. AINV Albemarle Corporation ALB Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. AIT Alcoa Inc. AA Applied Micro Circuits Corporation AMCC Alere Inc., fka Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. ALR Aptargroup Inc. ATR Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. ARE Arbitron Inc. ARB Alico, Inc. ALCO Arch Coal, Inc. ACI Alkermes Inc. ALKS Arctic Cat Inc ACAT Allegheny Technologies Incorporated ATI Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. ARNA Allergan, Inc. AGN Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. AGII Alliance Data Systems Corporation ADS Arkansas Best Corp. ABFS Alliancebernstein Holding LP AB Array Biopharma, Inc. ARRY © 2016 Probes Reporter, LLC All rights reserved. www.probesreporter.com [email protected] Page 2 Spring, 2016 Arrow Electronics Inc. ARW Blackbaud Inc. BLKB Arthur J Gallagher & Co. AJG Blackstone Group L.P. BX Aruba Networks Inc. ARUN Blue Nile, Inc. NILE Ascena Retail Group Inc. ASNA BMC Software, Inc. BMC AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc. ASIA Bob Evans Farms, Inc. BOBE Aspen Technology Inc. AZPN BofI Holding, Inc. BOFI Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. ALC Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp BAH Astec Industries, Inc. ASTE BorgWarner, Inc. BWA Astrazenaca PLC AZN Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc. BPFH Athenahealth Inc. ATHN Boston Scientific Corp BSX Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc AAWW Bottomline Technologies Inc. EPAY Atmel Corp. ATML Boyd Gaming Corporation BYD Atmos Energy Corp. ATO Brady Corp BRC AuRico Gold Inc GRS BRE Properties Inc BRE Autodesk, Inc. ADSK Bridgepoint Education Inc. BPI Automatic Data Processing Inc. ADP Brightpoint, Inc. CELL Autozone Inc. AZO Brink's Co. BCO Avago Technologies Limited AVGO Bristow Group, Inc. BRS Avery Dennison Corporation AVY Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. BR Avis Budget Group, Inc. CAR Brookdale Senior Living Inc. BKD AVX Corp. AVX Brooks Automation Inc BRKS Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. AXS Brown Shoe Co., Inc. BWS AZZ Inc. AZZ Brunswick Corp. BC Babcook & Wilcox Co. BWC Buckeye Partners LP BPL Baidu, Inc. BIDU Buckle, Inc. BKE Baker Michael Corporation BKR Builders FirstSource, Inc. BLDR Ball Corporation BLL Burger King Worldwide, Inc. BKW BancFirst Corp. BANF Cabela's, Inc. CAB Bank of Commerce Holdings BOCH Cabot Corp. CBT Bank of New York Mellon Corp BK Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. COG BankFinancial Corporation BFIN CACI International, Inc. CACI BankUnited, Inc. BKU Cadence Pharmaceuticals Inc. CADX Barnes & Noble Inc. BKS CAI International Inc. CAP Barrick Gold Corp. ABX Calavo Growers, Inc. CVGW Baxter International, Inc. BAX California Pizza Kitchen Inc. CPKI BCE Inc BCE California Water Service Group CWT Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. BECN Callidus Software Inc. CALD bebe stores, inc. BEBE Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. CALM Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. BBBY Camco Financial Corporation CAFI Belo Corporation BLC Cameco Corporation CCJ Benchmark Electronics Inc. BHE Campus Crest Communities Inc. CCG Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK.B Canadian Pacific Railway LTD CP Berry Petroleum Co BRY Capital City Bank Group CCBG BHP Billiton Ltd. BHP CapitalSource, Inc. CSE Bill Barrett Corp BBG Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. CFFN Bio Reference Laboratories Inc. BRLI Captial Southwest Corp CSWC BioMed Realty Trust Inc. BMR Cardinal Financial Corporation CFNL BioTime Inc. BTX Cardinal Health, Inc. CAH Black Box Corporation BBOX Carlisle Companies Incorporated CSL © 2016 Probes Reporter, LLC All rights reserved. www.probesreporter.com [email protected] Page 3 Spring, 2016 Carmax, Inc. KMX Clarcor Inc CLC Carnival Corp. CCL Clean Harbors, Inc. CLH Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. CRZO Clearwater Paper Corp. CLW Cascade Corp. CASC Cleco Corp CNL Cash America International, Inc. CSH Clinical Data Inc. CLDA Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc. CHSI CME Group Inc. CME Caterpillar Inc. CAT CMS Energy Corp. CMS Cato Corp CATO CNA Financial Corporation CNA Cbeyond, Inc. CBEY CNO Financial Group, Inc. CNO CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. CBL Cobalt International Energy Inc. CIE CBRL Group, Inc. CBRL Coca Cola Bottling Co Consolidated COKE CDK Global, Inc. CDK Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. CCE CEC Entertainment, Inc. CEC Coeur D Alene Mines Corp. CDE Celanese Corporation CE Cogent, Inc. COGT Cell Therapeutics, Inc. CTIC Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation CTSH Center Bancorp Inc. CNBC Cohu, Inc. COHU Centex Corporation CTX Colfax Corp CFX Central European Media Enteprises LTD CETV Colonial Properties Trust CLP Central Vermont Public service Corp. CV Comcast Corp CMCSA Cenveo Inc. CVO Comfort Systems USA Inc. FIX Ceradyne, Inc. 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