Cardinal’s SEC request
Executive Summary
Wholesaler receives an SEC request for "historical financial and related information," including information on the accounting treatment of a $22 mil. settlement in vitamin price-fixing litigation. Cardinal describes the request as part of an "informal inquiry" and says it is "highly confident in its accounting and financial disclosure practices, and intends to cooperate fully." Questions about the timing of Cardinal's recognition of the settlement funds were raised in April by the Wall Street Journal (1"The Pink Sheet" April 14, 2003, p. 28)...