MICROSOFT company • HQ address and country, phone number • Ticker symbol • Stock Exchange where comp

MICROSOFT  company • HQ address and country, phone number • Ticker symbol • Stock Exchange where company is listed and trades • IPO date/opening price of stock and difference from opening price (first day of IPO) and end of semester • Chairman full name (middle initial is fine) • CEO/president • CFO • All C-level officers • All board members and note who is “independent” • Sub committees of the board and who sits on them and who is the lead/chairman of the sub-committees • Fiscal year and fiscal quarters • Stock chart from beginning of semester “to date” – last stock quote should be “at the bell”, Friday, November 20 for those presenting Thursday Dec. 5, and Friday, December 6, for those presenting Friday, December 12. • Percentage change (%) noted on stock graph of “difference expressed as a percent” from the first day we began tracking the stock thru Nov 30.. • Significant events that “may have effected stock price” depicted on the chart at the time they occurred” • You should have assembled all press releases (you may not speak to all of them, but they should be in your report) that have occurred during the semester   •  List all 8-k filings that have occurred during the semester • You should have a “hard copy” of your annual report (10K) and the slick glossy if your company has published one. Note: some companies are cutting back on this if they are having financial struggles. • Ad firm of record (if they have one) • Outside audit firm • Total revenue from last FY (compare this to the year prior, e.g.. FY 09 to 10) • Community involvement (general description of what they do for the community with one example) • Awards/accolades during the semester the company has received, if any – could be local, could be from their industry or trade groups • Analysts names/firms • Date of earnings call (during semester or for the quarter we are studying) and who was present on call – if no earnings call, report date the stopped and why • Brand mark: Tagline and logo (and if there are examples of earlier logo’s or they have changed during the years, show a couple of the older ones). • Number of employees (full time) • Management team (listed on the SEC filings and in the annual report) • Year founded (and how many years they have been in business) • Year they went public and how many years public • Describe “core business” and product, service lines • Mission Statement • Vision Statement and Values Statement (if they have one) • Governance/Code of Conduct highlights • Corporate compliance/governance officer • Issues/articles in popular press, such as IBJ, WSJ, Inside Indiana Business SWOT Analysis: Strengths as you see them, Weaknesses as you see them, Opportunities as you see them, Threats as you see them • Stock graph (updated for the semester and thru Nov. 30) • Insider trading that has occurred during the semester (of significance), you do not need to list every single disclosure, just provide some insight into anything significant.