Replies to post #68348 on Apple Inc (AAPL)

[langostino]

Reading that press release

... it's hard to believe the options mess is all tidied up. I don't buy the Mercury News story. There wasn't a single piece of factual information offered in support of the theory that Jobs is all clear.

I mean, heck, Anderson has just said that Jobs lied to him and induced him to publish a factually incorrect 10-Q on the basis of that lie. Assuming Anderson is telling the truth, how in the world could prosecutors look the other way and pretend they don't see the obvious violation?

Equally important, there is a major question here of whether Jobs was lying when he said the Board had taken official action (according to the governing by-laws) on Jan. 2. If so, then the grant date on Jan 17 is ok. But if not, then the Jan 17 date is a backdating violation (relative to the Feb. Board approval date). Was the Board "affirming" in February, or was it simply officially signing off on the grant for the first time?

[clearsailing]

I find it kinda hard to believe that Fred Anderson was mislead by Steve jobs about financial matters.

Look at Fred's professional vignette here at his new job
http://www.elevation.com/EP_IT.asp?id=82

Based on that I think he would have done a little bit of due diligence as to what he was getting and getting into.

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