Question

1. Select two companies from the same industry that are BOTH publicly traded. They need to both be traded on the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAC stock exchange. (DO NOT SELECT CLEARWATER PAPER I USE IT IN MY EXAMPLES)

2.  Upload a screenshot of the Edgar Database files at SEC.GOV that includes the 10-K files that you need to download for EACH Company. (see attached example)

3. Upload a recent article or press release for each company discussing company operations.

4. Upload a recent 8-K from the Edgar Database at SEC.GOV. The best way to download the 8-K is to print the file to a PDF. See attached example.

see example : https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1441236/000156459017024717/clw-8k_20171201.htm

Answer 1

The two companies that are selected by me are 1.IBM (International Business Machines Corp)

2.HP (Hewlett Packard Enterprise) both of which are from the same industry i.e Information technology companies and both are publicly traded.

2.Screenshots of recent Edgar files

a. IBM

b. HP

3. https://www-03.ibm.com/press/uk/en/pressrelease/53382.wss

http://www8.hp.com/us/en/hp-news/press-release.html?id=2510008#.WmncBKiWbIU

4.https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51143/000110465918003059/a18-3308_28k.htm

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47217/000004721717000040/hp-form8xk10k17.htm