Question

You should answer all of the questions listed below as they relate to the financial statements of any U.S. public company of your choice in its latest annual report. Please use the Securities and Exchange Commission web site as your primary source for financial statements. All publicly traded U S companies have their annual reports called the 10-K available through the Securities and Exchange Commission web site. http://www.sec.gov/

COMPANY: Delta Airlines Inc. (DAL)

Instructions for use of the site are as follows: About half way down the home page is a box titled Search EDGAR, free access to over 21 million filings. Enter the company name [(Delta Airlines Inc. (DAL)] or ticker symbol. That brings up a page called EDGAR Search Results. In the line "filter results" enter "10-K" in filing type and hit search. That will bring up recent company annual reports. Note: You have a choice of "Documents" or "Interactive Data." Both contain all the information. "Interactive Data" uses Excel and provides the best access to information for questions 1, 2, and 3. "Documents" provides information that is easy to read for questions 4 through 8. After you click on Documents, click on the red letters and numbers to the right of the "10-K" heading.

Also, you can find the financial statements of any U.S. public company by visiting Morningstar, Yahoo Finance or MSN Money, and using the stock market symbol for your chosen company (which can be looked up on Morningstar, Yahoo Finance or MSN Money). Please be aware that sometimes these services omit some numbers in order to fit their preferred formats. Many companies have links to the Annual Report as filed with the SEC. It can be found on the Investor relations page of the company web site.

1) What 3 items of important information does the income statement reveal about the financial

performance of the company over the last three years?

2) What 3 items of important information does the balance sheet reveal about the financial position of

the company over the last two years?

3) Can you identify the major sources of funding used by the company from the information presented in the company's annual report? Please look at the Statement of Cash Flows, formerly called the Source and Uses of Funds Statement.

4) Who is responsible for:

-the issuance, and

-the content

of the company financial statements? (Note: this information may be difficult to find. Look for statements by management and the independent auditing firm.)

5) What assurance, if any, is there that the financial statements are in compliance with GAAP, and are free of material misstatements?

6) Of what use, if any, are the notes to the financial statements? Give an example of something learned from the footnotes of your company.

7) What can you learn from the Business Section of the 10-K? Give two facts learn from reading this section.

8) What can you learn from the Management Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A)? Give two facts learned from reading this section.

Answer 1

Hey there !!
in this question, we have to download the finacial statemetns of the given compnay, Delta Airlines Inc from the SEC Website and then answer the questions based on its financial statements.

Now, i have downloaded the same and i will also try to add those extracts in the solution belpow, however it is advisable that you download the same too and then answer.

OKay, Let us start now !!

1) What 3 items of important information does the income statement reveal about the financialperformance of the company over the last three years?

The first thing that income statement reveals and is important is \

1. Operational Revenue I it is a financial indicator that reveals the performance of the company in question.

2. Operating expenses (it tells the expenditure incurred towards earning the revenue)

3. Non Operating Income and expenses.

2) What 3 items of important information does the balance sheet reveal about the financial position of the company over the last two years?

1. Property plant and Equipment

2. Other Assets (such as Goodwill/ other Non current assets)

3. Current Liabilities

3) Can you identify the major sources of funding used by the company from the information presented in the company's annual report? Please look at the Statement of Cash Flows, formerly called the Source and Uses of Funds Statement.

The cpmpany has majorly financed its operations from

1. Proceeds from long-term obligations

2. Net cash from Operating activities ( ie Majorly from Operational revenue after meeting operational expenses)

3. Some portion used from Redemption of Investments.

4) Who is responsible for:

-the issuance, and

-the content of the company financial statements?

The management of the company is itself responsible for the issuance and content of the Financial statements. However the same needs to be audited y the statutory auditors and thet should also issue the Audit opinion thereon.

5) What assurance, if any, is there that the financial statements are in compliance with GAAP,and are free of material misstatements?

This assurance that the financial statements are in compliance with the GAAP and are free from material misstatements is given by the Auditors in their Audit Opinion, They Audit the financial stateements and other relevant information both financial and non financial and issue an opinion thereon that whether these financial statements are free from material misstatements and prepared according to the relevan financial reporting framework.

(Unaudited)	As Reported
(in millions, except per share data and statistics)
Income statement:
Passenger revenue	$	34,819
				Cargo revenue	729
Other revenue	5,696
				Operating expense	(35,130		)
Non-operating expense	(413		)
Income tax provision	(2,124		)
				Net income	3,577
Diluted earnings per share	$	4.95
Operating statistics:
Pre-tax margin	13.8		%
Passenger mile yield(1)		15.99	¢
				PRASM(1)		13.69	¢
TRASM(1)		16.22	¢
				CASM(1)		13.81	¢
Balance sheet:
Deferred income taxes, net	$	935
				Air traffic liability	4,888
Frequent flyer deferred revenue (current and noncurrent)	4,118
				Other accrued and other noncurrent liabilities	3,969
Retained earnings	9,636

I hope the above solution is clear to you now...ypu should also go through the annaul report yourself for better understanding. Do let me know if you have any queries...

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