Comment Letters (Reproposed Rule)
Comment Letters (Proposed Rule)
| No. | Author | Company/Organization | Date | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Comment Letter Number: 1 (PDF) | Author Mary Ellen Oliverio | Date Aug. 13, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 2 (PDF) | Author Theresa Barnett, CPA | Date Sep. 2, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 3 (PDF) | Author Anthony Hughes, Senior Pastor, Bethel Memorial AME Church; Faith Bautista, President and CEO; Robert Gnaizda, General Counsel; Mia Martinez, Chief Deputy | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     National Asian American Coalition  | 
                            Date Sep. 13, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 4 (PDF) | Author Charles J. Siegel, Senior Vice President-Finance | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation  | 
                            Date Sep. 25, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 5 (PDF) | Author Arthur J. Radin | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Radin, Glass & Co., LLP  | 
                            Date Oct. 7, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 6 (PDF) | Author Dennis R. Beresford, Executive in Residence | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     The University of Georgia, J.M. Tull School of Accounting  | 
                            Date Oct. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 7 (PDF) | Author Karim Jamal, CA Chair Professor; Shyam Sunder, James L. Frank Professor | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     University of Alberta, Alberta School of Business; Yale University, Yale School of Management  | 
                            Date Oct. 14, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 8 (PDF) | Author Steven E. Buller, Managing Director | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     BlackRock, Inc.  | 
                            Date Oct. 30, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 9 (PDF) | Author Jack Henry | Date Nov. 4, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 10 (PDF) | Author Steven Morrison, CPA, Chair, Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards Committee; Robert P. Bedwell, CPA; Donald K. Hulslander, CPA | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants  | 
                            Date Oct. 18, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 11 (PDF) | Author Nancy J. Schroeder, CPA, Chair, Financial Reporting Committee; John K. Exline, CMA, CPA, Chair, Small Business Finance and Regulatory Committee | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Institute of Management Accountants  | 
                            Date Nov. 12, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 12 (PDF) | Author John L. Pierschbacher, Investor | Date Nov. 14, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 13 (PDF) | Author Chris Barnard, Actuary | Date Nov. 18, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 14 (PDF) | Author Boh A. Dickey, CPA | Date Nov. 15, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 15 (PDF) | Author Sherman A Myers, Director, Corporate and Government Ratings; Joyce Joseph, Managing Director, Corporate & Government Ratings | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Standard & Poor's Ratings Services  | 
                            Date Nov. 21, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 16 (PDF) | Author Michael D. Feinstein, Chair, Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards Committee | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     California Society of Certified Public Accountants  | 
                            Date Nov. 25, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 17 (PDF) | Author C.H. Moore, Jr., CPA | Date Nov. 26, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 18 (PDF) | Author Tae Kim, MBA student | Date Nov. 26, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 19 (PDF) | Author Tyler L. Prince | Date Nov. 26, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 20 (PDF) | Author Kevin Gomez | Date Nov. 26, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 21 (PDF) | Author Svitlana Orekhova | Date Nov. 27, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 22 (PDF) | Author Faraz Saleem | Date Nov. 17, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 23 (PDF) | Author J. Edmunds | Date Nov. 26, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 24 (PDF) | Author S. Prabhakaran | Date Nov. 25, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 25 (PDF) | Author Lauren Craft | Date Dec. 1, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 26 (PDF) | Author Lee White, Chief Executive Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia  | 
                            Date Dec. 2, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 27 (PDF) | Author Richard D. Levy, Executive Vice President & Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Wells Fargo & Company  | 
                            Date Dec. 2, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 28 (PDF) | Author Ivy Liao | Date Nov. 26, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 29 (PDF) | Author Hasan Andalib | Date Dec. 2, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 30 (PDF) | Author Roger Harrington, Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     BP p.l.c.  | 
                            Date Dec. 3, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 31 (PDF) | Author Renee Della Ratta | Date Dec. 3, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 32 (PDF) | Author Emily Zhang | Date Nov. 26, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 33 (PDF) | Author Yoobin Liang | Date Nov. 26, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 34 (PDF) | Author Daniel C. Regis | Date Dec. 3, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 35 (PDF) | Author Ted T. Timmermans, Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Williams  | 
                            Date Dec. 4, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 36 (PDF) | Author Blythe J. McGarvie | Date Dec. 4, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 37 (PDF) | Author Jack T. Ciesielski, President | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     R.G. Associates, Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 4, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 38 (PDF) | Author Angela Butler, Vice President, Finance and Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Husky Energy Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 39 (PDF) | Author Robert F. McCullough, Audit Committee Chair; Richard K. Reece, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Acuity Brands  | 
                            Date Nov. 26, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 40 (PDF) | Author James L. Fuehrmeyer, Jr., Associate Teaching Professor | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Mendoza College of Business, Department of Accountancy, University of Notre Dame  | 
                            Date Dec. 3, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 41 (PDF) | Author Oscar Munoz, Audit Committee Chairman, Board Member | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     United Continental Holdings, Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 6, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 42 (PDF) | Author Al Swanson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Chris Herbold, Vice President-Accounting and Chief Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.  | 
                            Date Dec. 6, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 43 (PDF) | Author John R. Roberts | Date Dec. 6, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 44 (PDF) | Author Gary Sandefur, Chair OSCPA Accounting & Auditing Public Company Subcommittee; Scott Roush, Chair OSCPA Accounting & Auditing Committee | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     The Ohio Society of CPAs, Accounting & Auditing Committee, and Public Company Subcommittee  | 
                            Date Dec. 6, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 45 (PDF) | Author Frank P. Marino, Vice President, Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     UNS Energy Corp.  | 
                            Date Dec. 6, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 46 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     BBD, LLP  | 
                            Date Dec. 9, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 47 (PDF) | Author A. Brooke Seawell, Audit Committee Chairman; Earl Fry, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Administration Officer, Executive Vice President of Global Customer Support and Services | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Informatica Corporation  | 
                            Date Dec. 6, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 48 (PDF) | Author Tom Quaadman, Vice President | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness  | 
                            Date Dec. 9, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 49 (PDF) | Author Gregory Giugliano, Partner-in-Charge of Assurance Services | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Marcum LLP  | 
                            Date Dec. 9, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 50 (PDF) | Author Chris Tong, Chairman, Audit Committee; Barry R. Pearl, Chairman, Audit Committee; John Robert Sparger, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer; John R. Klein, Vice President and Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Targa Resources Corp; Targa Resources Partners LP  | 
                            Date Dec. 9, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 51 (PDF) | Author Stephen Dyer, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer; Frederick R. Thun, Vice President & Corporate Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Agrium  | 
                            Date Dec. 1, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 52 (PDF) | Author Geoff Sanders, Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. | Date Dec. 9, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 53 (PDF) | Author E. Cartier Esham, Executive Vice President, Emerging Companies | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Biotechnology Industry Organization  | 
                            Date Dec. 9, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 54 (PDF) | Author Brandon Rees, Acting Director, Office of Investment | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)  | 
                            Date Dec. 9, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 55 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     WeiserMazars LLP  | 
                            Date Dec. 9, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 56 (PDF) | Author Leon J. Level | Date Dec. 9, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 57 (PDF) | Author Lisa Roth, President | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Monahan & Roth, LLC  | 
                            Date Dec. 9, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 58 (PDF) | Author Sandra K. Brown, Chair, Professional Standards Committee | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants  | 
                            Date Dec. 10, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 59 (PDF) | Author Terrence R. Marcinko, Director Finance & Accounting, | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Aerospace Industries Association  | 
                            Date Dec. 9, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 60 (PDF) | Author Manuel Isaza, Corporate Engagement Manager - North America | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Hermes Equity Ownership Services  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 61 (PDF) | Author Loretta V. Cangialosi, Senior Vice President and Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Pfizer Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 10, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 62 (PDF) | Author Arnold Schanfield, CIA, CPA | Date Dec. 10, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 63 (PDF) | Author David York, Head of Auditing Practice | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)  | 
                            Date Dec. 10, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 64 (PDF) | Author Dr. Steven Glover, Accounting Professor, Brigham Young University; Dr. Christopher Wolfe, Accounting Professor, Texas A & M University; Brant Christensen, Ph.D candidate, Texas A & M University. | Date Dec. 2, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 65 (PDF) | Author Patrick J. McCann, Chairman, Audit Committee | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Union First Market Bankshares, Corporation  | 
                            Date Dec. 9, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 66 (PDF) | Author Carlos E. Johnson, NASBA Chair; Ken L. Bishop, NASBA President and CEO | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA)  | 
                            Date Dec. 9, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 67 (PDF) | Author Mary Kay Scucci, Managing Director | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     SIFMA  | 
                            Date Dec. 10, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 68 (PDF) | Author Mark Davies, Chair | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Auditing and Assurance Standards Board Canada  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 69 (PDF) | Author Renee Rampulla, Leader Accounting and Auditing Standards Interest Group | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants  | 
                            Date Dec. 10, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 70 (PDF) | Author Mark J. Hawkins, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Autodesk  | 
                            Date Dec. 10, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 71 (PDF) | Author Stephen V. Gold, President and Chief Executive Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity (MAPI)  | 
                            Date Dec. 10, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 72 (PDF) | Author Joseph L. Martin, Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     American Gas Association  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 73 (PDF) | Author Richard E. Wortmann, Chair, Accounting and Auditing Procedures Committee | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants  | 
                            Date Dec. 10, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 74 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     McGladrey LLP  | 
                            Date Dec. 10, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 75 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Capital Group  | 
                            Date Dec. 9, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 76 (PDF) | Author Glenda M. Schwarz, Vice President and Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     ConocoPhillips Company  | 
                            Date Dec. 10, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 77 (PDF) | Author James E. Copeland, Jr., CPA, Chair of the Audit & Finance Committee | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     ConocoPhillips Company  | 
                            Date Dec. 5, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 78 (PDF) | Author Vanessa C. L. Chang, Chair of the Audit Committee | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Edison International and Southern California Edison Company  | 
                            Date Dec. 10, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 79 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Citrin Cooperman & Company, LLP  | 
                            Date Dec. 10, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 80 (PDF) | Author J. Michael Kirkland, President | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     New York State Society of CPAs (NYSSCPA)  | 
                            Date Dec. 10, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 81 (PDF) | Author Glenn P. Barba, Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     CMS Energy Corporation and Consumers Energy Company  | 
                            Date Dec. 10, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 82 (PDF) | Author Bruce D. Sullivan, Chairman of the Audit Committee; Scott W. Holmes, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; David L. Travis, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Healthcare Realty Trust  | 
                            Date Dec. 10, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 83 (PDF) | Author Donald J. Seibel, Chief Financial Officer; Tony J. Aldridge, Accounting Vice President | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     FBL Financial Group, Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 10, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 84 (PDF) | Author Luca Maestri, Vice President and Corporate Controller; Joel Greenberg, Senior Director and Assistant Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Apple, Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 10, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 85 (PDF) | Author James D. Frias, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Executive Vice President | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Nucor Corporation  | 
                            Date Dec. 10, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 86 (PDF) | Author James Campbell, Finance Vice President and Corporate Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Intel Corporation  | 
                            Date Dec. 10, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 87 (PDF) | Author George S. Davis, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Qualcomm Incorporated  | 
                            Date Dec. 10, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 88 (PDF) | Author Chris N. Froggatt, Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     NextEra Energy, Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 10, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 89 (PDF) | Author John Corcoran, Fund President, Senior Vice President; Robert W. Uek, Chairman, MFS Funds Board Audit Committee | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     MFS Investment Management  | 
                            Date Dec. 10, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 90 (PDF) | Author Greg Swalwell | Date Dec. 10, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 91 (PDF) | Author Theodore J. Mock, University of California, Riverside; Jean Bedard, Universite Laval; Paul Coram, University of Melbourne; Reza Espahbodi, Washburn University; Rick C. Warne, George Mason University | Date Dec. 10, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 92 (PDF) | Author Chris Knibb, Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Express Scripts Holding Company  | 
                            Date Dec. 10, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 93 (PDF) | Author Carolyn D. Beaver | Date Dec. 10, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 94 (PDF) | Author Alan Siposs, Managing Director | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     FMV Capital Markets, Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 10, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 95 (PDF) | Author Paige W. Pierce, President & CEO | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     RW Smith  | 
                            Date Dec. 10, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 96 (PDF) | Author Klaus-Peter Feld, Executive Director; Wolfgang P. Bohm, Director Assurance Standards, International Affairs | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Institut der Wirtschaftsprufer (IDW)  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 97 (PDF) | Author Andre Kilesse, President; Olivier Boutellis-Taft, Chief Executive | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Federation of European Accountants (FEE)  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 98 (PDF) | Author Steve Lucas, Audit Committee Chair | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Transocean Ltd.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 99 (PDF) | Author Cynthia M. Fornelli, Executive Director | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Center for Audit Quality  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 100 (PDF) | Author Joseph A. Hemphill III, President/CEO | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Regional Brokers Inc  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 101 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Eide Bailly LLP  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 102 (PDF) | Author Steven M. West, Chair, Audit Committee | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Cisco Systems, Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 103 (PDF) | Author Sayaka Sumida, Executive Board Member-Auditing Standards | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 104 (PDF) | Author August J. Hoerrner | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Tullett Prebon  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 105 (PDF) | Author David M. Drillock, Chief Financial Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Cytec Industries Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 106 (PDF) | Author Donna M. England, Chief Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     DTE Energy Company  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 107 (PDF) | Author Frank Minard, Managing Partner | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     XT Capital Partners  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 108 (PDF) | Author Donna B. DiMaria, CEO/Principal | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Tessera Capital Partners, LLC  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 109 (PDF) | Author Joe Lydon, Managing Director, Founder | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Goal Consulting LLC  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 110 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Crowe Horwath LLP  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 111 (PDF) | Author Brian Macnamara, Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 112 (PDF) | Author Andrew Phillips | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Hamersley Partners  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 113 (PDF) | Author Monica Daggs, Vice President Compliance, CFS AML Compliance Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     CUSO Financial Services LP; Sorrento Pacific Financial, LLC  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 114 (PDF) | Author Kenneth Wolf, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Natural Alternatives International, Inc  | 
                            Date Dec. 9, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 115 (PDF) | Author Richard Galanti, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Costco Wholesale Corporation  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 116 (PDF) | Author K. Jon Taylor, Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     FirstEnergy Corp.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 117 (PDF) | Author Bob Callaghan, Partner | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Pursuit Capital Marketing, LLC  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 118 (PDF) | Author John L. Merino, Corporate Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer; Herbert C. Nappier, Staff Vice President and Corporate Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     FedEx Corporation  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 119 (PDF) | Author James Kendrick, Vice President, Accounting & Capital Policy | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Independent Community Bankers of America  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 120 (PDF) | Author James J. Gerace, CPA, Chair, Audit and Assurance Services Committee; Elizabeth J. Sloan, CPA, Vice Chair, Audit and Assurance Services Committee | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Illinois CPA Society  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 121 (PDF) | Author Robert N. Waxman, CPA | Date Dec. 11, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 122 (PDF) | Author G. Scott Speedlove, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Tesoro Corporation  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 123 (PDF) | Author J. Gordon Rhodes, President, Financial Consultant | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Rhodes Securities Incorporated  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 124 (PDF) | Author Peter M. Carlson, Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     MetLife, Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 125 (PDF) | Author George L. Yungman, Senior Vice President, Financial Standards; Christopher T. Drula, Vice President, Financial Standards | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 126 (PDF) | Author Chet Hebert, Chairman & CEO | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Colorado Financial Service Corporation  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 127 (PDF) | Author Ray Thompson, Senior Vice President/CCO/COO | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Dorsey & Company, Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 128 (PDF) | Author Pw Carey | Date Dec. 11, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 129 (PDF) | Author John F. Murphy, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     DIRECTV  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 130 (PDF) | Author Joseph M. Lawless, President | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Sentinel Brokers Company, Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 131 (PDF) | Author Joseph A. Maffia, CPA, Professor | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Hunter College Graduate Program  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 132 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Deloitte & Touche LLP  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 133 (PDF) | Author Donald A. Zakrowski, Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Eli Lilly and Company  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 134 (PDF) | Author Steve Howarth, Vice President Corporate Audit; Mary Wilcox, Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Medtronic, Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 135 (PDF) | Author Brian Fitzgibbon | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Fitzgibbon Toigo & Co. LLC  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 136 (PDF) | Author Amy Beattie, C.O.O. | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Sorrento Pacific Financial, LLC  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 137 (PDF) | Author Deborah Castiglioni, CEO | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Cutter & Company, Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 138 (PDF) | Author Chris Charles, President | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Wulff, Hansen & Co.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 139 (PDF) | Author Glenn Bradley, CPA, Chair, Emerging Standards Committee | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Kentucky Society of Certified Public Accountants  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 140 (PDF) | Author Charles L. Jacobson, Assistant Controller and Chief Accountant | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Praxair, Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 141 (PDF) | Author Robert Glenn Hubbard, Co-Chair; John L. Thornton, Co-Chair; Hal S. Scott, Director | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Committee on Capital Markets Regulation  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 142 (PDF) | Author Sam Eldessouky, Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Tyco International Ltd.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 143 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 144 (PDF) | Author Susan Ferris Wyderko, President, CEO | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Mutual Fund Directors Forum  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 145 (PDF) | Author Bruce J. Nordstrom, President | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Nordstrom & Associates, P.C.  | 
                            Date Dec. 10, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 146 (PDF) | Author Robert W. Fisher, Director of Financial Reporting | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Washington Real Estate Investment Trust  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 147 (PDF) | Author Ken Daly, President and CEO; Reatha Clark King, Chair | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     National Association of Corporate Directors  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 148 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 149 (PDF) | Author Kevin L. Cook, Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Booz Allen Hamilton  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 150 (PDF) | Author Vincent Sorgi, Vice President & Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     PPL Corporation  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 151 (PDF) | Author Wendy C. Arlin, Senior Vice President, Controller; D. Andy Meeting, Vice President, Financial Reporting | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     L Brands, Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 152 (PDF) | Author James R. Dalkin, Director, Financial Management and Assurance | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     United States Government Accountability Office (GAO)  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 153 (PDF) | Author Richard J. Dahl, Chairman, Audit Committee | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     IDACORP, Inc.; Idaho Power Company  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 154 (PDF) | Author Darrel T. Anderson, Executive Vice President, Administrative Services and Chief Financial Officer; President and Chief Financial Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     IDACORP, Inc.; Idaho Power Company  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 155 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     BDO USA, LLP  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 156 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Sullivan & Cromwell LLP  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 157 (PDF) | Author Tammy S. Mitchell, Vice President & Corporate Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 158 (PDF) | Author Jill E. Aebker, Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Tim Hortons Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 159 (PDF) | Author Michael J. Stephan, Vice President-Corporate Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     AutoNation, Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 160 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Grant Thornton LLP  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 161 (PDF) | Author Roger K. Newport, Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer; Gregory A. Hoffbauer, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     AK Steel Corporation  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 162 (PDF) | Author Barbara Roper, Director of Investor Protection | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Consumer Federation of America  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 163 (PDF) | Author Janelle Tzanetakos, Director, Financial Reporting and Technical Accounting | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 164 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     CohnReznick LLP  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 165 (PDF) | Author Bernard F. Pliska, Vice President, Corporate Controller, Principal Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Nike, Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 166 (PDF) | Author Brad Kimbrough, Executive Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Regions Financial Corporation  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 167 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 168 (PDF) | Author Katharine E Bagshaw FCA | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 169 (PDF) | Author Brent A. Woodford, Senior Vice President, Planning and Control | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     The Walt Disney Company  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 170 (PDF) | Author Kevin M. McNamara, Director and Audit Committee Chairman; Dennis Leatherby, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Tyson Foods, Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 171 (PDF) | Author Colette Rustad, Senior Vice President and Controller; Wendy Louie, Vice President, Reporting | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Goldcorp, Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 172 (PDF) | Author Raymond R. Quintin, CPA, Technical Director of A&A Professional Practices | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Cherry Bekaert LLP  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 173 (PDF) | Author Michael L. Gullette, Vice President-Accounting and Financial Management | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     American Bankers Association  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 174 (PDF) | Author Ronald P. Badie; Joseph C. Berenato; Vanessa C. L. Chang; Leonard R. Fuller; William D. Jones; James C. Miller III; Frank M. Sanchez | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     American Funds  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 175 (PDF) | Author Amy B.R. Lancellotta, Managing Director; Gregory M. Smith, Senior Director-Fund Accounting | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Independent Directors Council; Investment Company Institute  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 176 (PDF) | Author Thurman K. Case, Chief Financial Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Cirrus Logic Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 177 (PDF) | Author Henry A. Ingalls, Director, SEC Reporting and GAAP Analysis | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     PNM Resources, Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 178 (PDF) | Author Marion G. Wrobel, Vice-President, Policy and Operations | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Canadian Bankers Association  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 179 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     KPMG LLP  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 180 (PDF) | Author Mike Monahan, Senior Director, Accounting Policy | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     American Council of Life Insurers  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 181 (PDF) | Author Trevor I. Mihalik, Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Sempra Energy  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 182 (PDF) | Author Kenneth B. Robins, Treasurer, Fidelity Equity and High Income Funds; Adrien Deberghe, Treasurer, Fidelity Sector Portfolios; Stephanie Dorsey, Treasurer, Fidelity Fixed Income and Asset Allocation Funds; Jeffrey Jarczyk, EVP, Chief Accounting Office FMR | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     FMR LLC (Fidelity Investments)  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 183 (PDF) | Author Richard F. McMahon, Jr., Vice President | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Edison Electric Institute  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 184 (PDF) | Author Glenn W. Reed, Managing Director, Strategy and Finance Group | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Vanguard  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 185 (PDF) | Author Nicholas J. Satriano, Chief Accountant | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Federal Housing Finance Agency  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 186 (PDF) | Author David Wagner, Executive Managing Director and Head of Finance Affairs | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     The Clearing House Association L.L.C.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 187 (PDF) | Author Sheri M. Morris, Senior Director and Head of U.S. Fund Administration | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Invesco Advisers, Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 188 (PDF) | Author Patrick T. Mulva, Vice President and Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Exxon Mobil Corporation  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 189 (PDF) | Author Mari Buechner, President & CEO | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Coordinated Capital Securities, Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 190 (PDF) | Author Sandra Powers | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     ARK Global LLC  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 191 (PDF) | Author Liz Collins, V.P. Operations | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Financial Telesis Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 192 (PDF) | Author Jonathan Curtis, Managing Director | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Bridge Street Advisors  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 193 (PDF) | Author Robert D. Ferraro, Vice-President | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Teachers Financial Investment Corporation  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 194 (PDF) | Author Melanie Pinto, Director of Accounting Policy; Jayne Stewart, Chief Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Annaly Capital Management, Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 195 (PDF) | Author James Hoffmeister, Global Corporate Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Visa Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 196 (PDF) | Author Eleanor C. Sullivan | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Denning and Company, LLC  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 197 (PDF) | Author Jeanne Montague | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Barnard/Montague Capital Advisors  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 198 (PDF) | Author Steven V. Wilkinson, Chair of the Audit Committee | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Entergy Corporation  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 199 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Wolf & Company, P.C.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 200 (PDF) | Author Elizabeth L. Crane | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Q Advisors  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 201 (PDF) | Author Daniel H. Veatch, Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     GCA Savvian Advisors  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 202 (PDF) | Author Rick Dahl, EVP, Sorrento Pacific Financial, LLC; Chief Compliance Officer, CUSO Financial Services, LP | Date Dec. 11, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 203 (PDF) | Author Phillip G. Goff, Senior Vice President, Funds Treasurer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     TIAA-CREF  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 204 (PDF) | Author Ron M. Lissak, Managing Partner | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Catapult Advisors LLC  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 205 (PDF) | Author Joseph V. Carcello, EY and Business Alumni Professor, Executive Director-Corporate Governance Center | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     The University of Tennessee  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 206 (PDF) | Author Joseph R. Bronson, Audit Committee Chairman | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 207 (PDF) | Author Matthew J. Foehr, Vice President and Comptroller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Chevron Corporation  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 208 (PDF) | Author Gilbert F. Viets | Date Dec. 11, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 209 (PDF) | Author Stephen J. Cosgrove, Chairman, Committee on Corporate Reporting | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Financial Executives International  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 210 (PDF) | Author Andrea Forster, Corporate Controller, Principal Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     MasterCard Incorporated  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 211 (PDF) | Author Monty Garrett, Vice President-Finance | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Verizon Communications Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 212 (PDF) | Author Stacy Havener | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Havener Capital Partners LLC  | 
                            Date Dec. 12, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 213 (PDF) | Author Steven Rubenstein | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Arrow Investments, Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 12, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 214 (PDF) | Author Deborah M. Higgins, President | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Higgins Capital Management, Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 12, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 215 (PDF) | Author Donald C. Bertucio | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     GrandFund Investment Group, LLC  | 
                            Date Dec. 12, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 216 (PDF) | Author Mike Sladky, Account Executive | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Woodruff-Sawyer & Co.  | 
                            Date Dec. 12, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 217 (PDF) | Author John Cornish | Date Dec. 12, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 218 (PDF) | Author Stewart M. Kim | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     PGP Capital Advisors, LLC  | 
                            Date Dec. 12, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 219 (PDF) | Author Yves Nicolas, President, CNCC; Joseph Zorgniotti, President, CSOEC | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Compagnie Nationale des Commissaires Aux Comptes (CNCC), Conseil Superieur de l'Ordre des Experts-Comptables (CSOEC)  | 
                            Date Dec. 13, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 220 (PDF) | Author Michael R. Young, Chair, Committee on Financial Reporting | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Association of the Bar of the City of New York  | 
                            Date Dec. 9, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 221 (PDF) | Author Richard J. Noechel, Vice President and Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 222 (PDF) | Author Jeff Mahoney, General Counsel | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Council of Institutional Investors  | 
                            Date Dec. 16, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 223 (PDF) | Author R. Craig Owen, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Josh C. Anders, Vice President and Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Southwestern Energy Company  | 
                            Date Dec. 11, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 224 (PDF) | Author Robert Reilly, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Gregory Kozich, Senior Vice President and Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.  | 
                            Date Dec. 17, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 225 (PDF) | Author Richard J. Schlueter, Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Emerson  | 
                            Date Dec. 17, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 226 (PDF) | Author Lawrence J. Salva, Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller; Leonard J. Gatti, Vice President, Financial Reporting | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Comcast Corporation  | 
                            Date Dec. 18, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 227 (PDF) | Author J. Michael Cook, Chairman of the Audit Committee | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Comcast Corporation  | 
                            Date Dec. 18, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 228 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Ernst & Young LLP  | 
                            Date Dec. 18, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 229 (PDF) | Author Peter Clapman | Date Dec. 5, 2013 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 230 (PDF) | Author Brian Hunt, FCPA, FCA, Chief Executive Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Canadian Public Accountability Board  | 
                            Date Dec. 18, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 231 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP  | 
                            Date Dec. 23, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 232 (PDF) | Author Kurt N. Schacht, JD, CFA, Managing Director, Standards & Financial Markets Integrity Division; Ashwinpaul C. Sondhi, Chair, Corporate Disclosure Policy Council | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     CFA Institute  | 
                            Date Dec. 30, 2013 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 233 (PDF) | Author Darla C. Stuckey, SVP, Policy & Advocacy | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Society of Corporate Secretaries & Governance Professionals  | 
                            Date Jan. 21, 2014 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 234 (PDF) | Author Charles H. Noski, Chairman; Dina Dublon; Stephen J. Luczo; Dr. Helmut Panke | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, Microsoft Corporation  | 
                            Date Jan. 20, 2014 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 235 (PDF) | Author Cynthia M. Fornelli, Executive Director | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Center for Audit Quality  | 
                            Date Jan. 30, 2014 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 236 (PDF) | Author Robert F. Storch, Federal Deposit Insurance Company; Steven P. Merriett, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Larry Fazio, National Credit Union Administration; Kathy K. Murphy, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; National Credit Union Administration; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency  | 
                            Date Feb. 6, 2014 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 237 (PDF) | Author Anne Sheehan, Director of Corporate Governance | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     California State Teachers' Retirement System  | 
                            Date Feb. 11, 2014 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 238 (PDF) | Author Michael P. McCauley, Senior Officer, Investment Programs and Governance | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     State Board of Administration of Florida  | 
                            Date Feb. 26, 2014 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 239 (PDF) | Author Gregory M. Smith, Senior Director - Fund Accounting | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Investment Company Institute  | 
                            Date Feb. 27, 2014 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 240 (PDF) | Author Jennifer Paquette, Chief Investment Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association  | 
                            Date Feb. 27, 2014 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 241 (PDF) | Author Philip Johnson | Date Mar. 14, 2014 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 242 (PDF) | Author Jeff Mahoney, General Counsel | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Council of Institutional Investors  | 
                            Date Apr. 10, 2014 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 243 (PDF) | Author Steven P. Rasche, Chief Financial Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     The Laclede Group, Inc.  | 
                            Date Apr. 23, 2014 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 244 (PDF) | Author Michael W. Bell, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     State Street Corporation  | 
                            Date May 2, 2014 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 245 (PDF) | Author D. Keith Bell, Senior Vice President Accounting Policy | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     The Travelers Companies, Inc.  | 
                            Date May 2, 2014 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 246 (PDF) | Author Anne Simpson, Senior Portfolio Manager, Director of Global Governance | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)  | 
                            Date May 2, 2014 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 247 (PDF) | Author Pw Carey | Date May 2, 2014 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 248 (PDF) | Author Cynthia M. Fornelli, Executive Director | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Center for Audit Quality  | 
                            Date Jun. 19, 2014 | 
Comment Letters (Concept Release)
| No. | Author | Company/Organization | Date | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Comment Letter Number: 1 (PDF) | Author Cynthia M. Fornelli, Executive Director | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Center for Audit Quality  | 
                            Date Jun. 28, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 2 (PDF) | Author Douglas D. Hawkes, CPA, Audit Partner | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Hansen, Barnett & Maxwell, P.C.  | 
                            Date Jul. 1, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 3 (PDF) | Author James L. Fuehrmeyer, Jr. MBA, CPA, Associate Teaching Professor | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     University of Notre Dame, Mendoza College of Business  | 
                            Date Jul. 5, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 4 (PDF) | Author Stephen A. Zeff | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Rice University  | 
                            Date Jul. 11, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 5 (PDF) | Author Chris Barnard, Actuary | Date Jul. 21, 2011 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 6 (PDF) | Author Dennis R. Beresford, Ernst & Young Executive Professor of Accounting | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     The University of Georgia, J. M. Tull School of Accounting  | 
                            Date Jul. 21, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 7 (PDF) | Author Ralph S. Saul | Date Jul. 22, 2011 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 8 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     BerryDunn  | 
                            Date Aug. 5, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 9 (PDF) | Author Mike Mayo, CFA; Chris Spahr, CFA | Date Aug. 24, 2011 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 10 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Auditing Standards Committee, Auditing Section - American Accounting Association  | 
                            Date Sep. 1, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 11 (PDF) | Author Robert P. Bedwell, CPA, Chair, Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards Committee; Deborah R. Fabbri, CPA; Edward Eager, CPA | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA)  | 
                            Date Jul. 15, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 12 (PDF) | Author Arthur Siegel | Date Sep. 8, 2011 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 13 (PDF) | Author Gilbert F. Viets | Date Sep. 9, 2011 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 13 (PDF) | Author Howard Wolosky | Date Aug. 19, 2011 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 14 (PDF) | Author Tom Quaadman, Vice President | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness (CCMC)  | 
                            Date Sep. 14, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 15 (PDF) | Author Jeff Mahoney, General Counsel | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Council of Institutional Investors  | 
                            Date Sep. 19, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 16 (PDF) | Author Arthur J. Radin, CPA | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Radin, Glass & Co., LLP  | 
                            Date Sep. 19, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 17 (PDF) | Author Matthew J. Foehr, Vice President and Comptroller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Chevron Corporation  | 
                            Date Sep. 21, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 18 (PDF) | Author Harvey L. Wagner, Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     FirstEnergy  | 
                            Date Sep. 23, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 19 (PDF) | Author Paula M. Young, CPA, Leader, Accounting and Auditing Standards Interest Group | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants (NJSCPA)  | 
                            Date Sep. 22, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 20 (PDF) | Author Michael Hemingway | Date Sep. 24, 2011 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 21 (PDF) | Author Thomas P. O'Connor, Certified Public Accountant | Date Sep. 30, 2011 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 22 (PDF) | Author Scott E. Green, CPA, CMA | Date Sep. 26, 2011 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 23 (PDF) | Author Allan Cohen, Financial Reporting Committee; Irvin Andre Alexander, III, Small Business Financial & Regulatory Affairs Committee | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Institute of Management Accountants  | 
                            Date Sep. 22, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 24 (PDF) | Author Victoria D. Harker, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     The AES Corporation  | 
                            Date Sep. 26, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 25 (PDF) | Author Howard B. Levy, Sr. Principal and Director, Technical Services | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Piercy Bowler Taylor & Kern, Certified Public Accountants  | 
                            Date Sep. 26, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 26 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     BKD, LLP  | 
                            Date Sep. 26, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 27 (PDF) | Author Robert K. Gudbranson, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     INVACARE  | 
                            Date Sep. 8, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 28 (PDF) | Author Charles L. Jacobson, Assistant Controller and Chief Accountant | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Praxair, Inc.  | 
                            Date Sep. 27, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 29 (PDF) | Author Mary Ellen Oliverio, CPA | Date Sep. 24, 2011 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 30 (PDF) | Author Susan K. Tonner, Assistant Vice President, Acquisition Policy | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Aerospace Industries Association (AIA)  | 
                            Date Sep. 27, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 31 (PDF) | Author Loretta V. Cangialosi, Senior Vice President and Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Pfizer Inc.  | 
                            Date Sep. 27, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 32 (PDF) | Author Richard E. Piluso, President; Michele Amato; Robert W. Berliner; Jan C. Herringer; Julian E. Jacoby; Renee Mikalopas-Cassidy; William M. Stocker III | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA)  | 
                            Date Sep. 27, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 33 (PDF) | Author Chris N. Froggatt, Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     NextEra Energy, Inc  | 
                            Date Sep. 27, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 34 (PDF) | Author Darren Brady, Manager | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Hermes Equity Ownership Services Limited  | 
                            Date Sep. 28, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 35 (PDF) | Author Edward F. Smith MBA and CPA, Adjunct Professor | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     St. John's University  | 
                            Date Sep. 28, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 36 (PDF) | Author Vicki Corbett, Senior Vice President and Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Unum Group  | 
                            Date Sep. 28, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 37 (PDF) | Author James J. Malerba, Executive Vice President and Corporate Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     State Street  | 
                            Date Sep. 28, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 38 (PDF) | Author Michael T. Daggett, CPA, Chair; David A. Costello, CPA, President & CEO | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA)  | 
                            Date Sep. 28, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 39 (PDF) | Author John P. Rielly, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Hess Corporation  | 
                            Date Sep. 28, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 40 (PDF) | Author Bruce Winter, FCA, Chair | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AASB)  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 41 (PDF) | Author Richard J. Schlueter, Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Emerson  | 
                            Date Sep. 28, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 42 (PDF) | Author Rajan Parmeswar, Aetna Inc., Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer; Mary T. Hoeltzel, CIGNA Corporation, Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer; et al. | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Aetna Inc., CIGNA Corporation, Humana Inc., UnitedHealth Group Incorporated, and WellPoint Inc.  | 
                            Date Sep. 28, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 43 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C.  | 
                            Date Sep. 28, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 44 (PDF) | Author Vanessa C.L. Chang | Date Sep. 28, 2011 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 45 (PDF) | Author William W. Sihler, MBA, DBA, Ronald E. Trzcinski Professor of Business Administration | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     University of Virginia  | 
                            Date Sep. 23, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 46 (PDF) | Author Joseph Bronson, Principal & CEO of the Bronson Group, LLC, Chairman of the Audit Committee, Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.  | 
                            Date Sep. 27, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 47 (PDF) | Author Lee White, Executive General Manager - Members | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia  | 
                            Date Sep. 28, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 48 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Financial Reporting Council (FRC)  | 
                            Date Sep. 29, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 49 (PDF) | Author Robert J. Sonnelitter, CPA | Date Sep. 28, 2011 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 50 (PDF) | Author James Kendrick, Vice President, Accounting & Capital Policy | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA)  | 
                            Date Sep. 29, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 51 (PDF) | Author Carol B. Tomé, Chief Financial Officer & EVP - Corporate Services | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     The Home Depot, Inc.  | 
                            Date Sep. 29, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 52 (PDF) | Author Everardo Goyanes, Chairman of the Audit Committee; J. Taft Symonds, Member of the Audit Committee; Christopher M. Temple, Member of Audit Committee; et al. | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.  | 
                            Date Sep. 28, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 53 (PDF) | Author Hon. Barbara H. Franklin, Chairman; Kenneth Daly, President and CEO | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD)  | 
                            Date Sep. 27, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 54 (PDF) | Author Lawrence Boysen, Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     CNA Financial Corporation (CNA)  | 
                            Date Sep. 29, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 55 (PDF) | Author Elyse Douglas, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     The Hertz Corporation  | 
                            Date Sep. 29, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 56 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     McGladrey & Pullen, LLP  | 
                            Date Sep. 29, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 57 (PDF) | Author Douglas J. Anderson, CPA, CIA | Date Sep. 29, 2011 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 58 (PDF) | Author Howard Sibelman, Chair, Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards Committee | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     California Society of Certified Public Accountants (CalCPA)  | 
                            Date Sep. 29, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 59 (PDF) | Author Patti McKee, CPA, EVP, Chief Financial Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     ViewPoint Bank  | 
                            Date Sep. 29, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 60 (PDF) | Author Glenn P. Barba, Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     CMS Energy Corporation and Consumers Energy Company  | 
                            Date Sep. 29, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 61 (PDF) | Author Jennifer Paquette, Chief Investment Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association (Colorado PERA)  | 
                            Date Sep. 29, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 62 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Crowe Horwath LLP  | 
                            Date Sep. 29, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 63 (PDF) | Author Certain members of the PCAOB's Investor Advisory Group | Date Sep. 29, 2011 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 64 (PDF) | Author Joseph R. Bronson, Chair, Audit Committee of the Board of Directors; John W. Prosser, Jr., Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.  | 
                            Date Sep. 29, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 65 (PDF) | Author Tomasz Walkosz | Date Sep. 29, 2011 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 66 (PDF) | Author Jose Simon, Vice President and Controller, Piedmont Natural Gas, Chairman of the American Gas Association Accounting Advisory Council | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     American Gas Association (AGA)  | 
                            Date Sep. 29, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 67 (PDF) | Author Diane L. Ford, Vice President and Corporate Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Integrys Energy Group, Inc.  | 
                            Date Sep. 29, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 68 (PDF) | Author Patrick T. Mulva, Vice President and Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Exxon Mobile Corporation  | 
                            Date Sep. 29, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 69 (PDF) | Author Alex Malley FCPA, Chief Executive Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     CPA Australia  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 70 (PDF) | Author Suzanne Hamlet Shatto | Date Sep. 30, 2011 | |
| Comment Letter Number: 71 (PDF) | Author Richard F. Chambers, CIA, CGAP, CCSA, President and Chief Executive Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 72 (PDF) | Author Klaus-Peter Feld, Executive Director; Wolfgang P. Böhm, Director, International Affairs | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Institute Der Wirtschaftsprüfer  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 73 (PDF) | Author James D. Frias, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Executive Vice President | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Nucor Corporation  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 74 (PDF) | Author John Doyle, Vice President & Comptroller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Liberty Mutual Group  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 75 (PDF) | Author Richard F. McMahon, Jr., Vice President | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Edison Electric Institute  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 76 (PDF) | Author John M. Ferrari, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     United Therapeutics Corporation  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 77 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     KPMG LLP  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 78 (PDF) | Author Michal J. McGuire, Chief Financial Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd.  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 79 (PDF) | Author Philip Johnson, FEE President | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Federation of European Accountants (FEE)  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 80 (PDF) | Author William C. Hines, Chair, Financial Reporting Committee, Risk Management and Financial Reporting Council | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     American Academy of Actuaries  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 81 (PDF) | Author Marsha A. Schulte, Vice President, Finance and Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Rockwell Collins, Inc.  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 82 (PDF) | Author Dorothy A. Berry, Chair, IDC Governing Council | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Independent Directors Council (IDC)  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 83 (PDF) | Author Gerald W. McEntee, International President | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 84 (PDF) | Author James R. Dalkin, Director, Financial Management and Assurance | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     United States Government Accountability Office (GAO)  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 85 (PDF) | Author Dr. Peter Baumgartner, Chair Executive Committee; Denise Laufer, Policy Manager | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     SwissHoldings  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 86 (PDF) | Author Kevin V. Wydra, CPA, Chair, Audit and Assurance Services Committee; James J. Gerace, CPA, Vice Chair, Audit and Assurance Services Committee | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Illinois CPA Society  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 87 (PDF) | Author Gregory M. Smith, Director - Operations/Fund Accounting | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Investment Company Institute  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 88 (PDF) | Author Tammy S. Mitchell, Vice President & Corporate Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 89 (PDF) | Author Jack T. Ciesielski, CPA, CFA, President | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     R.G. Associates, Inc.  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 90 (PDF) | Author Bernard G. Dvorak, Senior Vice President & Co-Chief Financial Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Liberty Global, Inc. (LGI)  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 91 (PDF) | Author Brian M. Beattie, Chief Financial Officer; Sujit Kankanwadi, Director, Accounting | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Synopsys, Inc.  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 92 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 93 (PDF) | Author David W. Lambert, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc.  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 94 (PDF) | Author Stuart B. Burgdoerfer, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer; Wendy C. Arlin, Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Limited Brands, Inc.  | 
                            Date Sep. 29, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 95 (PDF) | Author Kenneth N. Heintz, Corporate Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Northrop Grumman  | 
                            Date Sep. 29, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 96 (PDF) | Author Carleen C. Kohut, Chief Operating Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     National Retail Federation  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 97 (PDF) | Author Cynthia M. Fornelli, Executive Director | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Center for Audit Quality  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 98 (PDF) | Author Anne G. Waleski, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Markel Corporation  | 
                            Date Sep. 28, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 99 (PDF) | Author D. Paul Dascoli, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial and Treasurer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Express, Inc.  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 100 (PDF) | Author Vincent Sorgi, Vice President and Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     PPL Corporation  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 101 (PDF) | Author Alan F. Eisenberg, Executive Vice President, Emerging Companies and Business Development | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 102 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     BDO USA, LLP  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 103 (PDF) | Author Damon A. Silvers, Director of Policy & Special Counsel | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 104 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Deloitte & Touche LLP  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 105 (PDF) | Author Thomas R. Donahue, Chief Financial Officer; Denis McAuley III, Principal Accounting Officer; Sally Lion, Manager, External Reporting | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Federated Investors, Inc.  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 106 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin & Company LLP  | 
                            Date Sep. 28, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 107 (PDF) | Author Casey Chroust, Executive Vice President, Retail Operations | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA)  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 108 (PDF) | Author Nicholas J. Satriano, Chief Accountant, Federal Housing Finance Agency | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 109 (PDF) | Author Kenneth B. Robins, Treasurer, Fidelity Equity and High Income Funds; John R. Hebble, Treasurer, Fidelity Fixed Income and Asset Allocation Funds; Jeffrey Jarczyk, Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     FMR LLC (Fidelity)  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 110 (PDF) | Author Martin Fenton, Chairman | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Senior Resource Group (SRG)  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 111 (PDF) | Author Matthew J. Peel, CPA, Director of Accounting Research | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Cole Real Estate Investments  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 112 (PDF) | Author Richard H. Fleming, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     USG Corporation  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 113 (PDF) | Author Scott D. Hamilton, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     CC Media Holdings, Inc.  | 
                            Date Sep. 29, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 114 (PDF) | Author Al Swanson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Don O'Shea, Chief Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     PAA Natural Gas Storage  | 
                            Date Sep. 29, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 115 (PDF) | Author Arnold C. Hanish, Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly)  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 116 (PDF) | Author Fatima Alali | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     California State University Fullerton  | 
                            Date Sep. 24, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 117 (PDF) | Author Paula A. Kuykendall, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Hilton Worldwide, Inc.  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 118 (PDF) | Author Michael L. Gullette, Vice President - Accounting and Financial Management | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     American Bankers Association (ABA)  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 119 (PDF) | Author Arlen O. Glenewinkel, Vice President and Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Tesoro Corporation  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 120 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Sullivan & Cromwell LLP  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 121 (PDF) | Author Betsy Rafael, Vice President and Corporate Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Apple Inc.  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 122 (PDF) | Author James M. Brown, Senior Vice President & Principal Financial Officer - The Capital Group Companies; Brian D. Bullard, Senior Vice President - Fund Business Management Group - Capital Research and Management Company; et al. | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Capital Research and Management Company  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 123 (PDF) | Author Henry A. Ingalls, Director, SEC Reporting and GAAP Analysis | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     PNM Resources, Inc.  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 124 (PDF) | Author Bernard F. Pliska, Vice President, Corporate Controller, Principal Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     NIKE, Inc.  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 125 (PDF) | Author Peter M. Carlson, Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     MetLife, Inc.  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 126 (PDF) | Author Philip B. Pacino, CPA, Chairman, Accounting Principles and Auditing Procedures Committee | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants, Inc.  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 127 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Grant Thornton LLP  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 128 (PDF) | Author Steven E. Buller, Managing Director | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     BlackRock Inc.  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 129 (PDF) | Author Kevin A. Nowlan, Vice President and Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Meritor, Inc.  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 130 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Ernst & Young LLP  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 131 (PDF) | Author Katharine E Bagshaw FCA, ICAEW Audit and Assurance Faculty | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 132 (PDF) | Author Loretta V. Cangialosi, Chair, Committee on Corporate Reporting | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Financial Executives International (FEI)  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 133 (PDF) | Author Stacy Loretz-Congdon, Chief Financial Officer; Christopher Miller, Chief Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Core Mark Holding Company, Inc.  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 134 (PDF) | Author James Campbell, Vice President, Corporate Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Intel Corporation  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 135 (PDF) | Author Brian Bluhm, CPA, Director of Assurance Services | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Eide Bailly LLP  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 136 (PDF) | Author Kurt P. Kuehn, Chief Financial Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS)  | 
                            Date Sep. 27, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 137 (PDF) | Author Paul Rohan, CPA, Partner, Director of Financial Reporting and Quality Control | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     UHY LLP  | 
                            Date Sep. 29, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 138 (PDF) | Author Paul G. Haaga, Jr., Chairman of the Board | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Capital Research and Management Company  | 
                            Date Sep. 29, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 139 (PDF) | Author David York, Head of Auditing Practice | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 140 (PDF) | Author Ashley Vandiar, Project Director - Assurance, Ethics and Members Advice | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA)  | 
                            Date Oct. 3, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 141 (PDF) | Author John A Park, Corporate Controller | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY Mellon)  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 142 (PDF) | Author Joseph M. Buonaiuto, Senior Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     American Electric Power Company, Inc. (AEP)  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 143 (PDF) | Author Kurt N. Schacht, JD, CFA, Managing Director, Standards & Financial Markets Integrity Division; Gerald I. White, CFA, Chair, Corporate Disclosure Policy Council | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     CFA Institute  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 144 (PDF) | Author John N. Iannuccillo, Vice President, Research Analyst | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Dodge & Cox  | 
                            Date Sep. 30, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 145 (PDF) | Author Jamie C. Wohlert, CPA, 2011-2012 Chair, VSCPA Accounting & Auditing Advisory Committee | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants (VSCPA)  | 
                            Date Oct. 5, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 146 (PDF) | Author William H. Baribault, Chairman | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Oakwood Enterprises  | 
                            Date Oct. 6, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 147 (PDF) | Author Brian Hunt, FCA, Chief Executive Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Canadian Public Accountability Board (CPAB)  | 
                            Date Oct. 6, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 148 (PDF) | Author Gus Sauter, Managing Director and Chief Investiment Officer; Glenn Reed, Managing Director, Strategy and Finance Group | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Vanguard  | 
                            Date Oct. 12, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 149 (PDF) | Author | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP  | 
                            Date Oct. 14, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 150 (PDF) | Author Anne Simpson, Senior Portfolio Manager, Investment Office, Head of Corporate Governance | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)  | 
                            Date Oct. 20, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 151 (PDF) | Author Robert F. Storch, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Steven P. Merriett, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Larry Fazio, National Credit Union Administration; Kathy K. Murphy, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; National Credit Union Administration; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency  | 
                            Date Nov. 7, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 152 (PDF) | Author Nicolas Grabar, Chair; Adam E. Fleisher, Secretary | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     The Financial Reporting Committee and the Securities Regulation Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York  | 
                            Date Oct. 7, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 153 (PDF) | Author Latosha Dickinson, CPA, Vice President, Controller of Financial Reporting | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Northrim Bank  | 
                            Date Dec. 1, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 154 (PDF) | Author Scott E. Kuechle, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Goodrich Corporation  | 
                            Date Dec. 13, 2011 | 
| Comment Letter Number: 155 (PDF) | Author Robert B. Lamm, Chair, Securities Law Committee | 
                                    Company/Organization
                                     Society of Corporate Secretaries & Governance Professionals  | 
                            Date Dec. 20, 2011 | 
                            
 
 
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