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The foregoing procedures are substantially less in scope than an examination, the objective of which is the
expression of an opinion on management's assumptions, the pro forma adjustments, and the application of
those adjustments to historical financial information. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion. The
foregoing procedures would not necessarily reveal matters of significance with respect to the comments in
the following paragraph. Accordingly, we make no representation about the sufficiency of such procedures
for your purposes.
8. Nothing came to our attention as a result of the procedures specified in paragraph 7, however, that
caused us to believe that the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements referred to
in 7a included in the registration statement do not comply as to form in all material respects with the
applicable accounting requirements of rule 11-02 of Regulation S-X and that the pro forma adjustments
have not been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those statements. Had we
performed additional procedures or had we made an examination of the pro forma condensed
consolidated financial statements, other matters might have come to our attention that would have been
reported to you.
Example E: Comments on a Financial Forecast
6. Example E is applicable when accountants are asked to comment on a financial forecast (see paragraph
.44). The material in this example is intended to be inserted between paragraphs 6 and 7 in example A. The
example assumes that the accountants have previously reported on the compilation of the financial forecast
and that the report is attached to the letter (see paragraph .29 and example O).
7. At your request, we performed the following procedure with respect to the forecasted consolidated
balance sheet and consolidated statements of income and cash flows as of December 31, 19X6, and for
the year then ending. With respect to forecasted rental income, we compared the occupancy statistics
about expected demand for rental of the housing units to statistics for existing comparable properties and
found them to be the same.
8. Because the procedure described above does not constitute an examination of prospective financial
statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, we do
not express an opinion on whether the prospective financial statements are presented in conformity with
AT section 301, Financial Forecasts and Projections, presentation guidelines or on whether the underlying
assumptions provide a reasonable basis for the presentation.
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