0001104659-11-044287.txt : 20110805 0001104659-11-044287.hdr.sgml : 20110805 20110805161549 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-11-044287 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110805 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure FILED AS OF DATE: 20110805 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110805 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Morningstar, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001289419 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INVESTMENT ADVICE [6282] IRS NUMBER: 363297908 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IL FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-51280 FILM NUMBER: 111014468 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 22 WEST WASHINGTON STREET CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60602 BUSINESS PHONE: (312) 696-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 22 WEST WASHINGTON STREET CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60602 8-K 1 a11-23893_18k.htm 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  August 5, 2011

 

MORNINGSTAR, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Illinois

 

000-51280

 

36-3297908

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

22 West Washington Street
Chicago, Illinois 60602

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(312) 696-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


 

Item 7.01.     Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

The following information is included in this Current Report on Form 8-K as a result of Morningstar, Inc.’s policy regarding public disclosure of corporate information. Answers to additional inquiries, if any, that comply with this policy are scheduled to become available on September 2, 2011.

 

Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

 

This current report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements as that term is used in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on our current expectations about future events or future financial performance. Forward-looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain, and often contain words such as “may,” “could,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “seek,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” or “continue.” These statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the events we discuss not to occur or to differ significantly from what we expect. For us, these risks and uncertainties include, among others,

 

·                       general industry conditions and competition, including ongoing economic weakness and uncertainty;

·                       the effect of market volatility on revenue from asset-based fees;

·                       damage to our reputation resulting from claims made about possible conflicts of interest;

·                       liability for any losses that result from an actual or claimed breach of our fiduciary duties;

·                       the increasing concentration of data and development work carried out at our offshore facilities in China and India;

·                       failing to differentiate our products and continuously create innovative, proprietary research tools;

·                       failing to successfully integrate acquisitions;

·                       challenges faced by our non-U.S. operations; and

·                       a prolonged outage of our database and network facilities.

 

A more complete description of these risks and uncertainties can be found in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. If any of these risks and uncertainties materialize, our actual future results may vary significantly from what we expect. We do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements as a result of new information or future events.

 

Investor Questions and Answers: August 2011

 

We plan to make written responses available addressing investor questions about our business on the first Friday of every month. The following answers respond to selected questions received through August 4, 2011. We intend to answer as many questions as time allows, although we will not answer product support questions through this channel. We may wait to respond to a given question until the following month if we need more time to research the answer.

 

If you would like to submit a question, please send an e-mail to investors@morningstar.com, contact us via fax at 312-696-6009, or write to us at the following address:

 

Morningstar, Inc.

Investor Relations

22 W. Washington

Chicago, IL 60602

 

Proxy Voting

 

1.             Will your managed portfolios be voting [in the advisory vote on say on pay] at least re: your top holdings?

 

Yes, we participate in proxy votes for stock holdings that we own through our Select Stock Baskets or other stock portfolios.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

MORNINGSTAR, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

Date: August 5, 2011

By:

/s/ Scott Cooley

 

Name:

Scott Cooley

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

 

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