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FASTENAL CO 8-K Report, Corporate Update (Dec 28, 2007)

Filed December 28, 2007For Securities:FAST

Summary

This Form 8-K filing by Fastenal Company on December 28, 2007, primarily serves to provide XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) formatted versions of its financial statements from the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006. These statements include the Consolidated Balance Sheets, Consolidated Statements of Earnings, Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and the Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity and Comprehensive Income. It is crucial for investors to note that this filing is for testing purposes related to XBRL technology and is explicitly stated as unaudited. Investors are advised to rely on the officially filed versions of the financial statements and not on the XBRL data presented here for making investment decisions. This report does not contain new financial results or material business updates, but rather a technical presentation of previously disclosed information.

Key Highlights

  • 1Fastenal Company filed a Form 8-K on December 28, 2007.
  • 2The filing's main purpose is to provide XBRL formatted financial statements from the fiscal year 2006.
  • 3Included financial statements are the Balance Sheets, Statements of Earnings, Cash Flows, and Stockholders' Equity.
  • 4This XBRL data is for testing purposes and is considered unaudited.
  • 5Investors are cautioned to rely on the official, previously filed financial statements, not this XBRL data.
  • 6The report does not contain new operational or financial performance updates.
  • 7The filing is informational and relates to a prior fiscal year's data presentation.

Frequently Asked Questions

The main purpose of this filing is to provide Fastenal Company's audited financial statements from its 2006 Form 10-K in XBRL format for testing purposes. It is not to report new financial results or material events.

No, investors should not use the XBRL data provided in this filing for investment decisions. The filing explicitly states that the XBRL information is unaudited and for testing purposes. Investors should rely on the officially filed versions of Fastenal's financial statements.

No, this filing does not contain any new financial performance information or updates on the company's current operations. It is a re-formatting of previously disclosed 2006 financial data.

XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) is a global standard for digital business reporting. Fastenal is providing its 2006 financial statements in this format as part of a test to explore and implement this new technology for financial reporting.