Navistar's 7.5% '11 bonds fell two points to 95 1/4 after the company postponed a meeting in New York with security analysts and shareholders because of a delay in its 2005 earnings. A Navistar spokesman said auditors had not yet signed off on the company's 2005 results. "It takes time to sign off with the auditors," he said. "We had scheduled an analyst meeting several months ago. We assumed that they would have been ready by this time." It generally takes longer for auditors to sign off on financial results," he said. "In today's climate with Sarbanes Oxley everyone takes more time [to sign off] compared to five years ago."
He added that the 2005 financial results will be announced on completion of the company's external audit and that the company expects to file its 10-K on time in January.