169. On 17 December 1982, IBM issued a management briefing about its proposal to establish the C Plan. The briefing stated

"The new plan underlines IBM's continuing objectives to compare favourably with other leading companies and to satisfy employees' long-term benefit needs."

Three of the complainants see this (and other examples I have quoted) as part of "multitudes of management messages that all significant IBM benefits were and would be competitive."

 Also a lot of others he has not quoted.