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Employee Stock and Savings Plans

Employee Stock Purchase Plan
The Company has an employee stock purchase plan for all eligible employees. Under the plan, shares of the Company’s common stock may be purchased at six-month intervals at 85% of the lower of the fair market value on the first or the last day of each six-month period. Employees may purchase shares having a value not exceeding 10% of their gross compensation during an offering period. During 1999, 2000, and 2001, employees purchased 2.7 million, 2.5 million, and 5.7 million shares at average prices of $52.59, $72.38, and $36.87 per share. At June 30, 2001, 62.7 million shares were reserved for future issuance.

Savings Plan
The Company has a savings plan, which qualifies under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. Participating employees may contribute up to 15% of their pretax salary, but not more than statutory limits. The Company contributes fifty cents for each dollar a participant contributes, with a maximum contribution of 3% of a participant’s earnings. Matching contributions were $49 million, $65 million, and $86 million in 1999, 2000, and 2001.

Stock Option Plans
The Company has stock option plans for directors, officers, and employees, which provide for nonqualified and incentive stock options. Options granted prior to 1995 generally vest over four and one-half years and expire 10 years from the date of grant. Options granted between 1995 and 2000 generally vest over four and one-half years and expire seven years from the date of grant, while certain options vest either over four and one-half years or over seven and one-half years and expire after 10 years. Options granted during 2001vest over four and one-half years and expire 10 years from the date of grant. At June 30, 2001, options for 331 million shares were vested and 550 million shares were available for future grants under the plans.

Stock options outstanding were as follows:

       
     
 
     
             
Balance, June 30, 1998 893   $  0.56 $ 43.63   $11.94  
  Granted 78   45.59 83.28   54.62  
  Exercised (175 ) 0.56 53.63   6.29  
  Canceled (30 ) 4.25 74.28   21.06  

         
Balance, June 30, 1999 766   0.56 83.28   23.87  
  Granted 304   65.56 119.13   79.87  
  Exercised (198 ) 0.56 82.94   9.54  
  Canceled (40 ) 4.63 116.56   36.50  

         
Balance, June 30, 2000 832   0.56 119.13   41.23  
  Granted 224 41.50 80.00 60.84  
  Exercised (123 ) 0.59 85.81 11.13  
  Canceled (35 ) 13.83 119.13 63.57  

         
Balance, June 30, 2001 898 0.56 119.13 49.54  

 

For various price ranges, weighted average characteristics of outstanding stock options at June 30, 2001 were as follows:

         
     
 
 
 
   

 
 
$  0.56 $    5.97 73 1.6 $  4.75 67 $  4.71
5.98 13.62 75 1.3 11.01 72 11.02
13.63 29.80 110 3.0 15.06 92 14.92
29.81 43.62 84 3.6 32.20 52 32.08
43.63 60.00 191 7.8 55.82 25 53.17
60.01 83.28 210 6.1 68.28 11 69.20
83.29 119.13 155 5.5 89.91 12 87.39

 
 

The Company follows Accounting Principles Board Opinion 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, to account for stock option and employee stock purchase plans. An alternative method of accounting for stock options is SFAS 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation. Under SFAS 123, employee stock options are valued at grant date using the Black-Scholes valuation model, and this compensation cost is recognized ratably over the vesting period. Had compensation cost for the Company’s stock option and employee stock purchase plans been determined as prescribed by SFAS 123, pro forma income statements for 1999, 2000, and 2001 would have been as follows:

     
 



                         
Revenue $ 19,747 $ 19,747 $ 22,956 $ 22,956 $ 25,296 $ 25,296
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenue 2,814 3,013 3,002 3,277 3,455 3,775
  Research and                        
  development 2,970 3,479 3,772 4,814 4,379 6,106
Sales and marketing 3,238 3,445 4,126 4,468 4,885 5,888
  General and                        
  administrative 715 841 1,050 1,284 857 1,184

    Total operating                        
  expenses 9,737 10,778 11,950 13,843 13,576 16,953

Operating income 10,010 8,969 11,006 9,113 11,720 8,343
Losses on equity                        
investees and other (70 ) (70 ) (57 ) (57 ) (159 ) (159 )
Investment                        
  income/(loss) 1,951 1,951 3,326 3,326 (36 ) (36 )

Income before income                        
taxes 11,891 10,850 14,275 12,382 11,525 8,148
Provision for income                        
  taxes 4,106 3,741 4,854 4,210 3,804 2,689

Income before                        
  accounting change 7,785 7,109 9,421 8,172 7,721 5,459
Cumulative effect                        
of accounting change (375 ) (375 )

Net income $ 7,785 $ 7,109 $ 9,421 $ 8,172 $ 7,346 $ 5,084

Basic earnings per                                    
  share $ 1.54 $ 1.41 $ 1.81 $ 1.57 $ 1.38 $ 0.95

Diluted earnings per                                    
share $ 1.42 $ 1.30 $ 1.70 $ 1.48 $ 1.32 $ 0.91

The weighted average Black-Scholes value of options granted under the stock option plans during 1999, 2000, and 2001 was $20.90, $36.67, and $29.31. Value was estimated using a weighted average expected life of 5.0 years in 1999, 6.2 years in 2000, and 6.4 years in 2001, no dividends, volatility of .32 in 1999, .33 in 2000, and .39 in 2001, and risk-free interest rates of 4.9%, 6.2%, and 5.3% in 1999, 2000, and 2001.

 
 
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