During Fiscal 1998, the Company Adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) No. 128 "Earnings Per Share" (EPS). The chart presented above reflects the diluted earnings per share as computed under SFAS No.128 for all periods presented.

The per-share data presented reflect the three-for-two stock splits effective September 1998 and December 1997 and the two-for-one stock splits effective February 1996 and March 1994.

*Includes purchased research and development expenses of $96 million. Pro forma diluted net income per share, excluding this nonrecurring item net of tax, would have been $0.36.

**Includes purchased research and development expenses of $508 million and realized on the sale of a minority stock investment of $153 million. Pro forma diluted net income per share, excluding these nonrecurring items net of tax, would have been $0.91.

***Includes purchased research and development expenses of $594 million and realized gains on the sale of a minority stock investment of $5 million. Pro forma diluted net income per share, excluding these nonrecurring items net of tax, would have been $1.17.