Investor Relations

As a Microsoft shareholder, you're invited to take advantage of shareholder services or to request more information about Microsoft.

Account Questions

Our transfer agent can help you with a variety of shareholder-related services, including:

• Change of address
• Lost stock certificates
• Transfer of stock to another person
• Additional administrative services

You can call our transfer agent toll-free at (800) 285-7772.

You can also write them at:
ChaseMellon Shareholder Services
P.O. Box 3315
South Hackensack, NJ
07606-1915

Or you can e-mail our transfer agent at: msft@chasemellon.com

Shareholders of record who receive more than one copy of this annual report can contact our transfer agent and arrange to have their accounts consolidated. Shareholders who own Microsoft stock through a brokerage can contact their broker to request consolidation of their accounts.

Annual Meeting

Microsoft shareholders are invited to attend our annual meeting, which will be held on Thursday, November 9, 2000 from 8 to 9 A.M. at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center, 800 Convention Place, Seattle, Washington. Parking at the Center is limited: please plan ahead if you are driving to the meeting.

Investor Relations

You can contact Microsoft's Investor Relations group any time to order financial documents such as this annual report and the Form 10-K. Call us toll-free at (800) 285-7772. [Outside the United States, call (425) 936-4400.] Or send a fax to (425) 936-8000. We can be contacted during West Coast business hours to answer investment-oriented questions about Microsoft.

In addition, you can write us at:
Investor Relations
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, Washington
98052-6399

Or better yet, send us an e-mail at: msft@microsoft.com

Freedom to Innovate Network

You are encouraged to make your voice heard in the important public policy debates that will shape the future of the technology industry by joining the Freedom to Innovate Network (FIN). The FIN is a free service that will allow you to share your views, send a letter directly to your elected officials, and receive regular issue updates on important legislation facing Microsoft. Join today by contacting the FIN at:

www.microsoft.com/freedomtoinnovate/
by e-mail at: msfin@microsoft.com,
or call 1-888-321-3999.

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