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STOCK PRICE INFORMATION, ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES, DIVIDENDS, AND STOCK PERFORMANCE

QUARTERLY STOCK PRICE

Our common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol MSFT. On July 27, 2009, there were 142,468 registered holders of record of our common stock. The high and low common stock sales prices per share were as follows:

Quarter Ended Sep. 30 Dec. 31 Mar. 31 June 30 Year
Fiscal year 2009
Common stock price per share:
High $28.50 $27.47 $21.00 $24.34 $28.50
Low $23.50 $17.50 $14.87 $18.18 $14.87
Fiscal year 2008
Common stock price per share:
High $31.84 $37.50 $35.96 $32.10 $37.50
Low $27.51 $29.29 $26.87 $27.11 $26.87

SHARE REPURCHASES AND DIVIDENDS

Share Repurchases

On September 22, 2008, we announced the completion of the two repurchase programs approved by our Board of Directors during the first quarter of fiscal year 2007 to buy back up to $40.0 billion of Microsoft common stock. On September 22, 2008, we also announced that our Board of Directors approved a new share repurchase program authorizing up to $40.0 billion in share repurchases with an expiration date of September 30, 2013. As of June 30, 2009, approximately $34.5 billion remained of the $40.0 billion approved repurchase amount. All repurchases were made using cash resources. The repurchase program may be suspended or discontinued at any time without prior notice.

We repurchased the following shares of common stock under the above-described repurchase plans:

(In millions)
Year Ended June 30,
2009(a)
2008(b)
2007(c)
Shares Amount Shares Amount Shares Amount
First quarter 223 $5,966 81 $(2,348 285 $(6,965
Second quarter 95 2,234 120 4,081 205 6,037
Third quarter 30 1,020 238 6,744
Fourth quarter 171 4,975 243 7,367
Total 318 $8,200 402 $12,424 971 $27,113
(a) Of the 318 million shares of common stock repurchased in fiscal year 2009, 101 million shares were repurchased for $2.7 billion under the repurchase plan approved by our Board of Directors during the first quarter of fiscal year 2007. The remaining shares were repurchased under the repurchase plan approved by our Board of Directors on September 22, 2008.
(b) All shares repurchased in fiscal year 2008 were repurchased under the repurchase plan approved by our Board of Directors on July 20, 2006.
(c) Of the 971 million shares of common stock repurchased in fiscal year 2007, 155 million shares were repurchased for $3.8 billion under our tender offer in the first quarter of fiscal year 2007. The remaining shares were repurchased under the repurchase plan approved by our Board of Directors on July 20, 2006.

Dividends

In fiscal year 2009, our Board of Directors declared the following dividends:

Declaration Date Dividend
Per Share
Record Date Total Amount
(in millions)
Payment Date
September 19, 2008 $0.13 November 20, 2008 $1,157 December 11, 2008
December 10, 2008 $0.13 February 19, 2009 $1,155 March 12, 2009
March 9, 2009 $0.13 May 21, 2009 $1,158 June 18, 2009
June 10, 2009 $0.13 August 20, 2009 $1,158 September 10, 2009

In fiscal year 2008, our Board of Directors declared the following dividends:

Declaration Date Dividend
Per Share
Record Date Total Amount
(in millions)
Payment Date
September 12, 2007 $0.11 November 15, 2007 $1,034 December 13, 2007
December 19, 2007 $0.11 February 21, 2008 $1,023 March 13, 2008
March 17, 2008 $0.11 May 15, 2008 $1,020 June 12, 2008
June 11, 2008 $0.11 August 21, 2008 $((998 September 11, 2008

STOCK PERFORMANCE

COMPARISON OF 5 YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN*
Among Microsoft Corporation, The S&P 500 Index
And The NASDAQ Computer Index

Total Return

Total Cumulative Return*
6/04 6/05 6/06 6/07 6/08 6/09
Microsoft Corporation 100.00 97.64 92.80 118.99 112.68 99.74
S&P 500 100.00 106.32 115.50 139.28 121.01 89.29
NASDAQ Computer 100.00 100.87 101.08 127.78 117.51 98.39

* $100 invested on 6/30/03 in stock or index-including reinvestment of dividends.