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To: Bearded One who wrote (10188)	8/19/1998 6:03:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) of 74651

Not that I want to get involved in the Regimodel debate, but in one sense, Microsoft pays substantial dividends presently. According to CFO Maffei, employee options currently generate costs about equal to Microsoft earnings. A lot of stock buybacks happen to cover this. So, in some sense, essentially all currently earnings go back to shareholders as indirect dividends through this channel. The Mind of Reg(TM) will be happy to explain how Microsoft doesn't buy back stock. They, um, fund the meritorious compensation system or something like that. I'll dig up the CFO's thoughts on the matter if anyone cares. Reggie knows better, of course. Cheers, Dan.

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