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To: Jim Somerville who wrote (183)	2/17/2000 12:33:00 PM
From: jack bittner	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275

for 1999 nt lost 15 US cents a share, and bce is spinning off .78 share per bce share. for 1999 bce earned a bit over $3US a share, so - limiting our earnings component to 1999 earnings - spinning off the 15ct loss increases 1999 BCE earnings by 12ct (.78 x 15cts). so BCE 1999 earnings ex-NT is still more a bit over $3. Mr or Ms Hopeful has been given (as i was) the wrong bce earnings by perhaps Reuters (as i was). earlier on this thread you'll see an exchange between Greg (i think) and me about this. he had the right $3 figure, i found after i checked many sources.

To: Jim Somerville who wrote (183)	2/17/2000 6:27:00 PM
From: SBHX	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275

Here's how I did my math. First of all, I have several sets of numbers for bce & NT earnings in the last 4 Q's. Please tell me if I did this wrong. quote.yahoo.com If I use yahoo's (as above), (all in us$) I get BCE 5.78, NT (0.15). If I use TD waterhouse, I get BCE 5.93, NT (0.15) Jack's number is $3 (I'm not sure where this is from, but I assume US GAAP treatment is different, so let's use it). If I use this, then I get a much higher number, so I doubt if it is correct. siliconinvestor.multexinvestor.com Each BCE gets 0.78 (subject to adjustments) NT. Closing Price Feb17th 2000 is :: NT :: 123.4375 BCE :: 122.5 BCE (ex-NT) = 122.5 - 0.78(123.4375) = 26.21875. Based on today's closing price... Here's the BCE (ex-NT) Earnings based on the three numbers : Yahoo : 5.78 + (0.780.15)= 5.90 TDW : 5.93 + (0.780.15) = 6.05 Jack : 3 + (0.780.15) = 3.12 Here's the BCE (ex-NT) P/E Yahoo : 4.4 TDW : 4.33 Jack : 8.40 P/E is < 10, whichever way you look at it.