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To: brushwud who wrote (144136)	9/26/2001 12:47:03 AM
From: wanna_bmw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Brushwud, Re: "It doesn't add to shareholder value to take $20 cash which could earn $.60/year and convert it into INTC shares that won't earn that much this year or next. It actually dilutes EPS." So you don't think that INTC has 3% growth potential over the next two years? Frankly, I don't think the majority of the investment world would agree with you. wanna_bmw

To: brushwud who wrote (144136)	9/26/2001 1:10:59 AM
From: Tushar Patel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

This share buyback is kinda interesting. Intel has been spending a lot of money buying back shares but the total number of shares outstanding has actually been slightly increasing lately. 1991 6525 1992 6697 1993 6688 1994 6608 1995 6568 1996 6568 1997 6512 1998 6630 1999 6668 2000 6712 Is all this money (~4B/year) being spent to repurchase shares that get sold to employees at a discount (and does this include options that get exercised or just shares purchased through employee stock purchase plan)? Or is there something else going on?