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To: Sr K who wrote (174614)	3/27/2005 10:28:30 AM
From: Sig	Respond to of 176388

Thanks SirK for finding that data It looks like Dell is not deducting the cost directly but providing a dreaded Pro-forma deduction to confuse the issue. Like we are still earning $3 bil, but if you want to allow for the cost of options it was really only 2.2 billion. OK I get it: Earnings are the same as reported before and options costs can be deducted by the investor himself if he choses to by now looking at proform earnings. And Dell can report the same excellent income as before the new regulation. Clear as mud to me. And I am not sure thats the way the SEC wanted it to look but it does save a whale of a lot of recomputing earnings for past years. businessservices.articleinsider.com Sig