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To: SteveG who wrote (8529)	12/22/1997 1:11:00 AM
From: bill c.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21342

SteveG: >> At 20% pretax margins and an approximate 50% fed + state tax rate, we'd have approx 10% post-tax margins. 10% post-tax profit on $400/line is $40/line post-tax profit. << Westell's profit margin is over 30% today, why are you using 20%? Westell falls into the 50% Fed + state tax rate? Does anyone else have an opinion on these rates "30% or 20%" and "50% tax rate". I guess 3 and 4 year contracts really don't mean much these days. A MASS market starting in 1999 really doesn't mean much either... until later. PS. If you want to compute Westell's FISCAL 1999 numbers you really should use the $500-$600/line.