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To: Bill Harmond who wrote (23360)	10/28/1998 10:26:00 AM
From: RFF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

William Non-cash charges like these don't mean much. Like you say, the Street cares about operating results. I think "non-cash charges" covers a wide range of things that can matter a lot. I hope you don't really believe that they don't matter. As a shareholder, I would be awfully upset if the company paid 10 times more for an acquisition than it was worth and just took a charge for the difference - anyone remember the $1.4 billion Snapple one-time charge. I think the shareholders were a little concerned about that..

To: Bill Harmond who wrote (23360)	10/28/1998 10:53:00 AM
From: SilverAG	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

Ask yourself this question William- has the PlanetAll/Junglee acquisition been good for AMZN shareholders? Has it been accretive to earnings?

To: Bill Harmond who wrote (23360)	10/28/1998 11:00:00 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

SELLING STOCKHOLDERS The following table provides certain information regarding the Selling Stockholders and the number of Shares being offered by them as of September 30, 1998. SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED PRIOR TO OFFERING ------------------------- PERCENTAGE OF SHARES COMMON BENEFICIALLY STOCK SHARES THAT MAY OWNED AFTER NAME AND ADDRESS AMOUNT OUTSTANDING BE SOLD OFFERING(1) ---------------- ------- ------------- --------------- ------------ PLANETALL MERGER Warren William Adams................ 211,907(2)(3) * 166,907 45,000 William Allocca..................... 8,578(4) * 5 8,573 Kenneth Edward Barrett.............. 1,814 * 1,814 0 Thomas Jason Black.................. 99(2) * 99 0 David Bullock....................... 6,751 * 6,751 0 Rachael Burger...................... 736(5) * 5 731 Jason Peter Butler.................. 2,661(6) * 5 2,656 Steven James Carbone................ 156 * 156 0 CMG @Ventures II, LLC............... 225,557(2) * 225,557 0 Digital Ventures Limited............ 120,952(2) * 120,952 0 Kenneth Lee Dinovo.................. 3,903(7) * 5 3,898 Steven Richard Dyer................. 4,347(8) * 5 4,342 Robert A. Ferrari................... 23 * 23 0 Stuart Gannes....................... 557 * 557 0 Nancy T. Garland.................... 1,371(9) * 5 1,366 Growth Partners..................... 6,590 * 6,590 0 John William Gurley................. 4,274 * 4,274 0 John Hummer......................... 4,274 * 4,274 0 Thomas R. Johnson................... 69 * 69 0 Alexander Kaplevatsky............... 2 * 2 0 Brian J. Kennealy................... 4,562(10) * 5 4,557 Alan Kipust......................... 3,157 * 3,157 0 James R. Lane....................... 3,076 * 3,076 0 Frank Nelson Levy................... 5,463(11) * 5 5,458 Phillip Preston Lohnes.............. 296 * 296 0 Lycos, Inc.......................... 107,377(2) * 107,377 0 Thomas Mastrocola................... 1,352 * 1,352 0 Jeffrey D. Mather................... 33 * 33 0 Gerald Phillip Michalski............ 427(2) * 427 0 John Kenneth Michaud................ 23 * 23 0 James David Mirenda................. 2,453 * 2,453 0 M. Bruce Nakao 1994 Trust 4/28/94... 977 * 977 0 Wende Lawrence Niles................ 147(12) * 5 142 Sung Kyu Park....................... 1,394 * 1,394 0 Puma Technology, Inc................ 12,824 * 12,824 0 Clive Ramsay........................ 2,255 * 2,255 0 Brian Roberts....................... 6,157 * 6,157 0 Brian David Robertson............... 86,747(2)(13) * 41,747 45,000 Henry W. Rossi...................... 2,714 * 2,714 0 11 SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED PRIOR TO OFFERING ------------------------- PERCENTAGE OF SHARES COMMON BENEFICIALLY STOCK SHARES THAT MAY OWNED AFTER NAME AND ADDRESS AMOUNT OUTSTANDING BE SOLD OFFERING(1) ---------------- ------- ------------- --------------- ------------ Bradley Alan Rowe................... 977 * 977 0 Schwartz Communications, Inc........ 1,090 * 1,090 0 Dennis Hyun Son..................... 156(2) * 156 0 Stevenson Family Investment, L.P.... 1,581 * 1,581 0 SUN Capital Partners Limited........ 39,356 * 39,356 0 Robert Blair Taylor................. 1,767 * 1,767 0 Gwendolyn M. Thompson............... 2,461 * 2,461 0 David F. Tufaro..................... 13,945(2) * 13,945 0 Sharon K. Tufaro.................... 13,945(2) * 13,945 0 Vencor & Co......................... 1,804 * 1,804 0 Scott Wilhelm....................... 867(14) * 5 862 JUNGLEE MERGER Yu Shun Chang....................... 5,412 * 5,412 0 Hon-Jane Chiu....................... 33,826 * 33,826 0 Linda Christensen................... 634 * 634 0 CMC Magnetics Corporation........... 35,179 * 35,179 0 Martin Cooper....................... 3,382 * 3,382 0 Werner O. Daghofer.................. 7,949(15) * 2,663 5,286 Dip Yah International Corporation... 2,706 * 2,706 0 Constantin S. Delivanis............. 10,148 * 10,148 0 Peter M. Donovan.................... 2,706 * 2,706 0 F&W Investments 1997................ 1,353 * 1,353 0 Gabriel Fernandez................... 1,071 * 1,071 0 Fred M. Gibbons..................... 3,664 * 3,664 0 Anbarasan P. Gounder................ 2,268(16) * 761 1,507 Ashish Gupta........................ 225,899(17) * 175,899 50,000 Masumi Hara......................... 676 * 676 0 Venkatesh Harinarayan............... 225,899(18) * 175,899 50,000 Kin Yuen Hoh........................ 1,183 * 1,183 0 Mei Chin Huang...................... 13,530 * 13,530 0 Kankaku Investment Co., Ltd......... 5,412 * 5,412 0 KIC-3 Investment Partnership........ 8,118 * 8,118 0 Kyocera Corporation................. 45,102 * 45,102 0 Yen-Nan Lee......................... 27,061 * 27,061 0 Brian Lent.......................... 7,267(19) * 5,186 2,081 Judy Ting-Lan Li.................... 2,706 * 2,706 0 Steve W. Marchette.................. 243 * 243 0 Rakesh Mathur....................... 225,899(20) * 175,899 50,000 McKinsey & Company, Inc............. 8,698 * 8,698 0 Gordon Mortensen.................... 270 * 270 0 Nichimen America, Inc............... 45,102 * 45,102 0 Nichiman Corporation (Japan)........ 45,102 * 45,102 0 Peter Norvig........................ 4,776(21) * 4,246 530 12 SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED PRIOR TO OFFERING ------------------------- PERCENTAGE OF SHARES COMMON BENEFICIALLY STOCK SHARES THAT MAY OWNED AFTER NAME AND ADDRESS AMOUNT OUTSTANDING BE SOLD OFFERING(1) ---------------- ------- ------------- --------------- ------------ Craig & Susan Olson Living Trust Dated April 15, 1997, Through its Trustees, Craig & Susan Olson....... 8,456 * 8,456 0 Zoe Oredson......................... 338 * 338 0 Nayantara H. Patel.................. 6,685(22) * 439 6,246 Yan L. Philipe...................... 6,403(23) * 338 6,065 Dallan Quass........................ 35,179 * 35,179 0 Anand Rajaraman..................... 225,899(24) * 175,899 50,000 M.R. Rangaswami..................... 10,148 * 10,148 0 Michelle L. Rife.................... 466 * 466 0 Robert C. Fitzwilson Trust.......... 4,735 * 4,735 0 Robyn Sherman....................... 2,390 * 2,390 0 Hisato Shihodo...................... 27,061 * 27,061 0 Kavitark R. Shriram(25)............. 160,274(26) * 76,448 83,826 Silicon Valley Bank................. 608 * 608 0 Damon Todd Silver................... 537(27) * 394 143 Stanford University................. 61,706 * 2,706 59,000 Sun Circle Pte. Ltd................. 2,706 * 2,706 0 Susan Jackson, Trustee of the Susan JacksonTrust dated 9/15/89.... 4,735 * 4,735 0 Trans Cosmos USA Inc................ 94,715 * 94,715 0 Tsyuoshi Taira...................... 47,357 * 47,357 0 The Washington Post Co.............. 202,961 * 202,961 0 Jeffrey D. Ullman................... 5,412 * 5,412 0 Kenneth J. Virnig................... 413 * 413 0 Win Win Venture Capital Corporation....................... 22,551 * 22,551 0 WS Investment Company............... 819 * 819 0 WS Investment Company 97B........... 819 * 819 0 Karen C. Yao........................ 2,106(28) * 1,973 133 TELEBOOK MERGER Michael J.G. Gleissner.............. 442,234(29) * 129,532 312,702 Christian Jagodzinski............... 244,940(30) * 75,676 169,264 Maria Garcia Nielson................ 5,878(31) * 3,778 2,100 Ulrike Stadler...................... 244,940(30) * 75,676 169,264 OTHER TRANSACTIONS Tracy Adams......................... 533 * 533 0 Alan R. Bailey...................... 34 * 34 0 Vladimir Sukonnik................... 1,574 * 1,574 0