ITEM 10. Directors
and Executive Officers of the Registrant
Information with respect to Directors
may be found under the caption "Election of Directors and Management
Information" of our Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to
be held November
11, 2003 (the "Proxy Statement"). Such information is incorporated
herein by reference.
The information in the Proxy
Statement set forth under the caption "Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership
Reporting Compliance" is incorporated herein by reference.
We have adopted the Microsoft Finance
Code of Professional Conduct (the "finance code of ethics"), a code of ethics that
applies to our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Corporate
Controller and other finance organization employees. The finance code of ethics
is publicly available on our website at www.microsoft.com/investor. If we make any
substantive amendments to the finance code of ethics or grant any waiver,
including any implicit waiver, from a provision of the code to our Chief
Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Corporate Controller, we will
disclose the nature of such amendment or waiver on that website or in a report
on Form 8-K.
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