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Note 14-Stockholders' Equity

 

Shares of common stock outstanding were as follows:

 

(In millions)

   

 

   

 

   

Year Ended June 30

2001

 

2002

 

2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, beginning of year

10,566

 

10,766

 

10,718

Issued

378

 

208

 

291

Repurchased

(178)

 

(256)

 

(238)

Balance, end of year

10,766

 

10,718

 

10,771

 

We repurchase our common shares primarily to manage the dilutive effects of our stock option and stock purchase plans, and other issuances of common shares. In 2002, we acquired 10.2 million of our shares as a result of a structured stock repurchase transaction entered into in 2001, which gave us the right to acquire such shares in exchange for an up-front net payment of $264 million. To enhance our stock repurchase program, we have sold put warrants to independent third parties. These put warrants entitled the holders to sell shares of our common stock to us on certain dates at specified prices. In the third quarter of fiscal 2001, we issued 5.6 million shares to settle a portion of the outstanding put warrants. At June 30, 2001, 2002, and 2003 no put warrants were outstanding. In any period, cash used in financing activities related to common stock repurchased may differ from the comparable change in Stockholders' Equity, reflecting timing differences between the recognition of share repurchase transactions and their settlement for cash.

On January 16, 2003, our Board of Directors declared an annual dividend on our common stock of $0.08 per share, payable March 7, 2003 to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 21, 2003.

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