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15
The following table provides information about our purchases during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005 of equity
securities that are registered by the Company pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Fiscal Period
Total Number of
Shares
Purchased
Average Price
Paid per Share(1)
Total Number of
Shares Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced Plans or
Programs (2)
Approximate Dollar
Value of Shares that
May Yet Be Purchased
Under the Plans or
Programs (2)
October 30, 2005—November 26, 2005 ...... 1,449,103 $ 23.29 1,449,103 $ 1,472,685,000
November 27, 2005—December 31, 2005 .... 2,825,409 $ 22.98 2,825,409 $ 1,407,750,000
January 1, 2006—January 28, 2006 .......... 2,660,800 $ 22.55 2,660,800 $ 1,347,751,000
Total for Fourth Quarter of Fiscal 2005 ..... 6,935,312 $ 22.88 6,935,312 $ 1,347,751,000
(1) Average price paid per share includes commissions and is rounded to the nearest two decimal places.
(2) On March 4, 2004, we announced that our Board of Directors approved the repurchase by us of up to $1 billion of our
common stock. That stock repurchase program was completed before its original expiration date of January 28, 2006. On
October 7, 2005, we announced that our Board of Directors approved the repurchase of an additional $1.5 billion of our
common stock through February 2, 2008 following the completion of our $1.0 billion repurchase program.
Item 6. Selected Financial Data
The information required by this Item is attached as Appendix A.
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The information required by this Item is attached as part of Appendix B.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
The information required by this Item is attached as part of Appendix B.
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
The information required by this Item is attached as Appendix C.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
1. Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Company’s management, with the participation of its chief executive officer and chief financial officer,
evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of January 28, 2006. Based on this evaluation, the Company’s
chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that, as of January 28, 2006, the Company’s disclosure
controls and procedures were (1) designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to the Company’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer by others
within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report was being prepared and (2) effective, in that they
provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or
submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time
periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms.