July 20, 2004
What: Microsoft Corp. will hold a teleconference to discuss its announcement of a transition to a quarterly dividend, a four-year stock buyback plan and a special dividend to shareholders.
Transcript: Read a transcript of the teleconference.
NOTE: The company will be discussing quarterly results for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2004 or guidance for fiscal year 2005. The company will be announcing its quarterly earnings after market close on July 22, and all discussion of those topics will be deferred until that time.
Who: Bill Gates, chairman of the board and chief software architect; Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer; John Connors, senior vice president and chief financial officer; and Brad Smith, senior vice president and general counsel
When: Tuesday, July 20, 2004
The news conference call will begin at 2 p.m. PDT (5 p.m. EDT).
News Conference Call-In Information
United States: (888) 315-6116 Pass code: Microsoft
International: (712) 257-2114 Pass code: Microsoft
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Audio Replay Information
An audio replay of the news conference will be available approximately one hour after the conference call has ended, until 11:59 p.m. PDT (2:59 a.m. EDT) July 28, 2004.
Replay Call-In Numbers
United States: (866) 465-1311
International: (203) 369-1427
(No pass code is required for either of the replay numbers.)
Feed Information
Domestic Feed
16:30–16:45 Eastern
KU — AMC 9/Transponder 17 — downlink frequency = 12040 (V)
C-Band — Intelsat A-5 (formerly Telstar 5)/Transponder 23 — downlink frequency = 4160 (V)
International Feed
20:30 GMT (13:30 Pacific, 16:30 Eastern)
Note: This is a digital feed, and all this information will be needed to downlink the signal.
Satellite: Intelsat 60 degrees east — digital
Transponder: 38/38 Ch1-A
Downlink frequency: 4161.5 Mhz
Downlink polarization: left-hand circular
Bandwidth: 9 Mhz
Symbol rate: 5.632 Ms/S
Fec: 3/4
Encoding: Tiernan Mpeg2-Nds-compatible
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