Microsoft Announces Quarterly Earnings Release Date

Microsoft Corp. will release fiscal 2005 fourth quarter financial results after the close of the market on Thursday, July 21, 2005.

The company also announced it will host its Financial Analyst Meeting 2005 on Thursday, July 28, 2005. The event is expected to run from approximately
8:00 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. Pacific Time. Among the day’s presenters are Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, and several other executives who will highlight Microsoft’s business and product strategy. A live Webcast can be accessed on the Microsoft Investor Relations Web site http://www.microsoft.com/msft.

In addition, the conference will be archived on the Microsoft Investor Relations Web site under Speeches and Events, where the transcripts and slides of the presentations as well as the replay of the audio/video presentation will be made available (http://www.microsoft.com/msft/speech.mspx).

The company will also participate in the following upcoming event with the financial community. Interested parties can listen to a Webcast of this event on Microsoft’s Investor Relations Web site.