Microsoft Declares Quarterly Dividend

Dividend of $0.10 per share payable in March.

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Corp. today announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.10 per share. The dividend is payable March 8, 2007 to shareholders of record on February 15, 2007. The ex-dividend date will be February 13, 2007.

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