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Microsoft Announces Quarterly Earnings Release Date and Upcoming Events for the Financial Community

REDMOND, Wash., Dec. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. will publish fiscal year 2012 second-quarter financial results after the close of the market on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012 on the Microsoft Investor Relations Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/investor. A live webcast of the earnings conference call will be made available at 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time on the Microsoft Investor Relations Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/investor.

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The company will also participate in the following event for the financial community:

    JP Morgan Tech Forum at the 2012
     International CES
    Tuesday, January 10, 2012
    11:00 a.m. PT
    Bill Koefoed, general manager,
     Investor Relations

    Nomura at the 2012 International
     CES
    Tuesday, January 10, 2012
    1:10 p.m. PT
    Tami Reller, corporate vice
     president & CFO, Windows and
     Windows Live Division

Interested parties can listen to a webcast of these events on the Microsoft Investor Relations Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/investor.

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

SOURCE Microsoft Corp.