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outside this process may result in an earnings
charge for any difference between the grant price
and the price as of the monthly approval date.
Do you recall, was there any discussion in
the May 200l timeframe among Apple's board members
as to the accounting treatment for options?
A. None that I recall.
Q. Did you ever have a discussion that you can
recall with Ms. Heinen about the reasons for such an
earnings charge?
A. Not that I can recall.
Q. Do you recall ever discussing with anyone
at Apple the reasons for such an earnings charge?
A. Not that I can recall.
Q. And I would expand that not to just Apple
employees but any members of Apple's Board of
Directors. In other words, do you recall ever
discussing with them at the board level the reasons
for the earnings charge?
A, I don't.
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