Financial Summary (All financials)
| In millions, except per share items | Aug-31-08 | Aug-31-07 | Aug-31-06 | Aug-31-05 | Aug-31-04 | Aug-31-03 | Aug-31-02 | Aug-31-01 |
| Revenues | 25,313.8 | 21,452.7 | 18,228.4 | 17,094.4 | 15,113.6 | 13,397.2 | 13,105.0 | 13,061.9 |
| Revenue growth | 18.0% | 17.7% | 6.6% | 13.1% | 12.8% | 2.2% | 0.3% | 15.3% |
| Cost of goods sold | 20,055.3 | 17,168.2 | 14,816.2 | 13,549.4 | 11,937.3 | 10,666.5 | 9,958.5 | 9,435.5 |
| Gross profit | 5,258.6 | 4,284.5 | 3,412.2 | 3,545.0 | 3,176.3 | 2,730.7 | 3,146.5 | 3,626.4 |
| Gross margin | 20.8% | 20.0% | 18.7% | 20.7% | 21.0% | 20.4% | 24.0% | 27.8% |
| Sales and marketing | 2,270.8 | 1,904.0 | 1,708.4 | 1,558.4 | 1,488.3 | 1,458.5 | 1,565.6 | 1,217.3 |
| General and administrative | 1,880.3 | 1,618.5 | 1,492.7 | 1,512.0 | 1,340.5 | 1,319.6 | 1,615.7 | 1,515.7 |
| EBIT | 3,011.6 | 2,492.6 | 1,841.1 | 2,111.2 | 1,757.1 | 1,550.8 | 1,486.9 | 634.4 |
| EBIT margin | 11.9% | 11.6% | 10.1% | 12.4% | 11.6% | 11.6% | 11.3% | 4.9% |
| Pre-tax income | 3,107.8 | 2,618.9 | 1,923.7 | 2,206.0 | 1,798.6 | 1,612.8 | 1,067.6 | 794.9 |
| Income taxes | 910.6 | 895.9 | 490.5 | 697.1 | 575.5 | 566.1 | 491.1 | 502.6 |
| Tax rate | 29.3% | 34.2% | 25.5% | 31.6% | 32.0% | 35.1% | 46.0% | 63.2% |
| Net income | 1,691.8 | 1,243.1 | 973.3 | 940.5 | 690.8 | 498.2 | 244.9 | 1,057.4 |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 5.8% | 5.3% | 5.5% | 4.6% | 3.7% | 1.9% | 8.1% |
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| Diluted EPS | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
| Shares outstanding (diluted) | 822,371.7 | 862,431.6 | 894,664.2 | 961,124.9 | 1,003,081.2 | 996,754.6 | 1,023,789.5 | |
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| EBIT is a non-GAAP figure that excludes all non-recurring expenses: restructuring costs, asset impairments, IPR&D writeoffs, and other unusual charges. |
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