Form 8-K

 


 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  May 12, 2003

 


 

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 


 

Washington

 

0-14278

 

91-1144442

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington

 

98052-6399

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (425) 882-8080

 

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 


 

Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

Attached as an exhibit to this report are Microsoft Corporation’s consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2002 and March 31, 2003, and the related consolidated statements of income, cash flows, and stockholders’ equity for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2002 and 2003 formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language). These documents are presented for illustration purposes only. These are not the official publicly filed financial statements of Microsoft Corporation. No representation is made that the information presented is accurate or complete and they are not to be used for investment purposes.

 

       

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

(Registrant)

 

Date:  May 12, 2003

     

By:

 

/s/    JOHN G. CONNORS        


               

John G. Connors

Senior Vice President; Chief Financial Officer

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.


  

Description


99.1

  

Microsoft Corporation’s consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2002 and March 31, 2003, and the related consolidated statements of income, cash flows, and stockholders’ equity for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2002 and 2003 formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language)

 

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Financials formatted in XBRL

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Overview of Providing XBRL Financial Statements

 

The XBRL version of the Microsoft financial statements are provided in this alternative format to provide global business information users with a more structured expression of the financial statements. XBRL is an XML-based schema created and maintained by XBRL International that allows business reporting data to be represented in a “digital language”. XBRL streamlines the way companies report and publish their financial data, and how analysts and investors can review that information. With XBRL, financial data is tagged in a consistent format that allows the data to be easily transported and analyzed (by XBRL-aware applications). As more companies provide their financial statements in XBRL, it will enhance the ability to more quickly understand the contents of financial statements (and business report information in general). The goal of XBRL is to provide an XML-based framework that global business information users will use to create, exchange, and analyze business reporting information.

 

Overview of XBRL International

 

XBRL International is a consortium comprised of over 190 organizations that was originally formed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”) in 1999. Microsoft is one of the 13 “charter” companies that originally came together to discuss creating an XML-based standard for business reporting that eventually became XBRL. Additional information and background on XBRL and XBRL International can be found at the XBRL International web site (www.xbrl.org).

 

Microsoft Financial Reporting in XBRL

 

The key to creating XBRL versions of financial information is the use of XBRL taxonomies (or dictionaries). For this filing, Microsoft has used the public working draft of the US GAAP CI (Commercial and Industrial) taxonomy dated 2002-10-15. XBRL taxonomies are collections of terms and mathematical and presentation relationships of financial reporting concepts. In addition to the public working draft of the US GAAP CI taxonomy, Microsoft also created an extension taxonomy that extends the terms found in the US GAAP CI taxonomy. Both taxonomies are contained in this filing, and more information can be found in the “Instructions” section below.

 

Instructions

 

The present EDGAR system does not allow the receipt of XBRL/XML files unless it is in an altered form. The XBRL specification requires use of tags that are not permitted in an EDGAR filing. Therefore, Microsoft has embedded all of the required XBRL documents as either .JPG or .GIF files to conform to the present EDGAR system.

 

In order to submit the XBRL documents as part of this Form 8-K, the following changes have been made to the Microsoft and XBRL International XBRL XML files:

 

1.)   Files that originally had a .XML file extension now use a .JPG file extension.
2.)   Files that originally had a .XSD file extension now use a .GIF file extension.
3.)   File names have been slightly modified to conform to the length requirements of the EDGAR system.

 

The following is a complete listing of all files attached to this Form 8-K:

 


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XBRL instance document containing information from Microsoft’s FY2003 Q3 Form 10-Q in XBRL and referencing the attached XBRL taxonomies, schemas and linkbases.


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Label linkbase for the Microsoft FY2003 Q3 Form 10-Q instance document.


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Microsoft extension taxonomy created by Microsoft and based on the US GAAP CI taxonomy.


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Calculation linkbase for the Microsoft extension taxonomy.


g54065msft20021107-def.jpg

 

 

Definition linkbase for the Microsoft extension taxonomy.


g54065msft20021107-lbls.jpg

 

 

Labels linkbase for the Microsoft extension taxonomy.


g54065msft20021107-pres.jpg

 

 

Presentation linkbase for the Microsoft extension taxonomy.


g54065msft20021107-ref.jpg

 

 

Reference linkbase for the Microsoft extension taxonomy.


g54065usgaapci20021015.gif

 

 

Public working draft of the US GAAP CI taxonomy created by XBRL-US.


g54065usgaapci20021015-calc.jpg

 

 

Calculation linkbase for the US GAAP CI taxonomy.


g54065usgaapci20021015-def.jpg

 

 

Definition linkbase for the US GAAP CI taxonomy.


g54065usgaapci20021015-lbls.jpg

 

 

Labels linkbase for the US GAAP CI taxonomy.


g54065usgaapci20021015-pres.jpg

 

 

Presentation linkbase for the US GAAP CI taxonomy.


g54065usgaapci20021015-ref.jpg

 

 

Reference linkbase for the US GAAP CI taxonomy.


g54065usfrpt20021015.gif

 

 

Public working draft of the Primary Terms taxonomy created by XBRL-US.


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Calculation linkbase for the Primary Terms taxonomy.


g54065usfrpt20021015-def.jpg

 

 

Definition linkbase for the Primary Terms taxonomy.


g54065usfrpt20021015-lbls.jpg

 

 

Labels linkbase for the Primary Terms taxonomy.


g54065usfrpt20021015-pres.jpg

 

 

Presentation linkbase for the Primary Terms taxonomy.


g54065usfrpt20021015-ref.jpg

 

 

Reference linkbase for the Primary Terms taxonomy.


g54065usfrgc20021015.gif

 

 

Public working draft of the General Concepts taxonomy created by XBRL-US.


g54065usfrgc20021015-calc.jpg

 

 

Calculation linkbase for the General Concepts taxonomy.


g54065usfrgc20021015-def.jpg

 

 

Definition linkbase for the General Concepts taxonomy.


g54065usfrgc20021015-lbls.jpg

 

 

Labels linkbase for the General Concepts taxonomy.


g54065usfrgc20021015-pres.jpg

 

 

Presentation linkbase for the General Concepts taxonomy.


g54065usfrgc20021015-ref.jpg

 

 

Reference linkbase for the General Concepts taxonomy.


g54065intgcd20021015.gif

 

 

Public working draft of the Global Common Document taxonomy created by XBRL-US and XBRL-IAS.


g54065intgcd20021015-calc.jpg

 

 

Calculation linkbase for the Global Common Document taxonomy.


g54065intgcd20021015-def.jpg

 

 

Definition linkbase for the Global Common Document taxonomy.


g54065intgcd20021015-lbls.jpg

 

 

Labels linkbase for the Global Common Document taxonomy.


g54065intgcd20021015-pres.jpg

 

 

Presentation linkbase for the Global Common Document taxonomy.


g54065intgcd20021015-ref.jpg

 

 

Reference linkbase for the Global Common Document taxonomy.


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XBRL instance schema.


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XBRL linkbase schema.


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XLink schema.


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XLink schema.


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XML schema.


 

Questions related specifically to Microsoft’s creation and filing of XBRL financial statements, or general questions related to XBRL, can be emailed to Rob Blake (robblake@microsoft.com).