Date:4/20/2009

$13 Less: Income tax benefit (a) 5 Acquisition-related charges, net of tax $8 Divestiture-related gains: Gain on sale of investments (b) $(3) Gain on divestitures $(250) Less: Income tax expense (a) 1 136 Divestiture-related gains, net of tax $(2) $(114) Restructuring-related charges: Restructuring charges $23 $29 Restructuring-related charges (c) 14 15 37 44 Less: Income tax benefit (a) 11 12 Restructuring-related charges, net of tax $26 $32 Litigation-related charges: Litigation-related charges $287 Less: Income tax benefit (a) 47 Litigation-related charges, net of tax $240 Discrete tax items: Income tax benefit (a) $(63) Amortization expense: Amortization expense $128 $143 Less: Income tax benefit (a) 27 34 Amortization expense, net of tax $101 $109 (a) Amounts are tax effected at the Company's effective tax rate, unless the amount is a significant unusual or infrequently occurring item in accordance with FASB Interpretation No. 18, "Accounting for Income Taxes in Interim Periods." (b) Recorded in other, net. (c) In 2009, recorded $10 million to cost of products sold; $3 million to selling, general and administrative expenses; and $1 million to research development expe
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