Selected Consolidated Financial Data



		First Quarter		Second Quarter		Third Quarter		Fourth Quarter		Fiscal Year



FISCAL 1999
Net Sales		$	285,806	$	315,652	$	326,808	$	344,554	$	1,272,820
Gross Profit		221,680		239,441		253,294		272,384		986,799
Income before taxes		40,136		53,787		68,488		81,425		243,836
Net income		28,898		38,726		49,311		73,812		190,747
Net income per share
	Basic	.09		.12		.15		.22		.57
	Diluted	.08		.11		.14		.21		.55
Common stock price per share
High		20 3/4		28 1/8		31 3/16		27		31 3/16
Low		13 15/16		17 1/4		21 13/16		16 1/16		13 15/16
FISCAL 1998
Net sales		$	252,042	$	262,250	$	272,016	$	297,579	$	1,083,887
Gross profit		194,955		202,972		208,947		228,396		835,270
Income before taxes		19,575		26,815		36,884		58,360		141,634
Net income		14,094		19,307		26,556		42,019		101,976
Net income per share
	Basic	.04		.05		.08		.12		.29
	Diluted	.04		.05		.07		.12		.29
Common stock price per share
High		9 5/8		11 1/8		13 5/8		15 3/8		15 3/8
Low		6 13/16		7 3/16		9 29/64		9 1/2		6 13/16
FISCAL 1997
Net sales		$	374,847	$	273,107	$	90,074	$	269,283	$	1,007,311
Gross profit		296,279		193,133		25,715		203,567		718,694
Income (loss) before taxes		75,277		(21,680)		(217,957)		13,790		(150,570)
Net income (loss)		50,812		(14,634)		(121,645)		7,171		(78,296)
Net income (loss) per share
	Basic	.15		(.04)		(.35)		.02		(.22)
	Diluted	.15		(.04)		(.35)		.02		(.22)
Common stock price per share
High		12 3/4		13		8 3/4		10 1/2		13
Low		8 7/8		7		6 9/32		7 3/8		6 9/32

	Novell's common stock trades in the over-the-counter market under the NASDAQ symbol "NOVL." No dividends have been declared on the Company's common stock. There were 10,100 shareholders of record at December 31, 1999.