The Company’s fiscal year is the 52-week or 53-week period ending on the Saturday closest to the last day in October. The Company's interim periods operates on a 4-4-5 fiscal calendar, where each fiscal quarter is comprised of two 4-week periods and one 5-week period, with each week ending on a Saturday. The Company's fiscal year quarterly financial information for fiscal 2017 and fiscal 2016 include results of operations of Linear from March 10, 2017:



	4Q17		3Q17		2Q17		1Q17		4Q16		3Q16		2Q16		1Q16
Revenue	1,541,170		1,433,902		1,147,982		984,449		1,003,623		869,591		778,766		769,429
Cost of sales	535,145		667,278		507,539		335,945		336,936		297,301		267,863		292,136
Gross margin	1,006,025		766,624		640,443		648,504		666,687		572,290		510,903		477,293
% of Revenue	65.3	%	53.5	%	55.8	%	65.9	%	66.4	%	65.8	%	65.6	%	62.0	%
Research and development	273,746		275,670		235,232		183,954		172,926		163,227		160,235		157,428
Selling, marketing, general and administrative	185,721		183,980		190,686		130,659		118,881		122,909		112,186		107,462
Special charges	—		—		—		49,463		—		—		13,684		—
Other operating expense	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Amortization of intangibles	98,348		112,153		68,690		18,160		17,899		17,447		17,419		17,358
Total operating expenses	557,815		571,803		494,608		382,236		309,706		303,583		303,524		282,248
Operating income	448,210		194,821		145,835		266,268		356,981		268,707		207,379		195,045
% of Revenue	29	%	14	%	13	%	27	%	36	%	31	%	27	%	25	%
Nonoperating (income) expenses:
Interest expense (a)	63,517		73,073		71,636		42,614		38,764		18,476		18,455		13,062
Interest income	(2,388	)	(5,524	)	(12,421	)	(10,000	)	(7,114	)	(5,665	)	(5,243	)	(3,199	)
Other, net	5,417		474		(94	)	345		1,897		(504	)	(743	)	3,005
Total nonoperating (income) expense	66,546		68,023		59,121		32,959		33,547		12,307		12,469		12,868
Income before income taxes	381,664		126,798		86,714		233,309		323,434		256,400		194,910		182,177
% of Revenue	25	%	9	%	8	%	24	%	32	%	29	%	25	%	24	%
Provision for income taxes (b)	34,014		57,882		(6,850	)	16,180		27,277		25,970		24,337		17,673
Net income	347,650		68,916		93,564		217,129		296,157		230,430		170,573		164,504
% of Revenue	23	%	5	%	8	%	22	%	30	%	26	%	22	%	21	%
Basic earnings per common share	0.94		0.18		0.27		0.70		0.96		0.75		0.55		0.53
Diluted earnings per common share	0.93		0.18		0.27		0.69		0.95		0.74		0.55		0.52
Shares used to compute earnings per share (in thousands):
Basic	368,043		367,315		341,316		308,786		307,854		307,135		308,790		311,166
Diluted	372,053		371,159		345,654		313,076		311,633		310,558		312,250		314,793
Dividends declared per share	0.45		0.45		0.45		0.42		0.42		0.42		0.42		0.40

a) Interest expense in fiscal 2017 and the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016 includes interest and fees associated with financing commitments entered into in connection with the Acquisition.

b) Provision for income taxes in the second quarter of fiscal 2017 included a tax benefit of $15.0 million for the release of a state tax credit valuation allowance as a result of the Acquisition. Provision for income taxes in the third quarter of fiscal 2017 included approximately $98.2 million of tax expense incurred during the quarter as part of the post-Acquisition integration, partially offset by a tax benefit of $50.5 million related to the reduction of reserves and related interest resulting from the U.S. Tax Court’s favorable ruling, as well as lower statutory tax rates applicable to our operations in the foreign jurisdictions in which we earn income.