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To the Stockholders of QUALCOMM Incorporated:

With regard to the upcoming Annual Meeting of Stockholders on February 27,
2001, it has become apparent that many investors in QUALCOMM stock are voting
against Proposition 2 (Employee Stock Option Plan) on their proxy ballots.
The problem may be due to a misunderstanding in the nature of the new
Employee Stock Option Plan.

EXPLANATION: Many years ago, QUALCOMM adopted the "1991 Employee Stock Option
Plan" with an expiration date in 2001. In the past, stockholders approved
annual amendments to the plan to authorize the issuance of additional stock
options. In 2000, no additional shares were needed and no vote was required
because many stock options that had been previously granted to employees were
returned to the company after several large operating divisions were sold in
1999 and early 2000. QUALCOMM has ended up with a surplus of unissued stock
options since the last amendment to the stock option plan that was approved
by stockholders in 1999.

Today, QUALCOMM is adopting a new "2001 Employee Stock Option Plan" to
replace the expiring plan. QUALCOMM is rolling over the prior plan's stock
options (about 159 million shares, most of them already outstanding) into the
new plan. This action may, on the surface, appear to many investors to
represent an unusually large number of shares for issuance under a stock
option plan. In fact, QUALCOMM is not asking for any more shares than
stockholders previously approved in 1999.

CONCLUSION: We would greatly appreciate stockholders' efforts to review their
voting positions on Proposition 2 and, if necessary, to re-cast their ballots
in favor of the new Employee Stock Option Plan.

Thank you.