earnings during the period of change. For derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as hedges of a net investment in a foreign operation, the gain or loss is reported in other comprehensive income as part of the cumulative translation adjustment to the extent that it is effective. For derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments, the gain or loss is recognized in current earnings during the period of change. The Company formally documents all hedging relationships, as well as its risk management objective and strategy for undertaking the hedge transaction. At inception and at least quarterly, the Company also formally assesses whether the derivatives that are used in hedging transactions have been highly effective in offsetting changes in the hedged items to which they are designated and whether those derivatives may be expected to remain highly effective in future periods. The Company will discontinue hedge accounting prospectively when it is determined that a derivative has ceased to be highly effective as a hedge. The Company applies Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees (“APB 25”) and related Interpretations in accounting for its stock-based compensation plans. In accordance with APB 25, no compensation cost has been recognized for the Company’s fixed stock options, since the exercise price of all such options equals or exceeds the market price of the underlying stock on the date of grant. SFAS 123 requires for companies electing to continue to follow the recognition provisions of APB 25, pro forma information regarding net income and earnings per share, as if the recognition provisions of SFAS 123 were adopted for all stock compensation granted. For purposes of pro forma disclosure, the fair value of the options was estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model and is amortized into expense over the options’ vesting period. During 2002, the Company changed its financial statement presentation of recoveries of charged-off loans. The change was made in response to guidelines that were published by the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (“FFIEC”) with respect to credit card account management. Previously, the Company recognized all recoveries of charged-off loans in the allowance for loan losses and provision for loan losses. The Company now classifies the portion of recoveries related to finance charges and fees as revenue. All prior period recoveries have been reclassified to conform to the current financial statement presentation of recoveries. This reclassification had no impact on prior period earnings. The change in the classification of recoveries resulted in a change to the recoveries estimate used as part of the calculation of the Company’s allowance for loan losses and finance charge and fee revenue. The change in the recoveries estimate resulted in an increase to the allowance for loan losses and a reduction of the amount of finance charges and fees deemed uncollectible under the Company’s revenue recognition policy for the year ended December 31, 2002. The change in estimate resulted in an increase of $38.4 million to interest income and $44.4 million to non-interest income offset by an increase in the provision for loan losses of $133.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2002. Therefore, net income for the year ended December 31, 2002, was negatively impacted by $31.4 million or $.14 per diluted share as a result of the change in estimate. CHANGE IN RECOVERIES CLASSIFICATION STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (1) Includes amortization of compensation expense for current year grants and prior year grants over the options’ vesting period. For the Years Ended December 31 Pro Forma Information 2002 2001 2000 Net income, as reported $ 899,644 $ 641,965 $ 469,634 Stock-based employee compensation expense  included in reported net income  27,749 984 11,145 Stock-based employee compensation expense  determined under fair value based method (1) (184,984 ) (97,705) (79,490) Pro forma net income $ 742,409 $ 545,244 $ 401,289 Earnings per share: Basic – as reported $ 4.09 $ 3.06 $ 2.39 Basic – pro forma $ 3.37 $ 2.60 $ 2.04 Diluted – as reported $ 3.93 $ 2.91 $ 2.24 Diluted – pro forma $ 3.37 $ 2.55 $ 1.95 55