NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORP &lt;NSM> FOURTH QUARTER
  Shr profit six cents vs loss 10
      Net profit 8.1 mln dlrs vs loss 7.1 mln
      Sales 511.9 mln vs 397.8 mln
      Avg shrs 97.0 mln vs 90.5 mln
      YEAR
      Shr loss 38 cents vs loss 1.10 dlrs
      Net loss 24.6 mln dlrs vs loss 91.5 mln
      Sales 1.87 billion vs 1.48 billion
      Avg shrs 91.7 mln vs 89.8 mln
      NOTE - Current year figure includes previously announced 15
  mln dlr restructuring charge.
      Figures include extraordinary credit from tax benefit of
  4.2 mln dlrs in quarter vs 2.3 mln a year earlier and 4.2 mln
  for year vs 5.6 mln year earlier.
      The 1986 year net reflects 51.2 mln dlr gain from
  cumulative effect of accounting change.
  

