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Part II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED
STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.
During fiscal 2008 and through April 27, 2008, our common stock was traded on the New York Stock Exchange under
the symbol “CA.” On April 28, 2008, our common stock commenced trading on The NASDAQ Global Select Market tier
of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“NASDAQ”) under the same symbol. The following table sets forth, for the fiscal
quarters indicated, the quarterly high and low closing sales prices on the NASDAQ and the New York Stock Exchange,
as applicable:
HIGH LOW HIGH LOW
FISCAL 2009 FISCAL 2008
Fourth Quarter $ 18.90 $ 15.40 $ 26.31 $ 21.26
Third Quarter $ 20.12 $ 14.37 $ 27.18 $ 24.15
Second Quarter $ 24.63 $ 18.31 $ 26.68 $ 23.41
First Quarter $ 26.54 $ 21.67 $ 28.21 $ 25.39
On March 31, 2009, the closing price for our common stock on the NASDAQ was $17.61. As of March 31, 2009, we
had approximately 9,300 stockholders of record.
We have paid cash dividends each year since July 1990. For each of fiscal 2009, 2008 and 2007, we paid annual cash
dividends of $0.16 per share, which have been paid out in quarterly installments of $0.04 per share as and when
declared by the Board of Directors.
Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer
On October 29, 2008, our Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program that authorizes us to acquire up to
$250 million of our common stock. During the third quarter of fiscal 2009, we paid $4 million to repurchase
approximately 0.3 million of our common shares at an average price of $15.84 per share. As of March 31, 2009, we
remained authorized to purchase an aggregate amount of up to approximately $246 million of additional common
shares under our current stock repurchase program.
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