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PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, AND RELATED MATTERS AND
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.
The Company’s Class A Common Stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the Ticker Symbol
“DDS”. No public market currently exists for the Class B Common Stock.
The high and low sales prices of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, and dividends declared on each
class of common stock, for each quarter of fiscal 2005 and 2004 are presented in the table below:
2005 2004 Dividends per Share
High Low High Low 2005 2004
First ........................................ $28.14 $23.27 $19.16 $16.57 $0.04 $0.04
Second ...................................... 25.65 22.86 23.76 15.54 0.04 0.04
Third ....................................... 23.24 19.40 23.14 18.64 0.04 0.04
Fourth ....................................... 26.63 20.33 27.54 20.13 0.04 0.04
While the Company expects to continue its cash dividend policy during fiscal 2006, all subsequent
dividends will be reviewed quarterly and declared by the board of directors.
As of February 25, 2006, there were 4,396 record holders of the Company’s Class A Common Stock and 8
record holders of the Company’s Class B Common Stock.
In May 2005, the Company announced that the Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $200
million of its Class A Common Stock. The plan has no expiration date, and remaining availability pursuant to our
share repurchase program is $115.2 million as of January 28, 2006. There were no issuer purchases of equity
securities during the fourth quarter of 2005.
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