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PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER
MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.
Market and Dividend Information for Common Stock
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 2009 and 2008 are presented in the table
below:
Dividends
2009 2008 per Share
High Low High Low 2009 2008
First ................................... $ 8.00 $ 2.96 $22.96 $14.79 $0.04 $0.04
Second ................................. 11.50 7.10 20.84 8.24 0.04 0.04
Third .................................. 15.72 9.87 14.67 3.34 0.04 0.04
Fourth ................................. 20.17 12.57 5.52 2.78 0.04 0.04
While the Company expects to continue paying quarterly cash dividends during fiscal 2010, all
subsequent dividends will be reviewed quarterly and declared by the Board of Directors.
Stockholders
As of February 27, 2010, there were 3,725 holders of record of the Company’s Class A Common
Stock and 8 holders of record of the Company’s Class B Common Stock.
Repurchase of Common Stock
In November 2007, 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 the Company’s share repurchase program is $182.6 million as of
January 30, 2010. There were no issuer purchases of equity securities during the fourth quarter of fiscal
2009.
Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
The information concerning the Company’s equity compensation plans is incorporated by reference
here to Item 12 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K under the heading ‘‘Equity Compensation Plan
Information’’.
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