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11
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 Company's 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 2015 and 2014 are presented in the table below:
2015 2014
Dividends
per Share
Fiscal Quarter High Low High Low 2015 2014
First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 144.21 $ 111.55 $ 100.02 $ 82.75 $ 0.06 $ 0.06
Second. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.92 98.11 122.77 93.85 0.06 0.06
Third . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.09 85.61 125.17 100.00 0.07 0.06
Fourth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.22 60.66 126.83 104.87 0.07 0.06
While the Company expects to continue paying quarterly cash dividends during fiscal 2016, all prospective dividends are
subject to and conditional upon the review and approval of and declaration by the Board of Directors.
Stockholders
As of February 27, 2016, there were 2,869 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
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Period
(a) Total
Number of
Shares
Purchased
(b) Average Price
Paid per Share
(c) Total Number
of Shares
Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced
Plans or
Programs
(d) Approximate
Dollar Value of
Shares that May
Yet Be
Purchased
Under the Plans
or Programs
November 1, 2015 through November 28,
2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754,354 $ 76.17 754,354 $ 60,046,391
November 29, 2015 through January 2,
2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 821,300 73.11 821,300 —
January 3, 2016 through January 30, 2016 ————
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,575,654 $ 74.58 1,575,654 $ —
In November 2014, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $500 million of the Company’s
Class A Common Stock under an open-ended stock plan ("November 2014 Stock Plan"). This authorization permited the
Company to repurchase its Class A Common Stock in the open market, pursuant to preset trading plans meeting the
requirements of Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or through privately negotiated transactions. The
authorization had no expiration date. There was no remaining availability pursuant to the November 2014 Stock Plan as of
January 30, 2016.
Reference is made to the discussion in Note 9 in the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" in Item 8 of this
Annual Report, which information is incorporated by reference herein.