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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE CERTIFICATIONS
The certiÑcations of the Company's Chief Executive OÇcer and Chief Financial OÇcer have been
included as Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2 to the 2005 Form 10-K, as required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. In
addition, in 2005, the Company's Chief Executive OÇcer provided to the New York Stock Exchange the
annual Chief Executive OÇcer certiÑcation regarding the Company's compliance with the New York
Stock Exchange's corporate governance listing standards.
MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND
RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The Company's common stock is listed on the New York and Chicago Stock Exchanges (symbol:
NWL). As of March 15, 2006 there were 18,732 stockholders of record. The following table sets forth the
high and low sales prices of the common stock on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape (as
published in The Wall Street Journal) for the calendar periods indicated:
2005 2004
Quarters High Low High Low
First ÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏ $24.55 $20.60 $26.41 $22.15
SecondÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏ 24.06 20.50 25.03 22.19
Third ÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏ 25.69 21.66 23.60 19.75
Fourth ÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏ 24.49 21.54 24.27 19.05
The Company has paid regular cash dividends on its common stock since 1947. The quarterly cash
dividend has been $0.21 per share since February 1, 2000. The Company currently expects that
comparable cash dividends will continue to be paid to holders of the Company's common stock in the
future. However, the payment of dividends to holders of the Company's common stock remains entirely at
the discretion of the Board of Directors and will depend upon many factors, including the Company's
Ñnancial condition, earnings, legal requirements and other factors the Board of Directors deems relevant.
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