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PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of
Equity Securities
(a) Market information
Our Common Stock has been traded on the New York Stock Exchange since May 19, 1992, under the
symbol “KSS.” The prices in the table set forth below indicate the high and low sales prices of our Common
Stock per the New York Stock Exchange Composite Price History for each quarter in 2011 and 2010.
Price Range
High Low
Fiscal 2011
Fourth Quarter ...................................................... $56.65 $45.46
Third Quarter ....................................................... $55.44 $42.14
Second Quarter ..................................................... $57.39 $49.09
First Quarter ....................................................... $55.92 $50.48
Fiscal 2010
Fourth Quarter ...................................................... $58.00 $49.00
Third Quarter ....................................................... $54.22 $44.08
Second Quarter ..................................................... $57.35 $45.40
First Quarter ....................................................... $58.99 $48.41
We have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), as Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2 to this
Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Section 302 certifications. In 2011, Kevin Mansell, our
Chief Executive Officer, submitted a certification with the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) in accordance
with Section 303A.12 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual stating that, as of the date of the certification, he
was not aware of any violation by us of the NYSE’s corporate governance listing standards.
(b) Holders
At March 7, 2012, there were approximately 4,600 record holders of our Common Stock.
(c) Dividends
On February 22, 2012, our Board of Directors approved a dividend of $0.32 per share which will be paid on
March 28, 2012 to shareholders of record as of March 7, 2012. In 2011, we paid aggregate cash dividends of
$271 million as detailed in the following table:
First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter
Declaration date ....... February 23, 2011 May 11, 2011 August 11, 2011 November 9, 2011
Record date ........... March 9, 2011 June 8, 2011 September 7, 2011 December 7, 2011
Payment date ......... March 30, 2011 June 29, 2011 September 28, 2011 December 28, 2011
Amount .............. $0.25 per common
share
$0.25 per common
share
$0.25 per common
share
$0.25 per common
share
Prior to 2011, we did not pay dividends.
(d) Securities Authorized For Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
See the information provided in the “Equity Compensation Plan Information” section of the Proxy
Statement for our May 10, 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which information is incorporated herein by
reference.
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