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PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of
Equity Securities
Price Range of Common Stock
Our Class A common stock commenced trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “MA”
on May 25, 2006. The following table sets forth the intra-day high and low sale prices for our Class A common
stock for the four quarterly periods in each of 2008 and 2007, as reported by the New York Stock Exchange. At
February 12, 2009, the Company had 40 stockholders of record for its Class A common stock. We believe that
the number of beneficial owners is substantially greater than the number of record holders, because a large
portion of our Class A common stock is held in “street name” by brokers.
2008 High Low
First Quarter ............................................. $230.35 $160.82
Second Quarter ........................................... 320.30 219.85
Third Quarter ............................................. 290.96 150.60
Fourth Quarter ............................................ 184.30 113.05
2007 High Low
First Quarter ............................................. $118.07 $ 95.30
Second Quarter ........................................... 169.40 105.93
Third Quarter ............................................. 174.60 120.00
Fourth Quarter ............................................ 227.18 143.15
There is currently no established public trading market for our Class B common stock or Class M common
stock. There were approximately 853 holders of record of our Class B common stock as of February 12, 2009.
There were approximately 1,765 holders of record of our Class M common stock as of February 12, 2009
Dividend Declaration and Policy
During the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, we paid the following quarterly cash dividends per
share on our Class A common stock and Class B Common stock:
2008
Dividend per
Share
First Quarter .................................................... $0.15
Second Quarter .................................................. 0.15
Third Quarter .................................................... 0.15
Fourth Quarter ................................................... 0.15
2007
Dividend per
Share
First Quarter .................................................... $0.09
Second Quarter .................................................. 0.15
Third Quarter .................................................... 0.15
Fourth Quarter ................................................... 0.15
In addition, on February 10, 2009, we paid quarterly cash dividends of $0.15 per share on our Class A
common stock and Class B common stock for the first quarter of the year ending December 31, 2009. Also, on
February 3, 2009, our Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per share payable on
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