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28
PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
General information. See the information set forth under the caption "Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)" under Note K of
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Annual Report, which is incorporated herein by reference. Our
stock is traded on The NASDAQ Global Select Market® under the symbol ROST. There were 841 stockholders of record as
of March 7, 2016 and the closing stock price on that date was $57.53 per share.
Stock dividends. In March 2015, our Board of Directors declared a two-for-one stock split of the Company's common stock
issued in the form of a stock dividend. Stockholders of record as of April 22, 2015 were issued one additional share of
common stock on June 11, 2015 for each share held. All share and per share amounts have been adjusted to reflect the
stock split.
Cash dividends. On March 1, 2016, our Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.1350 per common
share, payable on March 31, 2016. Our Board of Directors declared cash dividends of $0.1175 per common share in
February, May, August, and November 2015, cash dividends of $0.1000 per common share in February, May, August, and
November 2014, and cash dividends of $0.0850 per common share in May, August, and November 2013.
Issuer purchases of equity securities. Information regarding shares of common stock we repurchased during the fourth
quarter of fiscal 2015 is as follows:
Period
Total number of
shares
(or units)
purchased¹
Average price
paid per share
(or unit)
Total number of
shares (or units)
purchased as
part of publicly
announced
plans or
programs
Maximum number
(or approximate
dollar value) of
shares (or units)
that may yet be
purchased under
the plans or
programs ($000)
November
(11/01/2015 - 11/28/2015)
845,253
$50.29
843,656
$827,300
December
(11/29/2015 - 01/02/2016)
1,326,626
$53.93
1,292,187
$757,600
January
(01/03/2016 - 01/30/2016)
1,075,586
$53.46
1,076,919
$700,000
Total
3,247,465
$52.83
3,212,762
$700,000
¹ We acquired 34,703 shares of treasury stock during the quarter ended January 30, 2016. Treasury stock includes shares acquired from employees for tax
withholding purposes related to vesting of restricted stock grants. All remaining shares were repurchased under our publicly announced stock repurchase
program.
In February 2015, our Board of Directors approved a two-year $1.4 billion stock repurchase program for fiscal 2015 and
2016.
See Note H of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for equity compensation plan information. The information under
Item 12 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K under the caption “Equity compensation plan information” is incorporated herein
by reference.