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PART II
Market Information
Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and the Oslo Stock Exchange (“OSE”) under the
symbol “RCL”. The table below sets forth the high and low prices of our common stock as reported by the NYSE and the OSE for the
two most recent years by quarter:
Holders
As of February 12, 2010 there were 1,321 record holders of our common stock. Since certain of our shares are held indirectly,
the foregoing number is not representative of the number of beneficial owners.
Dividends
We did not declare cash dividends in 2009. Commencing in the fourth quarter 2008 our board of directors discontinued the
quarterly dividends. We declared cash dividends on our common stock of $0.15 per share in the each of the first three quarters of
2008 and each of the quarters of 2007.
Holders of our common stock have an equal right to share in our profits in the form of dividends when declared by our board of
directors out of funds legally available for the distribution of dividends. Holders of our common stock have no rights to any sinking
fund.
There are no exchange control restrictions on remittances of dividends on our common stock. Since (1) we are and intend to
maintain our status as a nonresident Liberian entity under the Revenue Code of Liberia (2000) and the regulations thereunder, and
(2) our ship-owning subsidiaries are not now engaged, and are not in the future expected to engage, in any business in Liberia,
including voyages exclusively within the territorial waters of the Republic of Liberia, under current Liberian law, no Liberian taxes or
withholding will be imposed on payments to holders of our securities other than to a holder that is a resident Liberian entity or a
resident individual or an individual or entity subject to taxation in Liberia as a result of having a permanent establishment within the
meaning of the Revenue Code of Liberia (2000) in Liberia.
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Item 5. Market for Re
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, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of E
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Securities
NYSE
Common Stock
OSE
Common Stock(1)
Hi
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h Low
2009
Fourth Quarter
$26.89
$19.75
156.30
113.20
Third Quarter
24.42
12.16
143.30
80.00
Second Quarter
17.09
8.69
106.00
55.00
First Quarter
15.18
5.50
106.50
38.70
2008
Fourth Quarter
$21.26
$6.64
133.50
54.50
Third Quarter
29.35
19.54
164.00
97.50
Second Quarter
35.47
22.33
181.50
113.50
First Quarter
41.22
30.23
229.00
160.00
(1) Denominated in Norwegian kroner, as listed in the price history database available at www.oslobors.no.