Sallie Mae 2006 Annual Report Download - page 30

PART II.
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of
Equity Securities
The Company’s common stock is listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
SLM. The number of holders of record of the Company’s common stock as of January 31, 2007 was 653. The
following table sets forth the high and low sales prices for the Company’s common stock for each full
quarterly period within the two most recent fiscal years.
Common Stock Prices
1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter
2006 ......................... High $58.35 $55.21 $53.07 $52.09
Low 51.86 50.05 45.76 44.65
2005 ......................... High $55.13 $51.46 $53.98 $56.48
Low 46.39 45.56 48.85 51.32
The Company paid quarterly cash dividends of $.19 per share on the common stock for the first quarter
of 2005, $.22 for the last three quarters of 2005 and for the first quarter of 2006, $.25 for the last three
quarters of 2006, and declared a quarterly cash dividend of $.25 for the first quarter of 2007.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The following table summarizes the Company’s common share repurchases during 2006 pursuant to the
stock repurchase program (see Note 14 to the consolidated financial statements, “Stockholders’ Equity”) first
authorized in September 1997 by the Board of Directors. Since the inception of the program, which has no
expiration date, the Board of Directors has authorized the purchase of up to 317.5 million shares as of
December 31, 2006. Included in this total are 10 million additional shares authorized for repurchase by the
Board in October 2006.
Total Number
of Shares
Purchased
(1)
Average Price
Paid per
Share
Total Number of
Shares Purchased
as Part of Publicly
Announced Plans
or Programs
Maximum Number
of Shares that
May Yet Be
Purchased Under
the Plans or
Programs
(2)
(Common shares in millions)
Period:
January 1 – March 31, 2006 . . . 3.3 $55.13 2.5 16.2
April 1 – June 30, 2006....... 2.5 53.93 2.1 10.9
July 1 – September 30, 2006 . . . 3.2 48.76 3.0 5.7
October 1 – October 31, 2006 . . — — — 15.7
November 1 – November 30,
2006 ................... .2 47.35 — 15.7
December 1 – December 31,
2006 ................... — — — 15.7
Total fourth quarter .......... .2 47.72 —
Year ended December 31,
2006 ................... 9.2 $52.41 7.6
(1)
The total number of shares purchased includes: i) shares purchased under the stock repurchase program discussed above, and
ii) shares purchased in connection with the exercise of stock options and vesting of performance stock to satisfy minimum statu-
tory tax withholding obligations and shares tendered by employees to satisfy option exercise costs (which combined totaled
1.6 million shares for 2006).
(2)
Reduced by outstanding equity forward contracts.
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