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PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER
PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
MARKET INFORMATION
The principal market for trading in shares of our common stock is the NASDAQ Global Select Market in the United
States. Our common stock is also listed in the U.K. on the London Stock Exchange. As of February 4, 2013, there
were 110 record holders of our common stock. The following table sets forth the reported high and low price per share
of our common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market for the periods indicated:
Price Per Share
High Low
2011
First Quarter $ 28.27 $ 24.14
Second Quarter 32.62 27.33
Third Quarter 30.57 20.93
Fourth Quarter 27.89 20.66
2012
First Quarter $ 25.93 $ 21.50
Second Quarter 25.48 21.48
Third Quarter 30.44 24.11
Fourth Quarter 36.79 29.80
2013
First Quarter (through February 4, 2013) $ 39.78 $ 37.37
DIVIDENDS
During the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2012, we paid the following dividends:
Board Declaration Date Per
Share Record Date Payment Date Total Amount
(in millions)
Year ended December 31, 2011:
March 4, 2011 $0.04 March 14, 2011 March 24, 2011 £ 8.0
May 16, 2011 0.04 June 13, 2011 June 23, 2011 7.8
August 31, 2011 0.04 September 12, 2011 September 22, 2011 7.9
November 15, 2011 0.04 December 12, 2011 December 22, 2011 7.4
Year ended December 31, 2012:
February 17, 2012 $0.04 March 12, 2012 March 22, 2012 £ 7.0
May 23, 2012 0.04 June 12, 2012 June 22, 2012 7.1
August 21, 2012 0.04 September 11, 2012 September 21, 2012 6.6
November 16, 2012 0.04 December 11, 2012 December 21, 2012 6.6
On February 5, 2013 our board approved the payment of a $0.04 dividend for the fourth quarter ended December 31,
2012.
Future payments of regular quarterly dividends by us are at the discretion of the Board of Directors and will be subject
to our future needs and uses of cash, which could include investments in operations, the repayment of debt, and stock
repurchase programs. In addition, the terms of our and our subsidiaries’ existing and future indebtedness and the
laws of jurisdictions under which those subsidiaries are organized limit the payment of dividends, loan repayments
and other distributions to us under many circumstances.
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