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PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of
Equity Securities
Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, or the NYSE. Our common stock
trades on the NYSE under the symbol ‘‘WTW.’’
The following table sets forth, for the period indicated, the high and low sales prices per share for
our common stock as reported on the NYSE consolidated tape.
Fiscal 2005 (Year ended December 31, 2005)
High Low
First Quarter ........................................ $47.49 $40.51
Second Quarter ...................................... $54.00 $40.07
Third Quarter ....................................... $58.95 $50.88
Fourth Quarter ...................................... $53.81 $44.69
Fiscal 2004 (Year ended January 1, 2005)
High Low
First Quarter ........................................ $43.95 $35.82
Second Quarter ...................................... $43.26 $31.83
Third Quarter ....................................... $41.95 $34.05
Fourth Quarter ...................................... $46.35 $35.04
Below is a summary of our stock repurchases during the quarter ended December 31, 2005:
Total Number Approximate
of Shares Dollar
Purchased Value of Shares
Total as Part of that May Yet be
Number of Average Publicly Purchased
Shares Price Paid Announced Under
Purchased(1) per Share Plan(1) the Plan
October 2 - November 5 ................... 291,400 $50.89 291,400 $236,723,308
November 6 - December 3 ................. 2,428,000 46.37 2,428,000 124,137,172
December 4 - December 31 ................ 125,500 47.91 125,500 118,124,266
Total .............................. 2,844,900 $46.90 2,844,900
(1) On October 9, 2003, our Board of Directors authorized a plan to repurchase up to $250.0 million
of our outstanding common stock. On June 13, 2005, our Board of Directors authorized adding an
additional $250.0 million to this plan. Under this plan, we will not purchase shares held by Artal.
This plan currently has no expiration date.
Holders
The approximate number of holders of record of our common stock as of January 31, 2006 was
319. This number does not include beneficial owners of our securities held in the name of nominees.
Dividends
On February 16, 2006, our Board of Directors authorized the initiation of a quarterly cash
dividend of $0.175 per share of our outstanding common stock, which corresponds to an annual
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