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The line graph above and the table below compare, for the
last five fiscal years of the Company, the yearly percentage
change in the cumulative total shareholder returns (assuming
reinvestment of dividends) on the Company’s Common Stock
with that of the S&P SmallCap 600 Index and a Peer Group.
For 2009, the Peer Group consisted of Rent-A-Center, Inc. The
stock price performance shown is not necessarily indicative of
future performance.
12/04 12/05 12/06 12/07 12/08 12/09
Aaron’s, Inc. 100.00 84.53 115.67 77.52 107.54 112.31
S&P SmallCap 600 100.00 107.68 123.96 123.59 85.19 106.97
Peer Group 100.00 71.17 111.36 54.79 66.60 66.87
The Company’s Common Stock and Class A Common Stock are
listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols “AAN”
and “AAN.A”, respectively.
The number of shareholders of record of the Company’s
Common Stock and Class A Common Stock at February 24,
2010 was 249 and 111, respectively. The closing prices for the
Common Stock and Class A Common Stock at February 24, 2010
were $29.80 and $24.30 respectively.
The following table shows the range of high and low closing
prices per share for the Common Stock and Class A Common
Stock and the quarterly cash dividends declared per share for
the periods indicated.
Cash
Dividends
Common Stock High Low Per Share
December 31, 2009
First฀Quarter฀ $28.00฀ $20.87฀ $.017
Second฀Quarter฀ ฀35.21฀ ฀25.75฀ .017
Third฀Quarter฀ ฀32.03฀ ฀24.82฀ .017
Fourth฀Quarter฀ ฀29.52฀ ฀24.60฀ .018
December 31, 2008
First฀Quarter฀ $23.07฀ $13.27฀ $.016
Second฀Quarter฀ ฀26.27฀ ฀20.56฀ .016
Third฀Quarter฀ ฀30.22฀ ฀21.30฀ .016
Fourth฀Quarter฀ ฀28.89฀ ฀15.11฀ .017
Cash
Dividends
Class A Common Stock High Low Per Share
December 31, 2009
First฀Quarter฀ $23.40฀ $15.75฀ $.017
Second฀Quarter฀ ฀30.45฀ ฀22.25฀ .017
Third฀Quarter฀ ฀25.10฀ ฀20.07฀ .017
Fourth฀Quarter฀ ฀23.65฀ ฀14.34฀ .018
December 31, 2008
First฀Quarter฀ $21.01฀ $13.25฀ $.016
Second฀Quarter฀ ฀24.00฀ ฀19.00฀ .016
Third฀Quarter฀ ฀25.92฀ ฀19.50฀ .016
Fourth฀Quarter฀ ฀23.50฀ ฀13.50฀ .017
Subject to our ongoing ability to generate sufficient income,
any future capital needs and other contingencies, we expect to
continue our policy of paying dividends. Our articles of incorpo-
ration provide that no cash dividends may be paid on our Class
A Common Stock unless equal or higher dividends are paid on
the Common Stock. Under our revolving credit agreement, we
may pay cash dividends in any year only if the dividends do not
exceed 50% of our consolidated net earnings for the prior fis-
cal year plus the excess, if any, of the cash dividend limitation
applicable to the prior year over the dividend actually paid in the
prior year.
COMPARISON OF 5 YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN*
Among Aaron's, Inc., The S&P SmallCap 600 Index
And A Peer Group
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