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PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER
MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
The Company’s common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SVU. As of
April 18, 2008 there were 212,491,776 (not in millions) shares of common stock outstanding. At that date, there
were 20,119 stockholders of record, excluding individual participants in security position listings. The
information called for by Item 5 as to the sales price for the Company’s common stock on a quarterly basis
during the last two fiscal years and dividend information is found under the heading “Common Stock Price” in
Part II, Item 7 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The following table sets forth the Company’s purchases of
equity securities for the periods indicated:
(shares not in millions)
Period (1)
Total Number
of Shares
Purchased (2)
Average
Price Paid
Per
Share
Total Number of
Shares Purchased
as Part of
Publicly
Announced
Treasury Stock
Purchase
Program (3)
Maximum Number
of Shares that May
Yet be Purchased
Under the
Treasury Stock
Purchase
Program (3)
First four weeks
December 2, 2007 to December 29, 2007 2,971 $40.62 — 440,758
Second four weeks
December 30, 2007 to January 26, 2008 41,631 $33.24 — 567,012
Third four weeks
January 27, 2007 to February 23, 2008 24,894 $29.15 — 592,989
Totals 69,496 $32.09 — 592,989
(1) The reported periods conform to the Company’s fiscal calendar composed of thirteen 28-day periods. The
fourth quarter of fiscal 2008 contains three 28-day periods.
(2) These amounts include the deemed surrender by participants in the Company’s compensatory stock plans of
69,496 shares of previously issued common stock. These are in payment of the purchase price for shares
acquired pursuant to the exercise of stock options and satisfaction of tax obligations arising from such
exercises, as well as from the vesting of restricted stock awards granted under such plans.
(3) On April 18, 2007, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted and announced a new annual share
repurchase program authorizing the Company to purchase up to $235 of the Company’s common stock.
Stock purchases will be made from the cash generated from the settlement of stock options and mandatory
convertible securities equity issuance. This annual authorization program replaced all previously existing
share repurchase programs and continues through June 2008. As of February 23, 2008, there remained
approximately $17 available to repurchase the Company’s common stock.
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