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ASSURANT, INC.2011 Form10-K 27
PARTII
ITEM 5 Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Company/Index
ANNUAL RETURN PERCENTAGE
Years Ending
12/31/07 12/31/08 12/31/09 12/31/10 12/31/11
Assurant,Inc. 22.06 (54.58) 0.56 33.09 8.58
S&P400 MidCap Index 7.98 (36.23) 37.38 26.64 (1.73)
S&P500 Multi-line Insurance Index* (12.89) (88.67) 36.35 23.23 (27.09)
S&P400 Multi-line Insurance Index* (9.67) (29.07) 15.52 17.17 8.58
* S&P400 Multi-line Insurance Index is comprised of mid-cap companies, while the S&P500 Multi-line Insurance Index is comprised of large-cap companies.
Common Stock Price
Our common stock is listed on the NYSE under the symbol “AIZ.”  e following table sets forth the high and low intraday sales prices per share
of our common stock as reported by the NYSE for the periods indicated.
Year Ended December31,2011 High Low Dividends
First Quarter $ 41.71 $ 37.83 $ 0.16
Second Quarter $ 40.03 $ 34.48 $ 0.18
ird Quarter $ 36.64 $ 31.23 $ 0.18
Fourth Quarter $ 41.38 $ 34.07 $ 0.18
Year Ended December31,2010 High Low Dividends
First Quarter $ 34.60 $ 29.08 $ 0.15
Second Quarter $ 38.01 $ 32.47 $ 0.16
ird Quarter $ 41.24 $ 33.95 $ 0.16
Fourth Quarter $ 41.87 $ 33.43 $ 0.16
Holders
On February15,2012, there were approximately 303registered holders of record of our common stock.  e closing price of our common stock
on the NYSE on February15,2012 was $43.43.
Please see Item12 of this report for information about our equity compensation plans.
Shares Repurchased
Period in 2011
Total Number of
Shares Purchased
Average Price
PaidPer Share
Total Number of Shares
Purchased as Part of Publicly
AnnouncedPrograms(1)
Approximate Dollar Value
ofShares that may yet be
PurchasedunderthePrograms
January1– January31 1,695,000 $ 38.76 1,695,000 $ 772,382
February1– February28 1,097,940 40.27 1,097,940 728,194
March1– March31 1,629,100 39.00 1,629,100 664,691
Total  rst quarter 4,422,040 $ 39.22 4,422,040 664,691
April1– April30 1,469,000 38.21 1,469,000 608,587
May1– May31 213,000 39.68 213,000 600,140
June1– June30 1,302,000 35.16 1,302,000 554,385
Total second quarter 2,984,000 $ 36.99 2,984,000 554,385
July1– July31 687,000 35.20 687,000 530,214
August1—August31 994,000 33.76 994,000 496,680
September1– September30 527,500 35.04 527,500 478,205
Total third quarter 2,208,500 $ 34.51 2,208,500 478,205
October1– October31 856,000 37.14 856,000 446,426
November1– November30 1,545,000 37.85 1,545,000 387,977
December1– December31 2,073,000 39.86 2,073,000 305,392
Total fourth quarter 4,474,000 $ 38.65 4,474,000 305,392
TOTAL THROUGH DECEMBER31 14,088,540 $ 37.83 14,088,540 $ 305,392
(1) Shares purchased pursuant to the November10,2006 publicly announced share repurchase authorization of up to $600,000 of outstanding common stock, which was increased by
authorizations on January22,2010 and January18,2011, each authorizing the repurchase of up to an additional $600,000 of outstanding common stock.