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44
STOCK MARKET INFORMATION
Creative’s฀ordinary฀shares฀have฀been฀traded฀on฀the฀NASDAQ฀Global฀Market฀฀(“NASDAQ”)฀since฀August฀3,฀1992,฀under฀the฀symbol฀
“CREAF.”฀ ฀ Creative’s฀ ordinary฀ shares฀ have฀ been฀ traded฀ on฀ the฀ Singapore฀ Exchange฀ (“SGX-ST”)฀ since฀ June฀ 15,฀ 1994.฀ ฀ In฀ January฀
2003,฀Creative฀announced฀that฀it฀intends฀to฀move฀to฀a฀single฀primary฀stock฀exchange฀listing฀on฀the฀SGX-ST.฀฀Consequently,฀Creative฀
announced฀its฀intention฀to฀delist฀its฀ordinary฀shares฀from฀NASDAQ฀and฀to฀initiate฀steps฀that฀could฀facilitate฀the฀elimination฀of฀its฀U.S.฀
public฀reporting฀obligations.฀฀On฀June฀1,฀2003,฀a฀flow฀back฀restriction฀was฀commenced.฀฀The฀flow฀back฀restriction฀stops฀the฀electronic฀
transfer฀of฀Creative’s฀ordinary฀shares฀from฀the฀register฀of฀The฀Central฀Depository฀(Pte)฀Limited฀in฀Singapore฀to฀accounts฀with฀brokers฀
located฀in฀the฀United฀States.฀฀The฀delisting฀of฀Creative฀ordinary฀shares฀from฀NASDAQ฀would฀not฀affect฀the฀status฀of฀Creative’s฀shares฀
on฀the฀SGX-ST.฀ ฀In฀ October฀2004,฀Creative฀announced฀that฀ it฀had฀suspended฀its฀plan฀ to฀delist฀ from฀NASDAQ.฀฀Creative฀will฀keep฀
shareholders฀informed฀in฀the฀event฀that฀the฀company฀decides฀to฀resume฀such฀plans.
The฀following฀table฀presents,฀for฀the฀registered฀shares฀on฀the฀NASDAQ฀and฀SGX-ST:฀(i)฀the฀annual฀high฀and฀low฀market฀prices฀for฀the฀
five฀most฀recent฀full฀fiscal฀years;฀(ii)฀the฀high฀and฀low฀market฀prices฀for฀each฀full฀fiscal฀quarter฀for฀the฀two฀most฀recent฀full฀fiscal฀years;฀
and฀(iii)฀the฀high฀and฀low฀market฀prices฀for฀each฀month฀for฀the฀most฀recent฀six฀months.฀฀These฀prices฀do฀not฀include฀retail฀markups,฀
markdowns,฀or฀commissions.
฀฀฀฀฀
NASDAQ SGX-ST
(Price in US$/Share) (Price in Singapore $/Share)฀
High Low High Low
Annual฀High฀and฀Low฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀
Fiscal฀2002฀ 15.05฀ ฀4.20฀ ฀27.90฀฀ 8.15฀
Fiscal฀2003฀ 10.50฀ ฀5.65฀฀ 18.90฀฀ ฀10.10฀
Fiscal฀2004฀ 12.59฀฀ 7.73฀฀ ฀20.40฀฀ ฀13.80
Fiscal฀2005฀ 16.89฀ 6.46฀ 27.20฀ 11.00
Fiscal฀2006฀ 8.95฀ 4.72฀ 14.40฀ 7.75
฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀฀
Quarterly฀High฀and฀Low
Fiscal฀2005฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀฀
First฀Quarter฀ 11.50฀฀ 9.50฀ ฀19.00฀฀ ฀16.80
Second฀Quarter฀ 15.66฀ ฀11.05฀฀ ฀24.40฀฀ ฀18.30฀
Third฀Quarter฀ 16.89฀฀ 9.40฀ ฀27.20฀฀ ฀15.90฀
Fourth฀Quarter฀ 10.26฀฀ ฀6.46฀฀ ฀17.00฀ ฀11.00฀
Fiscal฀2006฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀฀
First฀Quarter฀ 8.43฀฀ 6.38฀ ฀13.90฀฀ ฀11.00
Second฀Quarter฀ 8.82฀ ฀7.13฀฀ ฀14.20฀฀ ฀12.30฀
Third฀Quarter฀ 8.95฀ 7.13฀ ฀14.40฀฀ ฀11.80฀
Fourth฀Quarter฀ 7.56฀฀ ฀4.72฀฀ ฀12.10฀ ฀7.75฀
Monthly฀High฀and฀Low฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀
March฀2006฀ 7.81฀ ฀7.13฀ ฀12.80฀฀ ฀11.80
April฀2006฀ 7.56฀ ฀6.10฀฀ ฀12.10฀฀ ฀10.00
May฀2006฀ 6.45฀฀ 5.44฀฀ ฀10.10฀ ฀8.80
June฀2006฀ 5.77฀฀ ฀4.72฀฀ 9.10฀ ฀7.75
July฀2006฀ 6.33฀ ฀5.26฀฀ ฀9.95฀ ฀8.40
August฀2006฀ 6.90฀ 5.22฀ 11.40฀ 8.45฀
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