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9
PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of
Equity Securities
Information regarding the principal market for the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”),
number of shareholders of record, market price information per share of Common Stock and dividends declared
per share of Common Stock for each quarterly period in fiscal 2007 and 2006 is set forth below.
The Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. As of November 21, 2007, there were 4,890
holders of record of Common Stock.
Quarterly Information
First
Quarter
Second
Quarter
Third
Quarter
Fourth
Quarter
Fiscal 2007
Dividend Per Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 0.11 $ 0.11 $ 0.11 $ 0.11
Market Price Per Share
High ............................................... 28.91 30.50 32.39 37.28
Low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.20 26.30 29.53 27.53
Fiscal 2006
Dividend Per Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 0.11 $ 0.11 $ 0.11 $ 0.11
Market Price Per Share
High ............................................... 23.94 24.75 24.83 26.50
Low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.28 20.84 21.93 22.40
The Company expects to continue paying dividends on a quarterly basis which is at the discretion of the
Board of Directors and subject to legal and contractual requirements. Information regarding restrictions on the
ability of the Company to pay cash dividends is set forth in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations — Capital Resources and Liquidity” in Item 7 hereof.
Equity Compensation Plan Information
The following table provides information as of September 30, 2007 regarding the number of shares of
Common Stock that may be issued under the Company’s equity compensation plans.
Plan category
Number of
securities to be
issued upon exercise
of outstanding
options, warrants
and rights
(a) (1)
Weighted-average
exercise price
of outstanding
options, warrants
and rights
(b) (2)
Number of securities
remaining available for
future issuance under
equity compensation
plans (excluding securities
reflected in column (a))
(c)
Equity compensation plans
approved by security holders . . . . . . . . 809,006 $ 16.01 1,894,940
Equity compensation plans not
approved by security holders . . . . . . . . -0- -0- -0-
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809,006 $ 16.01 1,894,940
(1) Includes grants of 78,344 performance shares outstanding as of September 30, 2007. Excludes 105,316
shares of Common Stock that are deliverable in connection with the 105,316 stock units outstanding
under the Ruddick Corporation Director Deferral Plan (the “Deferral Plan”) that have been accumulated