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PART II
Item 5. Market for the Registrant’s Common Stock, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity
Securities
Stock Market Information
The common stock of Hess Corporation is traded principally on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: HES).
High and low sales prices were as follows:
2014 2013
Quarter Ended High Low High Low
March 31 ............................................. $ 83.56 $ 73.36 $ 72.63 $ 53.06
June 30 ................................................ 99.10 82.52 74.48 61.32
September 30 ...................................... 104.50 93.57 80.41 66.23
December 31 ....................................... 94.58 63.80 85.15 76.83
Performance Graph
Set forth below is a line graph comparing the five year shareholder return on a $100 investment in the Corporation’s
common stock assuming reinvestment of dividends, against the cumulative total returns for the following:
• Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 500 Stock Index, which includes the Corporation,
• Proxy Peer Group comprising 12 oil and gas peer companies, including the Corporation (as disclosed in the
Corporation’s 2014 Proxy Statement).
Comparison of Five-Year Shareholder Returns
Years Ended December 31,
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Hess
Corporation $100.00 $127.35 $95.09 $89.35 $141.31 $127.15
S&P 500 $100.00 $115.08 $117.47 $136.24 $180.33 $204.96
Proxy Peer
Group $100.00 $119.76 $111.05 $110.82 $141.84 $125.74
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