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Table of Contents
PART II
Market Information
Our Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol VMW.
The following table sets forth the range of high and low sales prices of our common stock on the New York Stock Exchange for the past
two years during the fiscal periods shown. Our Class B common stock is not publicly traded.
Holders
We had 48 holders of record of our Class A common stock, and one holder of record, EMC Corporation (“EMC”),
of our Class B common
stock as of February 18, 2010.
Dividends
In April 2007, we declared an $800.0 million dividend to EMC paid in the form of a note payable. Subsequent to receiving the proceeds
from the initial public offering (“IPO”) of our Class A common stock in August 2007, we repaid $350.0 million of principal on the note.
Subsequent to our IPO, we have not declared or paid cash dividends on our common stock. We currently do not anticipate declaring any
cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Any future determination to declare cash dividends will be made at the discretion of our board of
directors, subject to the consent of the holders of our Class B common stock pursuant to our certificate of incorporation. Holders of our Class A
common stock and our Class B common stock will share equally on a per share basis in any dividend declared on our common stock by our
board of directors.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
None.
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ITEM 5.
MARKET FOR REGISTRANT
’
S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS, AND ISSUER
PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Market Prices
High
Low
Year ended December 31, 2009
First Quarter
$
27.21
$
19.16
Second Quarter
33.40
24.42
Third Quarter
41.19
25.75
Fourth Quarter
45.57
36.92
Year ended December 31, 2008
First Quarter
$
86.93
$
41.41
Second Quarter
72.08
42.05
Third Quarter
57.00
22.67
Fourth Quarter
32.75
17.25