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PART II
ITEM 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer
Purchases of Equity Securities
All per share amounts and number of shares presented below reflect the four-for-one stock split
that was effected in the second quarter of fiscal 2015. See Note 14—Stockholders’ Equity in
Item 8—Financial Statements and Supplementary Data of this report.
Price Range of Common Stock
Our class A common stock has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
“V” since March 19, 2008. At November 13, 2015, we had 352 stockholders of record of our class A
common stock. The number of beneficial owners is substantially greater than the number of record
holders, because a large portion of our class A common stock is held in “street name” by banks and
brokers. The following table sets forth the intra-day high and low sale prices for our class A common
stock in each of our last eight fiscal quarters:
Fiscal 2015 High Low
First Quarter ................................................... $ 67.33 $ 48.80
Second Quarter ................................................ $ 69.66 $ 61.29
Third Quarter ................................................... $ 70.69 $ 64.35
Fourth Quarter ................................................. $ 76.92 $ 60.00
Fiscal 2014 High Low
First Quarter ................................................... $ 55.68 $ 45.03
Second Quarter ................................................ $ 58.88 $ 52.63
Third Quarter ................................................... $ 54.54 $ 48.71
Fourth Quarter ................................................. $ 56.19 $ 52.05
There is currently no established public trading market for our class B or class C common stock.
There were 1,668 and 738 holders of record of our class B and class C common stock, respectively, as
of November 13, 2015.
Dividend Declaration and Policy
During the fiscal years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, we paid the following quarterly cash
dividends per share of our class A common stock (determined in the case of class B and C common
stock, on an as-converted basis) to all holders of record of our class A, B and C common stock.
Dividend
Fiscal 2015 Per Share
First Quarter .............................................................. $ 0.12
Second Quarter ........................................................... $ 0.12
Third Quarter .............................................................. $ 0.12
Fourth Quarter ............................................................ $ 0.12
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