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Part II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Shareholder Matters
Common Stock Data
2005 Market Price
High Low
End
of
Period
Common Stock, Series 1(1)
First quarter ....................................... $ 25.16 $ 21.80 $ 22.75
Second quarter ..................................... 25.87 21.57 25.09
Third quarter ....................................... 27.20 23.10 23.78
Fourth quarter ...................................... 26.86 22.15 23.36
2004 Market Price
High Low
End
of
Period
Common Stock, Series 1(1)
First quarter ....................................... $ 19.51 $ 15.74 $ 18.43
Second quarter ..................................... 19.99 16.83 17.60
Third quarter ....................................... 20.54 17.10 20.13
Fourth quarter ...................................... 25.80 19.81 24.85
PCS Common Stock, Series 1
First quarter ....................................... 10.70 5.51 9.20
Second quarter(2) ................................... 9.99 9.16 9.56
(1) Until August 12, 2005, when it was redesignated in connection with the Sprint-Nextel merger, our
common stock, Series 1, was designated as FON common stock, Series 1.
(2) On April 23, 2004, we recombined our two tracking stocks. Each share of the PCS common stock,
Series 1 tracking stock automatically converted into 0.5 shares of FON common stock, Series 1.
Number of Shareholders of Record
As of February 28, 2006, we had approximately 65,000 common stock, Series 1 record holders, 12 common
stock, Series 2 record holders, and two non-voting common stock record holders. The principal trading market
for our common stock, Series 1 is the New York Stock Exchange. The common stock, Series 2 and the
non-voting common stock are not publicly traded.
Dividends
We paid a dividend of $0.025 per share on the common stock, Series 1, the common stock, Series 2, and the
non-voting common stock in the third and fourth quarters 2005. The non-voting common stock was issued in the
Sprint-Nextel merger in August 2005. We paid a dividend of $0.125 per share on the common stock, Series 1 in
the first two quarters of 2005 and in each of the quarters of 2004 and a dividend of $0.125 per share on the
common stock, Series 2 in the first two quarters of 2005 and in each of the last three quarters of 2004. The
common stock, Series 2 was issued at the time of the recombination of the PCS common stock and the FON
common stock in April 2004.
Sale of Unregistered Equity Securities
In December 2005, we issued to certain of our directors and current and former executive officers an aggregate of
872 unregistered restricted stock units relating to shares of common stock, Series 1. These restricted stock units
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