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PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity
Securities.
Common Share Data
The principal trading market for our Series 1 common stock is the NYSE. Our Series 2 common stock is not publicly
traded. The high and low Sprint Series 1 common stock prices, as reported on the NYSE composite are as follows:
Series 1 common stock
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
2010 Market Price
High
$ 4.23
5.31
5.08
4.88
Low
$ 3.10
3.81
3.82
3.70
End of Period
$ 3.80
4.24
4.63
4.23
2009 Market Price
High
$ 4.20
5.94
4.91
4.41
Low
$ 1.83
3.49
3.47
2.78
End of Period
$ 3.57
4.81
3.95
3.66
Number of Shareholders of Record
As of February 18, 2011, we had about 48,000 Series 1 common stock record holders, no Series 2 common stock
record holders and no non-voting common stock record holders.
Dividends
We did not declare any dividends on our common shares in 2008, 2009 or 2010. We are currently restricted from
paying cash dividends by the terms of our revolving bank credit facility as described under Item 7 “Management's Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital Resources - Liquidity.”
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
None.
Performance Graph
The graph below compares the yearly change in the cumulative total shareholder return for our Series 1 common
stock with the S&P® 500 Stock Index and the Dow Jones U.S. Telecommunications Index for the five-year period from
December 31, 2005 to December 31, 2010. The graph assumes an initial investment of $100 on December 31, 2005 and
reinvestment of all dividends.
5-Year Total Return
Value of $100 Invested on December 31, 2005
Sprint Nextel
S&P 500
Dow Jones U.S. Telecom Index
2005
$ 100.00
$ 100.00
$ 100.00
2006
$ 88.46
$ 115.79
$ 136.83
2007
$ 61.76
$ 122.16
$ 150.57
2008
$ 8.61
$ 76.96
$ 100.98
2009
$ 17.22
$ 97.33
$ 110.92
2010
$ 19.90
$ 111.99
$ 130.60
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