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PART II
ITEM 5: MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER
MATTERS
Price Range of Common Stock
eBay's common stock has been traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market
SM
under the symbol ""EBAY''
since September 24, 1998. The following table sets forth the high and low per share bid prices of eBay's
common stock for the periods indicated, as reported by The Nasdaq Stock Market
SM
. The stock quotes are
adjusted to reÖect our three-for-one stock split in February 1999 and two-for-one stock split in May 2000.
High Low
Year Ended December 31, 2000
First QuarterÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏ 127.50 58.69
Second Quarter ÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏ 93.88 48.56
Third Quarter ÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏ 77.56 43.50
Fourth Quarter ÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏ 70.25 26.75
Year Ended December 31, 2001
First QuarterÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏ 55.13 28.44
Second Quarter ÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏ 71.30 29.25
Third Quarter ÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏ 70.20 41.50
Fourth Quarter ÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏ 72.74 44.00
As of March 1, 2002, there were approximately 1,500 stockholders of record of eBay's common stock,
although eBay believes that there is a signiÑcantly larger number of beneÑcial owners of our common
stock.
Dividend Policy
We have never paid cash dividends on our stock, and anticipate that we will continue to retain any
future earnings to Ñnance the growth of our business.
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