Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Certain information required by this item will be included in the 2005 Proxy Statement, and the information is incorporated by reference herein.
The principal market for our common stock is the New York Stock Exchange. Our common
stock is also listed on the Amsterdam, Brussels, London, Swiss and Tokyo Exchanges as well as various regional stock exchanges in the United States. Additional information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the table captioned
Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited
) on page 129 and Item 12 on page 139.
The number of holders of common stock as of February 23, 2005, was approximately 199,036.
The following table provides information about purchases we made during the quarter ended December 31, 2004 of equity securities that are registered by us pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act:
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Period
Total Number
of Shares
Purchased
(1)
Average Price
Paid per Share
Total Number of
Shares Purchased
as Part of Publicly
Announced Plans
or Programs
(2)
Maximum Number
of Shares that May
Yet Be Purchased
Under the Plans
or Programs
10/01/04 thru 10/31/04
117,500
$
51.47
117,500
37,556,644
11/01/04 thru 11/30/04
3,443,794
$
52.92
3,438,000
34,118,644
12/01/04 thru 12/31/04
4,568,626
$
53.63
4,562,000
29,556,644
TOTAL
8,129,920
$
53.30
8,117,500
29,556,644
(1)
We repurchased an aggregate of 8,117,500 shares of our common stock in the open market pursuant to the resumption of our repurchase program that we
publicly announced on May 3, 2004 (the “Program”) and an aggregate of 12,420 shares of our common stock in stock swap transactions outside of the Program.
(2)
Our Board of Directors approved the repurchase by us of up to an aggregate of 85 million
shares of our common stock pursuant to the Program. Unless terminated earlier by resolution of our Board of Directors, the Program will expire when we have repurchased all shares authorized for repurchase thereunder.
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