STOCK PRICE INFORMATION AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES Our common stock is traded on The NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol MSFT. On August 18, 2006, there were 148,993 registered holders of record of our common stock. The high and low common stock prices per share were as follows:
See Note 12 – Stockholders’ Equity of the Notes to Financial Statements for information regarding dividends approved by our Board of Directors in fiscal years 2006 and 2005. On July 20, 2006, we announced the completion of the repurchase program, approved by our Board of Directors on July 20, 2004, to buy back up to $30 billion in Microsoft common stock. The repurchases were made using our cash resources. We repurchased common stock in each quarter of fiscal year 2006 as follows:
Common stock repurchases in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2006 were as follows:
On July 20, 2006, we announced that our Board of Directors authorized two new share repurchase programs: a $20 billion tender offer which was completed on August 17, 2006; and authorization for up to an additional $20 billion ongoing share repurchase program with an expiration of June 30, 2011. Under the tender offer, we repurchased approximately 155 million shares of common stock, or 1.5% of our common shares outstanding, for approximately $3.8 billion at a price per share of $24.75. On August 18, 2006, we announced that the authorization for the ongoing share repurchase program, previously announced on July 20, 2006, had been increased by approximately $16.2 billion. As a result, the company is authorized to repurchase additional shares in an amount up to $36.2 billion through June 30, 2011. |
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