Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
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Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
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Market Information
The following table summarizes the high and low sales prices per share of our common stock for each quarter during the last two fiscal years. As of July 31, 2010, there were 84,363,063 shares outstanding. Our common stock has been quoted on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol "CPRT" since March 17, 1994. As of July 31, 2010, we had approximately 1,755 shareholders of record. On July 31, 2010, the last reported sale price of our common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market was $36.44 per share.
| Fiscal Year 2010 | High | Low | |||||
| Fourth Quarter | 37.83 | 33.96 | |||||
| Third Quarter | 37.01 | 32.77 | |||||
| Second Quarter | 37.10 | 31.63 | |||||
| First Quarter | 38.47 | 31.93 |
| Fiscal Year 2009 | High | Low | |||||
| Fourth Quarter | 36.00 | 29.02 | |||||
| Third Quarter | 32.78 | 23.48 | |||||
| Second Quarter | 36.57 | 22.54 | |||||
| First Quarter | 46.96 | 30.21 |
Dividend Policies
We have not paid a cash dividend since becoming a public company in 1994. We currently intend to retain any earnings for use in our business.
We expect to continue to use cash flows from operations to finance our working capital needs and to develop and grow our business. In addition to our stock repurchase program, we are considering a variety of alternative potential uses for our remaining cash balances and our cash flow from operations. These alternative potential uses include additional stock repurchases, the payment of dividends and acquisitions.
Repurchase of Our Common Stock
In October 2007, our Board of Directors approved a 20 million share increase in our stock repurchase program bringing the total current number of shares authorized for repurchase to 29 million shares. The repurchases may be effected through solicited or unsolicited transactions in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. No time limit has been placed on the duration of the share repurchase program. Subject to applicable securities laws, such repurchases will be made at such times and in such amounts as we deem appropriate and may be discontinued at any time. For the year ended July 31, 2010, we repurchased 121,251 shares of our common stock at a price of $36.76. For the year ended July 31, 2009, we did not repurchase any shares under our stock repurchase program. For the year ended July 31, 2008, we repurchased 6,615,764 shares of our common stock at a weighted average price of $40.70. As of July 31, 2010, the total number of shares repurchased under the program was 13,770,720 and 15,229,280 shares were available for repurchase under our program.
In the second and fourth quarters of fiscal year 2009 and the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, Mr. Jay Adair, Chief Executive Officer (and then President), exercised stock options through cashless
exercises. In the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2010, Mr. Willis J. Johnson, Chairman of the Board, exercised stock options through a cashless exercise. A portion of the options exercised were net settled in satisfaction of the exercise price and federal and state minimum statutory tax withholding requirements. We remitted approximately $17.2 million to the proper taxing authorities in satisfaction of the employees' minimum statutory withholding requirements. In fiscal year 2008 no stock options were exercised through the cashless exercise method. The exercises are summarized in the following table:
| Period | Options Exercised | Exercise Price | Shares Net Settled for Exercise | Shares Withheld for Taxes(1) | Net Shares to Employee | Share Price for Withholding | Tax Withholding (in 000's) | |||||||||||||||
| FY 2009—Q2 | 600,000 | $ | 4.47 | 96,929 | 222,817 | 280,254 | $ | 26.93 | $ | 6,000 | ||||||||||||
| FY 2009—Q4 | 361,035 | $ | 11.12 | 116,741 | 109,595 | 134,699 | $ | 34.39 | $ | 3,769 | ||||||||||||
| FY 2010—Q1 | 323,631 | $ | 13.03 | 114,354 | 95,746 | 113,531 | $ | 36.89 | $ | 3,532 | ||||||||||||
| FY 2010—Q4 | 350,000 | $ | 12.91 | 122,922 | 105,827 | 121,251 | $ | 36.76 | $ | 3,890 |
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Shares withheld for taxes are treated as a repurchase of shares for accounting purposes but do not count against our repurchase program.
The number and average price of shares purchased in each fiscal year are set forth in the table below:
| Period | Total Number of Shares Purchased | Average Price Paid Per Share | Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Program | Maximum Number of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased Under the Program | |||||||||
| Fiscal 2008 | |||||||||||||
| First Quarter | — | — | — | 21,966,295 | * | ||||||||
| Second Quarter | 982,655 | $ | 41.67 | 982,655 | 20,983,640 | ||||||||
| Third Quarter | 2,779,509 | $ | 38.77 | 2,779,509 | 18,204,131 | ||||||||
| Fourth Quarter | 2,853,600 | $ | 42.24 | 2,853,600 | 15,350,531 | ||||||||
| Fiscal 2009 | |||||||||||||
| First Quarter | — | — | — | 15,350,531 | |||||||||
| Second Quarter | — | — | — | 15,350,531 | |||||||||
| Third Quarter | — | — | — | 15,350,531 | |||||||||
| Fourth Quarter | — | — | — | 15,350,531 | |||||||||
| Fiscal 2010 | |||||||||||||
| First Quarter | — | — | — | 15,350,531 | |||||||||
| Second Quarter | — | — | — | 15,350,531 | |||||||||
| Third Quarter | — | — | — | 15,350,531 | |||||||||
| Fourth Quarter | 121,251 | $ | 36.76 | 121,251 | 15,229,280 |
Includes 20 million share increase in our stock repurchase program authorized by the Board of Directors in October 2007.
Issuances of Unregistered Securities
There were no issuances of unregistered securities in the quarter ended July 31, 2010.
Performance Graph
Notwithstanding any statement to the contrary in any of our previous or future filings with the SEC, the following information relating to the price performance of our common stock shall not be deemed "filed" with the SEC or "Soliciting Material" under the Exchange Act, or subject to Regulation 14A or 14C, or to liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange Act except to the extent we specifically request that such information be treated as soliciting material or to the extent we specifically incorporate this information by reference.
The following is a line graph comparing the cumulative total return to shareholders of our common stock at July 31, 2010 since July 31, 2005, to the cumulative total return over such period of (i) the NASDAQ Composite Index, (ii) the NASDAQ Industrial Index, and (iii) the NASDAQ Q-50 (NXTQ).
*COMPARISON OF 5 YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN Among Copart, Inc., the NASDAQ Composite Index, the NASDAQ Industrial Index, and the NASDAQ Q-50 (NXTQ) **

| 7/05 | 7/06 | 7/07 | 7/08 | 7/09 | 7/10 | ||||||||||||||
| Copart, Inc. | $ | 100.00 | $ | 108.91 | $ | 115.04 | $ | 179.31 | $ | 144.36 | $ | 148.98 | |||||||
| NASDAQ Composite | $ | 100.00 | $ | 97.54 | $ | 120.58 | $ | 107.55 | $ | 92.26 | $ | 106.16 | |||||||
| NASDAQ Industrial | $ | 100.00 | $ | 99.18 | $ | 122.73 | $ | 100.96 | $ | 78.83 | $ | 94.92 | |||||||
| NASDAQ Q-50 (NXTQ) | $ | 100.00 | $ | 103.86 | $ | 129.89 | $ | 103.07 | $ | 97.22 | $ | 134.84 |
Assumes that $100.00 was invested on July 31, 2005 in our common stock, in the NASDAQ Composite Index, the NASDAQ Industrial Index and the NASDAQ Q-50 (NXTQ), and that all dividends were reinvested. No dividends have been declared on our common stock. Shareholder returns over the indicated period should not be considered indicative of future shareholder returns.
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