Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

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Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Common Stock and Dividend Information

Our common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market ("Nasdaq") under the symbol ODFL. At February 19, 2014, there were 32,642 holders of our common stock, including 159 shareholders of record. We did not pay any dividends on our common stock during fiscal year 2013 or 2012, and we have no current plans to declare or pay any dividends on our common stock during fiscal year 2014. For information concerning restrictions on our ability to make dividend payments, see Liquidity and Capital Resources in Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and Note 2 in Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this report.

On August 13, 2012, we announced a three-for-two common stock split for shareholders of record as of the close of business on the record date, August 24, 2012. On September 7, 2012 those shareholders received one additional share of common stock for every two shares owned. In lieu of fractional shares, shareholders received a cash payment based on the average of the high and low sales prices of our common stock on the record date.

The following table sets forth the high and low sales price of our common stock for the periods indicated, as reported by Nasdaq and as adjusted to give effect to the three-for-two stock split effected in September 2012:

2013
First QuarterSecond QuarterThird QuarterFourth Quarter
High$38.76$44.00$47.66$53.34
Low$34.58$35.17$41.93$45.15
2012
First QuarterSecond QuarterThird QuarterFourth Quarter
High$32.87$32.77$32.06$35.13
Low$25.54$27.04$26.12$28.75

Performance Graph

The following graph compares the total shareholder cumulative returns, assuming the reinvestment of all dividends, of $100 invested on December 31, 2008, in (i) our common stock, (ii) the NASDAQ Trucking & Transportation Stocks and (iii) The NASDAQ Stock Market (US) for the five-year period ended December 31, 2013:

Cumulative Total Return

12/31/0812/31/0912/31/1012/31/1112/31/1212/31/13
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc..............................$100$108$169$214$271$419
NASDAQ Trucking & Transportation Stocks.........$100$117$161$136$143$190
The NASDAQ Stock Market (US)..........................$100$144$170$171$202$282

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