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## PART II 

## ITEM 5. MARKET FOR THE COMP ANY ’S COMMON STOCK AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS 

The principal market on which the Company’s common stock is traded is the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “HP”. The high and low sale prices per share for the common stock for each quarterly period during the past two fiscal years as reported in the NYSE-Composite Transaction quotations follow: 

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The Registrant paid quarterly cash dividends during the past two years as shown in the following table: 

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The Company paid a cash dividend of $0.0825 per share on December 1, 2004, to shareholders of record on November 15, 2004. Payment of future dividends will depend on earnings and other factors. 

As of December 3, 2004, there were 860 record holders of the Company’s common stock as listed by the transfer agent’s records. 

## SUMMAR OF ALL EXISTING EQUITY COMPENSATION PLANS 

Number of securities to Weighted-average The following chart sets forth information concerning the equity compensation plans of the Company as of September 30, 2004. 

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(1) Includes the 1990 Stock Option Plan, the 1996 Stock Incentive Plan and the 2000 Stock Incentive Plan of the Company. 

(2) The Company does not maintain any equity compensation plans that have not been approved by the stockholders. 

