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## Class A and Class B Share Dividends 

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During 2013, AKITA declared dividends totalling $5,752,000 ($0.32 per share) on its Class A Non-Voting shares and Class B Common shares, compared to $5,038,000 ($0.28 per share) for 2012. The payment of any dividends is at the discretion of the Board of Directors and depends upon the financial condition of AKITA and other factors. Since the inception of the quarterly dividend program in 1997, dividends have been paid in each quarter of every year. The most recent dividend was declared on March 5, 2014 with a dividend rate of $0.085 per share. 

## Class A Non-Voting and Class B Common Shares 

## Authorized 

An unlimited number of Series Preferred shares, issuable in series, designated as First Preferred Shares, no par value 

An unlimited number of Series Preferred shares, issuable in series, designated as Second Preferred Shares, no par value 

An unlimited number of Class A Non-Voting Shares 

An unlimited number of Class B Common Shares 

## Issued 

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At March 5, 2014, the Company had 16,298,277 Class A Non-Voting shares and 1,653,784 Class B Common shares outstanding. At that date, there were also 447,000 stock options outstanding, of which 240,100 were exercisable. 

