The DirecTV Group (DTV)

ITEM 5.    MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Common Stock Price

        Effective December 3, 2007, our common stock is publicly traded on The NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "DTV." Prior to December 3, 2007 our common stock was publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE, under the symbol "DTV." The following table sets forth for the quarters indicated the high and low sales prices for our common stock, as reported on the NYSE Composite Tape for the period January 1, 2006 to December 2, 2007 and the NASDAQ Global Select Market for the period December 3, 2007 to December 31, 2007.

        As of the close of business on February 21, 2008, there were approximately 77,906 holders of record of our common stock.

Dividend Rights and Other Stockholder Matters

        Holders of our common stock are entitled to such dividends and other distributions in cash, stock or property as may be declared by our Board of Directors in its sole discretion, subject to the preferential and other dividend rights of any outstanding series of our preferred stock. There were no shares of our preferred stock outstanding at December 31, 2007.

        Except for a $275 million special cash dividend paid to General Motors, or GM, in connection with our split-off from GM in 2003, no dividends on our common stock have been declared by our Board of Directors for more than five years. We have no current plans to pay any dividends on our common stock. We currently expect to use our future earnings, if any, for the development of our businesses or other corporate purposes.

        DIRECTV U.S. is subject to restrictive covenants under its credit facility. These covenants limit the ability of DIRECTV U.S. to, among other things, make restricted payments, including dividends, loans or advances to us.

        Information regarding compensation plans under which our equity securities may be issued is included in Item 12 through incorporation by reference to our Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders scheduled to be held on June 3, 2008.

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Share Repurchase Program

        During 2006 and 2007 our Board of Directors approved multiple authorizations for the repurchase of a total of $5 billion of our common stock, the most recent of which was a $1 billion authorization in August 2007 that was completed in December 2007. The authorizations allow us to repurchase our common stock from time to time through open market purchases and negotiated transactions, subject to market conditions, the program may be suspended or discontinued at any time. The sources of funds for the purchases is our existing cash on hand and cash from operations. Repurchased shares are retired but remain authorized for registration and issuance in the future.

        All purchases were made in accordance with Rule 10b-18 of Securities Exchange Act of 1934. A summary of the repurchase activity for the three months ended December 31, 2007 is as follows:

        Subsequent to December 31, 2007, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of an additional $1 billion of our common stock.

        For additional information regarding our share repurchases see Note 11 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report.

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