How has our stock performed in comparison to the Nasdaq Stock Market and the Russell 2000 Index?
Rules promulgated by the SEC require that we include in this proxy statement a line graph which compares the yearly percentage change in cumulative total shareholder return on our common stock with (a)the performance of a broad equity market indicator, in our case the Nasdaq Stock Market (US) (the “Nasdaq Index”) and (b)the performance of a published industry index or peer group index, in our case the Russell 2000 (the “Russell 2000 Index”). We do not believe that we have an industry peer group. The following graph compares the yearly percentage change in the return on our common stock since May26, 1999, the date on which our common stock first began trading on the Nasdaq National Market, with the cumulative total return on the Nasdaq Index and the Russell 2000 Index. The graph assumes the investment of $100 on May26, 1999 in each of our common stock, the Nasdaq Index and the Russell 2000 Index on May26, 1999, and that with respect to each hypothetical investment, all dividends were re
