Read the following texts and table with financial data from an S&P 500 earnings report carefully.Based on the question-answer history (if provided), answer the last question. The answer may require mathematical calculation based on the data provided.


part ii item 5 . market for registrant 2019s common equity , related stockholder matters and issuer purchases of equity securities the following table presents reported quarterly high and low per share sale prices of our class a common stock on the new york stock exchange ( 201cnyse 201d ) for the years 2007 and 2006. . <table class='wikitable'><tr><td>1</td><td>2007</td><td>high</td><td>low</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>quarter ended march 31</td><td>$ 41.31</td><td>$ 36.63</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>quarter ended june 30</td><td>43.84</td><td>37.64</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>quarter ended september 30</td><td>45.45</td><td>36.34</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>quarter ended december 31</td><td>46.53</td><td>40.08</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>2006</td><td>high</td><td>low</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>quarter ended march 31</td><td>$ 32.68</td><td>$ 26.66</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>quarter ended june 30</td><td>35.75</td><td>27.35</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>quarter ended september 30</td><td>36.92</td><td>29.98</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>quarter ended december 31</td><td>38.74</td><td>35.21</td></tr></table> on february 29 , 2008 , the closing price of our class a common stock was $ 38.44 per share as reported on the nyse . as of february 29 , 2008 , we had 395748826 outstanding shares of class a common stock and 528 registered holders . dividends we have never paid a dividend on any class of our common stock . we anticipate that we may retain future earnings , if any , to fund the development and growth of our business . the indentures governing our 7.50% ( 7.50 % ) senior notes due 2012 ( 201c7.50% ( 201c7.50 % ) notes 201d ) and our 7.125% ( 7.125 % ) senior notes due 2012 ( 201c7.125% ( 201c7.125 % ) notes 201d ) may prohibit us from paying dividends to our stockholders unless we satisfy certain financial covenants . the loan agreement for our revolving credit facility and the indentures governing the terms of our 7.50% ( 7.50 % ) notes and 7.125% ( 7.125 % ) notes contain covenants that restrict our ability to pay dividends unless certain financial covenants are satisfied . in addition , while spectrasite and its subsidiaries are classified as unrestricted subsidiaries under the indentures for our 7.50% ( 7.50 % ) notes and 7.125% ( 7.125 % ) notes , certain of spectrasite 2019s subsidiaries are subject to restrictions on the amount of cash that they can distribute to us under the loan agreement related to our securitization . for more information about the restrictions under the loan agreement for the revolving credit facility , our notes indentures and the loan agreement related to the securitization , see item 7 of this annual report under the caption 201cmanagement 2019s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations 2014liquidity and capital resources 2014factors affecting sources of liquidity 201d and note 3 to our consolidated financial statements included in this annual report. .
Question: what was the change in the price of shares from the highest value during the quarter ended 12/31/07 and the closing price on 2/29/08?
Answer: -8.09
Question: and the growth rate during this time?

-0.17387