Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

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Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Market Information for Common Stock

Our common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “ADBE.”

Stockholders

According to the records of our transfer agent, there were 993 holders of record of our common stock on January 10, 2020. Because many of such shares are held by brokers and other institutions on behalf of stockholders, we are unable to estimate the total number of stockholders represented by these record holders.

Dividends

We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Below is a summary of stock repurchases for the three months ended November 29, 2019. See Note 14 of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for information regarding our stock repurchase programs.



Period	Total Number of Shares Repurchased	Average Price Paid Per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans	Approximate Dollar Value that May Yet be Purchased Under the Plan(1)
	(in thousands, except average price per share)
Beginning repurchase authority					$	6,100,054
August 31 — September 27, 2019
Shares repurchased	885	$	282.43	885	$	(250,054	)
September 28 — October 25, 2019
Shares repurchased	927	$	274.12	927	$	(254,032	)	(2)
October 26 — November 29, 2019
Shares repurchased	954	$	279.52	954	$	(266,779	)	(2)
Total	2,766			2,766	$	5,329,189


(1)	In May 2018, the Board of Directors granted authority to repurchase up to $8 billion in common stock through the end of fiscal 2021.


(2)	In September 2019, we entered into a structured stock repurchase agreement with a large financial institution whereupon we provided them with a prepayment of $750 million. As of November 29, 2019, approximately $229.2 million of the prepayment remained under this agreement.

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