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

Our common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol ADI.

Information regarding our equity compensation plans and the securities authorized for issuance thereunder is set forth in Item 12 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The table below summarizes the activity related to stock repurchases for the three months ended November 2, 2019.


Period	Total Number of Shares Purchased (1)	Average Price Paid Per Share (2)		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (3)	Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
August 4, 2019 through August 31, 2019	199,231	$	109.00	194,849	$	2,213,017,633
September 1, 2019 through September 28, 2019	342,313	$	113.39	338,534	$	2,174,639,499
September 29, 2019 through November 2, 2019	1,023,202	$	109.32	949,531	$	2,070,927,831
Total	1,564,746	$	110.17	1,482,914	$	2,070,927,831

(1)Includes 81,832 shares withheld by us from employees to satisfy employee tax obligations upon vesting of restricted stock units/awards granted to our employees under our equity compensation plans.

(2)The average price paid for shares in connection with vesting of restricted stock units/awards are averages of the closing stock price at the vesting date which is used to calculate the number of shares to be withheld.

(3)Shares repurchased pursuant to the stock repurchase program publicly announced on August 12, 2004. On August 21, 2018, the Board of Directors approved an increase to the current authorization for the stock repurchase program by an additional $2.0 billion to $8.2 billion in the aggregate. Under the repurchase program, we may repurchase outstanding shares of our common stock from time to time in the open market and through privately negotiated transactions. Unless terminated earlier by resolution of our Board of Directors, the repurchase program will expire when we have repurchased all shares authorized for repurchase under the repurchase program.

The number of holders of record of our common stock at November 22, 2019 was 2,059. This number does not include shareholders for whom shares are held in a “nominee” or “street” name. On November 1, 2019, the last reported sales price of our common stock on The Nasdaq Global Select Market was $109.37 per share.

Comparative Stock Performance Graph

The following graph compares cumulative total shareholder return on our common stock since November 1, 2014 with the cumulative total return of the Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 500 Index and the S&P Semiconductors Index. This graph assumes the investment of $100 on November 1, 2014 in our common stock, the S&P 500 Index and the S&P Semiconductors Index and assumes all dividends are reinvested. Measurement points are the last trading day for each respective fiscal year.

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