Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The Company effected the initial public offering of its Class A Common Stock (“Common Stock”) in November 1991. The Company’s Common Stock has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange since that time under the symbol “APH”. The following table sets forth the high and low closing sales prices for the Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange for each quarter of 2016 and 2015:

The following graph compares the cumulative total return of Amphenol over a period of five years ending December 31, 2016 with the performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 (“S&P 500”) Stock Index and the Dow Jones U.S. Electrical Components & Equipment Index. This graph assumes that $100 was invested in the Common Stock of Amphenol and each index on December 31, 2011, reflects reinvested dividends and is weighted on a market capitalization basis at the time of each reported data point. The comparisons in the graph below are based upon historical data and are not indicative of, nor intended to forecast, future performance.

As of January 31, 2017, there were 37 holders of record of the Company’s Common Stock. A significant number of outstanding shares of Common Stock are registered in the name of only one holder, which is a nominee of The Depository Trust Company, a securities depository for banks and brokerage firms. The Company believes that there are a significant number of beneficial owners of its Common Stock.

Contingent upon declaration by the Board of Directors, the Company generally pays a quarterly dividend on shares of its Common Stock. In the third quarter of 2015, the Board of Directors approved an increase in the quarterly dividend rate from $0.125 to $0.14 per share effective with dividends declared in the third quarter of 2015, and in October 2016, approved a further increase in the quarterly dividend rate from $0.14 to $0.16 per share effective with dividends declared

in the fourth quarter of 2016. Total dividends declared during 2016, 2015 and 2014 were $178.8 million, $163.7 million and $140.6 million, respectively. Total dividends paid in 2016, 2015 and 2014 were $172.7 million, $159.3 million and $101.9 million, respectively, including those declared in the prior year and paid in the current year. The Company intends to retain the remainder of its earnings not used for dividend payments to provide funds for the operation and expansion of the Company’s business (including acquisition-related activity), to repurchase shares of its Common Stock and to repay outstanding indebtedness.

The Company’s Revolving Credit Facility contains financial covenants and restrictions, some of which may limit the Company’s ability to pay dividends, and any future indebtedness that the Company may incur could limit its ability to pay dividends.

Equity Compensation Plan Information

The following table summarizes the Company’s equity compensation plan information as of December 31, 2016:

Repurchase of Equity Securities

In January 2015, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program under which the Company could repurchase up to 10 million shares of Common Stock during the two-year period ended January 20, 2017 (the “2015 Stock Repurchase Program”). During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company repurchased 5.5 million shares of its common stock for approximately $325.8 million. These treasury shares have been retired by the Company and common stock and retained earnings were reduced accordingly. As of December 31, 2016, the Company had repurchased all of the shares authorized under the 2015 Stock Repurchase Program. The table below reflects the Company’s stock repurchases for the year ended December 31, 2016:

On January 24, 2017, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a new stock repurchase program under which the Company may purchase up to $1.0 billion of the Company’s Common Stock during the two-year period ending January 24, 2019 in accordance with the requirements of Rule 10b-18 of the Exchange Act (the “2017 Stock Repurchase Program”). As of February 10, 2017, the Company repurchased approximately 3.2 million shares of its common stock for $213.9 million under the 2017 Stock Repurchase Program. The price and timing of any future purchases under the 2017 Stock Repurchase Program will depend on factors such as levels of cash generation from operations, the volume of stock option exercises by employees, cash requirements for acquisitions, dividends, economic and market conditions and stock price.