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Item 5. Market for the Registrant’s Common Stock and Related Stockholder Matters
Ball Corporation common stock (BLL) is listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange. There were 6,311 common shareholders of record on February 15, 2021.
Common Stock Repurchases
The following table summarizes the company’s repurchases of its common stock during the quarter ended December 31, 2020.
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| Purchases of Securities | |||||||||
| ($ in millions) | Total Number of Shares Purchased (a) | Average Price Paid per Share | Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (a) | Maximum Number of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (b) | |||||
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| October 1 to October 31, 2020 | | — | | $ | — | | — | | 36,547,906 |
| November 1 to November 30, 2020 | | — | | | — | | — | | 36,547,906 |
| December 1 to December 31, 2020 | | — | | | — | | — | | 36,547,906 |
| Total | | — | | | — | | — | | |
| (a) | Includes any open market purchases (on a trade-date basis), share repurchase agreements and/or shares retained by the company to settle employee withholding tax liabilities. |
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| (b) | The company has an ongoing repurchase program for which shares are authorized from time to time by Ball’s Board of Directors. On January 23, 2019, the Board authorized the repurchase by the company of up to a total of 50 million shares. This repurchase authorization replaced all previous authorizations_._ |
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Shareholder Return Performance
The line graph below compares the annual percentage change in Ball Corporation’s cumulative total shareholder return on its common stock with the cumulative total return of the Dow Jones Containers & Packaging Index and the S&P Composite 500 Stock Index for the five-year period ended December 31, 2020. The graph assumes $100 was invested on December 31, 2015, and that all dividends were reinvested. The Dow Jones Containers & Packaging Index total return has been weighted by market capitalization.
TOTAL RETURN TO STOCKHOLDERS
(Assumes $100 investment on 12/31/15)
Total Return Analysis
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| | | 12/31/2015 | | 12/31/2016 | | 12/31/2017 | | 12/31/2018 | | 12/31/2019 | | 12/31/2020 | ||||||
| BLL | | $ | 100.00 | | $ | 107.49 | | $ | 111.73 | | $ | 113.71 | | $ | 139.48 | | $ | 197.82 |
| S&P 500 | | | 100.00 | | | 99.27 | | | 108.74 | | | 129.86 | | | 121.76 | | | 156.92 |
| DJ US Containers & Packaging | | | 100.00 | | | 94.19 | | | 109.70 | | | 128.02 | | | 102.22 | | | 128.38 |
Source: Bloomberg L.P.® Charts
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