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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.

Charter’s Class A common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “CHTR.” As of December 31, 2020, there were approximately 11,200 holders of record of Charter’s Class A common stock and one holder of Charter's Class B common stock. Charter has not paid cash dividends on its common stock and does not intend to do so in the foreseeable future. During 2020, there were no unregistered sales of securities of the registrant.

Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

The following information is provided as of December 31, 2020 with respect to equity compensation plans:

Plan CategoryNumber of Securities to be Issued Upon Exercise of Outstanding Options, Warrants and RightsWeighted Average Exercise Price of Outstanding Warrants and RightsNumber of Securities Remaining Available for Future Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders10,493,576(1)$316.8613,840,616(1)
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders—$——
TOTAL10,493,576(1)13,840,616(1)

(1) This total does not include 5,992 shares issued pursuant to restricted stock grants made under our 2019 Stock Incentive Plan, which are subject to vesting based on continued service.

For information regarding securities issued under our equity compensation plans, see Note 16 to our accompanying consolidated financial statements contained in “Part II. Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

Performance Graph

The performance graph required by Item 5 will be included in Charter’s 2021 Proxy Statement (the “Proxy Statement”) under the headings “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” or in amendment to this Annual Report on Form 10-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer

The following table presents Charter’s purchases of equity securities completed during the fourth quarter of 2020 (dollars in millions, except per share data).

PeriodTotal Number of Shares Purchased (1)Average Price Paid per ShareTotal Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (2)Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (2)
October 1 - 31, 20201,960,781$633.731,953,774$2,782
November 1 - 30, 20202,345,534$639.561,960,370$3,070
December 1 - 31, 20202,584,716$656.222,582,981$1,499

(1)Includes 7,007, 385,164 and 1,735 shares withheld from employees for the payment of taxes and exercise costs upon the exercise of stock options or vesting of other equity awards for the months of October, November and December 2020, respectively.

(2)During the three months ended December 31, 2020, Charter purchased approximately 6.5 million shares of its Class A common stock for approximately $4.2 billion. Charter Holdings purchased 0.9 million Charter Holdings common units from A/N at an average price per unit of $629.92, or $578 million during the three months ended December 31, 2020. As of December 31, 2020, Charter had remaining board authority to purchase an additional $1.5 billion of Charter’s Class A

common stock and/or Charter Holdings common units. In addition to open market purchases including pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 plans adopted from time to time, Charter may also buy shares of Charter Class A common stock, from time to time, pursuant to private transactions outside of its Rule 10b5-1 plan and any such repurchases may also trigger the repurchases from A/N pursuant to and to the extent provided in the Letter Agreement or Liberty pursuant to the stockholders' agreement. See "Part II. Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Liquidity and Capital Resources."

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