Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON
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Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON
MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON
EQUITY, RELATED
STOCKHOLDER
MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
ConocoPhillips’ common stock is traded on the
New York Stock Exchange, under the symbol “COP.”
Cash Dividends Per Share
Dividends
2020
2019
First
$
0.420
0.305
Second
0.420
0.305
Third
0.420
0.305
Fourth
0.430
0.420
Number of Stockholders of Record at January
31, 2021*
40,483
*In determining the number of stockholders, we consider clearing
agencies and security position listings as one stockholder for each
agency
listing.
The declaration of dividends is subject to the discretion
of our Board of Directors, and may be affected by
various factors, including our future earnings,
financial condition, capital requirements,
levels of indebtedness,
credit ratings and other considerations our Board of
Directors deems relevant.
Our Board of Directors has
adopted a quarterly dividend declaration policy providing
that the declaration of any dividends will be
determined quarterly by the Board of Directors
taking into account such factors as our
business model,
prevailing business conditions and our financial
results and capital requirements, without a predetermined
annual net income payout ratio.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Millions of Dollars
Approximate Dollar
Shares Purchased
Value
of Shares
Average
as Part of Publicly
that May Yet Be
Total Number of
Price Paid
Announced Plans
Purchased Under the
Period
Shares Purchased
Per Share
or Programs
Plans or Programs
October 1-31, 2020
4,805,220
$
34.68
4,805,220
$
14,483
November 1-30, 2020
-
-
-
14,483
December 1-31, 2020
-
-
-
14,483
4,805,220
$
34.68
4,805,220
*There were no repurchases of common stock from company employees in connection with the company's broad-based employee incentive plans.
In late 2016, we initiated our current share repurchase
program, which has a current total program
authorization of $25 billion of our common stock.
As of December 31, 2020,
we had repurchased $10.5
billion of shares.
Repurchases
are made at management’s discretion, at prevailing prices, subject to market
conditions and other factors.
Except as limited by applicable legal requirements,
repurchases may be
increased, decreased or discontinued at any time
without prior notice.
Shares of stock repurchased under the
plan are held as treasury shares.
See “Item 1A—Risk Factors – Our ability
to declare and pay dividends and
repurchase shares is subject to certain considerations.”

Stock Performance Graph
The following graph shows the cumulative TSR
for ConocoPhillips’ common stock in each of the five
years
from December 31, 2015 to December 31,
The graph also compares the cumulative
total returns for the
same five-year period with the S&P 500 Index and
our performance peer group consisting
of Chevron,
ExxonMobil, Apache, Marathon Oil Corporation,
Devon, Occidental, Hess, and EOG weighted
according to
the respective peer’s stock market capitalization at the
beginning of each annual period.
For the 2019 Stock
Performance Graph, Noble Energy was also presented
within the peer group.
However, due to Chevron’s
acquisition of Noble Energy completed in 2020, Noble
Energy’s performance has been excluded from all five
years of the peer group performance.
The comparison assumes $100 was invested on
December 31, 2015, in ConocoPhillips stock, the S&P
Index and ConocoPhillips’ peer group and assumes
that all dividends were reinvested.
The cumulative total
returns of the peer group companies' common
stock do not include the cumulative total
return of
ConocoPhillips’ common stock.
The stock price performance included in this
graph is not necessarily
indicative of future stock price performance.
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