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.
(a) The Company’s common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. See the information concerning quoted prices of the Company’s common stock, the number of stockholders and the data on dividends declared and paid per share in Notes 29 and 30 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
(b) Not applicable.
(c) The Company’s purchases of its common stock during the fourth quarter of 2014 were as follows:
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
| Period | Total Number of Shares Purchased (thousands) | Average Price Paid Per Share | Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs(1) (thousands) | Maximum Number of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased under the Plans or Programs (1) (millions) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1 to Aug 31 | 2,629 | $ | 85.64 | 2,629 | 83.1 | |||||
| Sept 1 to Sept 30 | 6,485 | 83.27 | 6,485 | 76.7 | ||||||
| Oct 1 to Oct 31 | 4,058 | 82.50 | 4,058 | 72.8 | ||||||
| Total | 13,172 | 13,172 | ||||||||
(1) During the fourth quarter of 2014, the Company had a share repurchase plan that was announced in December 2013 to purchase up to $8,000 million of shares of the Company’s common stock. The maximum number of shares above that may yet be purchased under the $8,000 million plan was based on the October 31, 2014 closing share price of $85.54 per share. At October 31, 2014, $6,230 million of common stock remains to be purchased under this plan.
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