Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Market Information and Dividends

The principal market in which Dover common stock is traded is the New York Stock Exchange.

Holders

As of February 1, 2022, there were 1,264 holders of record of Dover common stock.

Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

Information relating to securities authorized for issuance under our equity compensation plans is contained in Part III, Item 12 of this Form 10-K.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

None.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

In November 2020, the Company's Board of Directors approved a new standing share repurchase authorization, whereby we may repurchase up to 20 million shares beginning on January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2023. This share repurchase authorization replaced the February 2018 share repurchase authorization. Upon expiration of the February 2018 share repurchase authorization, there were 7,380,879 shares remaining.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, under our November 2020 standing share repurchase authorization, which began on January 1, 2021, we purchased 182,951 shares of common stock at a total cost of $21,637 or $118.27 per share. No share repurchases were made under the November 2020 authorization during the three months ended December 31, 2021. As of December 31, 2021, 19,817,049 shares remain authorized for repurchase under the November 2020 share repurchase authorization.

Performance Graph

This performance graph does not constitute soliciting material, is not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), and is not incorporated by reference in any of our filings under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act of 1934, whether made before or after the date of this Form 10-K and irrespective of any general incorporation language in any such filing, except to the extent we specifically incorporate this performance graph by reference therein.

Comparison of Five-Year Cumulative Total Return +

Dover Corporation, S&P 500 Index, S&P 500 Industrials Index, Old Peer Group Index

Total Shareholder Returns

Data Source: Research Data Group, Inc

+Total return assumes reinvestment of dividends.

This graph assumes $100 invested on December 31, 2016 in Dover common stock, the S&P 500 Index, the S&P 500 Industrials Index, and an Old Peer Group Index.

The 2021 new peer index group consists of the S&P 500 Industrials Index. The Old Peer Group index consists of the following 29 public companies selected by Dover.

We re-examined our Old Peer Group and concluded that our diversified portfolio of businesses, which evolves in accordance with our acquisition and disposition initiatives, is better benchmarked against a broad set of industrial manufacturing peers represented by the S&P 500 Industrials Index rather than a constant group of peers, each with limited overlap with our portfolio. Moreover, the companies within the Old Peer Group have undertaken and may continue to undertake mergers, spin-offs, split-offs, or other strategic transactions that could potentially cause those companies to no longer be considered peers.