Item 5. Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DVA. The closing price of our common stock on January 31, 2019 was $56.13 per share. According to Computershare, our registrar and transfer agent, as of January 31, 2019, there were 8,843 holders of record of our common stock. We have not declared or paid cash dividends to holders of our common stock since 1994. We have no current plans to pay cash dividends and we are restricted from paying dividends under the terms of our senior secured credit facilities and the indentures governing our senior notes. See “Liquidity and capital resources” under “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the notes to the consolidated financial statements.

Stock Repurchases

We repurchased a total of 16,844,067 shares for $1,154 million, or an average price of $68.48, during the year ended December 31, 2018. No repurchases were made during the fourth quarter of 2018.

The following tables summarizes our repurchases of our common stock during 2018:

On July 11, 2018 our Board of Directors approved an additional share repurchase authorization in the amount of $1,390 million. This share repurchase authorization was in addition to the $110 million remaining at that time under our Board of Directors’ prior share repurchase authorization approved in October 2017. We are authorized to make purchases from time to time in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions, including without limitations, through accelerated share repurchase transactions, derivative transactions, tender offers, Rule 10b5-1 plans or any combination of the foregoing, depending upon market conditions and other considerations.

During the quarter ended December 31, 2018, we did not repurchase any shares of our common stock. As of February 22, 2019, we have a total of $1,356 million remaining in Board authorizations available for share repurchases under our repurchase programs. Although these share repurchase authorizations have no expiration dates, we are subject to share repurchase limitations under the terms of our senior secured credit facilities and the indentures governing our senior notes.