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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.

Market for Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters

Our Class A Common Stock is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “EL.”

As part of the cost saving actions and cash conservation measures taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we did not declare quarterly cash dividends that would have been paid in June 2020. On August 19, 2020, a dividend was declared in the amount of $.48 per share on our Class A and Class B Common Stock. The dividend is payable in cash on September 15, 2020 to stockholders of record at the close of business on August 31, 2020. We expect to continue the payment of cash dividends in the future, but there can be no assurance that the Board of Directors will continue to declare them.

As of August 20, 2020, there were 2,380 record holders of Class A Common Stock and 13 record holders of Class B Common Stock.

Share Repurchase Program

We are authorized by the Board of Directors to repurchase shares of our Class A Common Stock in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions, depending on market conditions and other factors. The following table provides information relating to our repurchase of Class A Common Stock during the referenced periods:

PeriodTotal Number of Shares Purchased(1)Average Price Paid Per ShareTotal Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced ProgramMaximum Number of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Program(2)
April 2020—$——34,741,624
May 202094175.58—34,741,624
June 202056,308187.16—34,741,624
56,402187.14—

(1)Relates to shares that were repurchased by the Company to satisfy tax withholding obligations upon the payout of certain stock-based compensation arrangements.

(2)The Board of Directors has authorized the current repurchase program for up to 80.0 million shares. The total amount was last increased by the Board on October 31, 2018. Our repurchase program does not have an expiration date.

Beginning in early February 2020, we temporarily suspended our repurchase of shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock. We may resume repurchases in the future.

Performance Graph

The following graph compares the cumulative five-year total stockholder return (stock price appreciation plus dividends) on the Company’s Class A Common Stock with the cumulative total return of the S&P 500 Index and the S&P Consumer Staples Index. The returns are calculated by assuming an investment of $100 in the Class A Common Stock and in each index on June 30, 2015.

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