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

Common Stock

Our common stock trades on the NYSE under the symbol "CHK".

Shareholders

As of February 19, 2020, there were approximately 1,940 holders of record of our common stock and approximately 308,000 beneficial owners.

Dividends

We ceased paying dividends on our common stock in the 2015 third quarter and do not intend to resume paying cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. Our revolving credit facility and the certificates of designation for our preferred stock contain restrictions on our ability to declare and pay cash dividends on our common or preferred stock if an event of default has occurred. The certificates of designation for our preferred stock prohibit payment of cash dividends on our common stock unless we have declared and paid (or set apart for payment) full accumulated dividends on the preferred stock. After suspending the payment of dividends on our outstanding convertible preferred stock during fiscal year 2016, we reinstated the payment of dividends on each series of our outstanding convertible preferred stock beginning with the dividends payable in the 2017 first quarter and paid all dividends in arrears.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

The following table presents information about repurchases of our common stock during the quarter ended December 31, 2019:

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