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

*(a)*Market Information, Holders and Dividends

Market Information – Our common stock is listed on the NYSE and NASDAQ under the symbol FDS. The following table sets forth, for each fiscal period indicated, the high and low sales prices per share of our common stock as reported on the NYSE:

Holders of Record – As of October 22, 2020, we had approximately 2,604 holders of record of our common stock. However, because many of our shares of common stock are held by brokers and other institutions on behalf of stockholders, we are unable to estimate the total number of stockholders represented by these record holders. The closing price of our common stock on October 22, 2020, was $327.97 per share as reported on the NYSE.

Dividends - During fiscal years 2020 and 2019, our Board of Directors declared the following dividends on our common stock:

Future dividend payments will depend on our earnings, capital requirements, financial condition and other factors considered relevant by us, and is subject to final determination by our Board of Directors.

(b) Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

There were no sales of unregistered equity securities during fiscal 2020.

*(c)*Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

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The following table provides a month-to-month summary of the share repurchase activity under our current share repurchase program during the three months ended August 31, 2020:

(in thousands, except per share data)

*(1)*Includes 81,948 shares purchased under the existing share repurchase program, as well as 5,715 shares repurchased from employees to cover their cost of taxes due upon the vesting or exercise of stock-based awards.

*(2)*Repurchases may be made from time to time in the open market and privately negotiated transactions, subject to market conditions. No minimum number of shares to be repurchased has been fixed. There is no timeframe to complete the share repurchase program and it is expected that share repurchases will be paid using existing and future cash generated by operations.

Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans – refer to Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Stock Performance Graph

The annual changes for the five-year period shown in the graph below assume $100 had been invested in our common stock, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, the NYSE Composite Index, the Dow Jones U.S. Financial Services Index, and the S&P 500 Financial Exchange and Data Index on August 31, 2015, or the origination date of each respective index. We are adding the S&P 500 Financial Exchange and Data Index as a comparison peer group this year, in lieu of the NYSE Composite Index, as we believe it is reflective of the stock performance of other companies that provide services similar to ours and will provide a more meaningful comparison of our stock performance to investors. The NYSE Composite Index is shown below for comparison purposes in the transitional year.

The total cumulative dollar returns shown on the graph represent the value that such investments would have had on August 31, 2020. Stockholder returns over the indicated period are based on historical data and should not be considered indicative of future stockholder returns.

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