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

Our Common Stock is traded under the symbol FIX on the New York Stock Exchange.

As of February 19, 2021, there were approximately 319 stockholders of record of our Common Stock, and the last reported sale price on that date was $60.56 per share.

We expect to continue paying cash dividends quarterly, although there is no assurance as to future dividends because they depend on future earnings, capital requirements, and financial condition. In addition, our credit agreement may limit the amount of dividends we can pay at any time that our Total Leverage Ratio exceeds 2.00 to 1.00.

The following Corporate Performance Graph and related information shall not be deemed “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the SEC, nor shall such information be incorporated by reference into any future filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that we specifically incorporate it by reference into such filing.

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Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

None.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

On March 29, 2007, our Board of Directors (the “Board”) approved a stock repurchase program to acquire up to 1.0 million shares of our outstanding common stock. Subsequently, the Board has from time to time increased the number of shares that may be acquired under the program and approved extensions of the program. On December 8, 2020, the Board approved an extension to the program by increasing the shares authorized for repurchase by 0.7 million shares. Since the inception of the repurchase program, the Board has approved 10.3 million shares to be repurchased. As of December 31, 2020, we have repurchased a cumulative total of 9.3 million shares at an average price of $19.63 per share under the repurchase program.

The share repurchases will be made from time to time at our discretion in the open market or privately negotiated transactions as permitted by securities laws and other legal requirements, and subject to market conditions and other factors. The Board may modify, suspend, extend or terminate the program at any time. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2020, we repurchased 0.7 million shares for approximately $30.1 million at an average price of $43.99 per share.

During the year ended December 31, 2020, we purchased our common shares in the following amounts at the following average prices:

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​​​​Total Number of SharesMaximum Number of
​​​​​​​Purchased as Part of​Shares that May Yet Be
​​Total Number of​Average Price​Publicly Announced Plans​Purchased Under the Plans
Period​Shares Purchased​Paid Per Share​or Programs (1)​or Programs
January 1 - January 3126,606​$49.048,653,973894,196​
February 1 - February 2917,724​$47.588,671,697876,472​
March 1 - March 31193,029​$35.428,864,726683,443​
April 1 - April 30—​$—8,864,726683,443​
May 1 - May 313,000​$36.728,867,726680,443​
June 1 - June 3049,991​$38.228,917,717630,452​
July 1 - July 3124,455​$39.228,942,172605,997​
August 1 - August 3123,966​$51.008,966,138582,031​
September 1 - September 30109,387​$51.109,075,525472,644​
October 1 - October 3137,442​$46.629,112,967435,202​
November 1 - November 30166,325​$47.639,279,292268,877​
December 1 - December 3132,709​$51.219,312,001981,750​
​684,634​$43.999,312,001981,750​
(1)Purchased as part of a program announced on March 29, 2007 under which, since the inception of this program, 10.3 million shares have been approved for repurchase.

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Under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan and 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan, employees may elect to have us withhold common shares to satisfy statutory federal, state and local tax withholding obligations arising on the vesting of restricted stock awards and exercise of options. When we withhold these shares, we are required to remit to the appropriate taxing authorities the market price of the shares withheld, which could be deemed a purchase of the common shares by us on the date of withholding.

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