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

Price Range of Common Stock

Our common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “SYMC.” The high and low closing sales prices set forth below are as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market during each quarter of the two most recent fiscal years.

Stockholders

As of April 3, 2015, there were 1,996 stockholders of record.

Dividends

During fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2014 we declared and paid aggregate cash dividends of $413 million or $0.60 per common share and $418 million or $0.60 per common share, respectively. Dividends declared and paid each quarter during fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2014 were $0.15 per share. Our restricted stock and performance-based stock units have dividend equivalent rights entitling holders to dividend equivalents to be paid in the form of cash upon vesting, for each share of the underlying units. On May 14, 2015, we declared a quarterly dividend in the amount of $0.15 per share of common stock to be paid on June 24, 2015 to all stockholders of record as of June 10, 2015. All future dividends and dividend equivalents are subject to the approval of our Board of Directors.

Repurchases of our equity securities

Stock repurchases during the three months ended April 3, 2015 were as follows:

Through our stock repurchase programs we have repurchased shares on a quarterly basis since the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015, our Board of Directors authorized a new $1.0 billion stock repurchase program which commenced immediately. Our active stock repurchase programs have $1.2 billion remaining authorized for future repurchase as of April 3, 2015 and do not have an expiration date.

Stock performance graph

This performance graph shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Symantec under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.

The graph below compares the cumulative total stockholder return on our common stock with the cumulative total return on the S&P 500 Composite Index and the S&P Information Technology Index for the five years ended April 3, 2015 (assuming the investment of $100 in our common stock and in each of the other indices on the last day of trading for fiscal 2010, and the reinvestment of all dividends). The comparisons in the graph below are based on historical data and are not intended to forecast the possible future performance of our common stock.

COMPARISON OF FIVE-YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN

Among Symantec Corporation, the S&P 500 Index

and the S&P Information Technology Index