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

Stock symbol and stockholders of record

Our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “NLOK”. As of April 3, 2020, there were 1,534 stockholders of record. A substantially greater number of holders of our common stock are "street name" or beneficial holders, whose shares of record are held by banks, brokers, and other financial institutions

S****tock performance graph

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 fiscal years ended April 3, 2020 (assuming the initial investment of $100 in our common stock and in each of the other indices on the last day of trading for fiscal 2015 and the reinvestment of all dividends). The comparisons in the graph below are based on historical data and are not indicative of, nor intended to forecast the possible future performance of our common stock.

COMPARISON OF FIVE-YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN

Among NortonLifeLock Inc., the S&P 500 Index

and the S&P Information Technology Index

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 NortonLifeLock under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.

Unregistered sale of equity securities

On January 6, 2020, we issued 1 million shares of our common stock to three individuals upon the accelerated vesting of stock awards issued in connection with our acquisition of Luminate Security in February 2019.

The issuance of the above securities was deemed to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act in reliance upon Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act (or Regulation D or Regulation S promulgated thereunder) as transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering.

Repurchases of our equity securities

Under our stock repurchase programs, shares may be repurchased on the open market and through accelerated stock repurchase transactions. In August 2019, our Board of Directors increased the share repurchase authorization to $1,600 million. As of April 3, 2020, we have $578 million remaining authorized to be completed in future periods with no expiration date. Stock repurchases during the three months ended April 3, 2020, were as follows:

(1) The number of shares purchased is reported on trade date. Repurchases of 1 million shares, which were executed prior to January 4, 2020, settled during the period of January 4, 2020 to January 31, 2020.