Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common
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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
listed on
the New
York
Stock Exchange
under the
symbol “GIS.”
On June 15,
2022, there
were approximately
25,000 record holders of our common stock.
The
following
table
sets
forth
information
with
respect
to
shares
of
our
common
stock
that
we
purchased
during
the
fiscal
quarter
ended May 29, 2022:
Period
Total
Number
of Shares
Purchased (a)
Average Price
Paid Per Share
Total
Number of Shares
Purchased as Part of a
Publicly Announced
Program (b)
Maximum Number of
Shares that may yet
be Purchased
Under the Program (b)
February 28, 2022 -
April 3, 2022
1,081,455
$
64.84
1,081,455
24,569,322
April 4, 2022 -
May 1, 2022
1,895,917
70.66
1,895,917
22,673,405
May 2, 2022 -
May 29, 2022
1,735,229
70.09
1,735,229
20,938,176
Total
4,712,601
$
69.11
4,712,601
20,938,176
(a)
The total
number of
shares purchased
includes shares
of common
stock withheld
for the
payment of
withholding taxes
upon the
distribution of deferred option units.
(b)
On
June
27, 2022,
our
Board of
Directors
approved
a new
authorization
for
the repurchase
of
up to
100,000,000
shares of
our
common
stock
and
terminated
the
prior
authorization.
Purchases
can
be
made
in
the
open
market
or
in
privately
negotiated
transactions,
including
the
use
of
call
options
and
other
derivative
instruments,
Rule
10b5-1
trading
plans,
and
accelerated
repurchase programs. The Board did not specify an expiration date for the
authorization.
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