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

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

(a)Corning Incorporated common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. In addition, it is traded on the Boston, Midwest and Philadelphia stock exchanges. Common stock options are traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange. The NYSE ticker symbol for Corning Incorporated is “GLW”.

As of December 31, 2023, there were approximately 11,000 registered holders of common stock and approximately 777,000 beneficial shareholders.

Information with respect to securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans is included herein under Item 12.

Performance Graph

The following graph illustrates the cumulative total shareholder return over the last five years of Corning’s common stock compared with the cumulative total return of companies on the Standard & Poor's (“S&P’s”) 500 Stock Index and the S&P Communications Equipment companies. This graph assumes the investment of $100 on December 31, 2018 and the reinvestment of all dividends since that date.

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(b)Not applicable.
(c)The following table provides information about purchases of common stock during the fourth quarter of 2023:

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Execution dateTotal number of shares purchased (1)Average price paid per share (2)Number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced programsApproximate dollar value of shares that may be purchased under the publicly announced programs
October 1-31, 202378,098$29.94—
November 1-30, 202311,783$26.70—
December 1-31, 202335,216$29.02—
Total125,097$29.38—$3,301,085,426
(1)This column reflects: (i) 94,437 shares of common stock related to the vesting of employee restricted stock; (ii) 29,894 shares of common stock related to the vesting of employee restricted stock units; and (iii) 766 shares of common stock related to the vesting of employee performance stock units.
(2)Represents the stock price at the time of surrender.

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