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

Common Stock Data— The Company's common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. There were approximately 5,834 holders of record of common stock as of January 31, 2019. This number does not include beneficial owners of the Company's securities held in the name of nominees.

*Assumes $100 invested on 12/31/13 in stock or index, including reinvestment of dividends. Fiscal years ended December 31.

The 2018 peer group consists of the following 17 public companies, consistent with the peer group included in the Company's Proxy statement:



3M Company	Emerson Electric Co.	Parker-Hannifin Corporation
Caterpillar Inc.	Fortive Corporation	PPG Industries, Inc.
Cummins Inc.	General Dynamics Corporation	Raytheon Company
Deere & Company	Honeywell International Inc.	Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Dover Corporation	Ingersoll-Rand plc	Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
Eaton Corporation plc	Johnson Controls, Inc.

The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company reviews the peer group annually and from time to time it changes the composition of the Company’s peer group where changes are appropriate. Although Fortive Corporation was added to the Company’s peer group in 2017, it was excluded from the five year cumulative total return as there was insufficient historical data due to its spin-off from Danaher Corporation in 2016.

Repurchases of Common Stock— On February 13, 2015, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program which provides for the repurchase of up to $6.0 billion of the Company’s common stock over an open-ended period of time (the "2015 Program"). As of December 31, 2018, there were approximately $446 million of authorized repurchases remaining under the 2015 Program.

On August 3, 2018, the Company's Board of Directors authorized a new stock repurchase program which provides for the buyback of up to an additional $3.0 billion of the Company's common stock over an open-ended period of time (the "2018 Program"). As of December 31, 2018, there were $3.0 billion of authorized repurchases remaining under the 2018 program.

Share repurchase activity under the Company's share repurchase programs for the fourth quarter of 2018 was as follows:



In millions except per share amounts
Period	Total Number of Shares Purchased	Average Price Paid Per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Program	Maximum Value of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased Under Programs
October 2018	2.0	$	126.43	2.0	$	3,690
November 2018	0.7	$	131.50	0.7	$	3,595
December 2018	1.2	$	131.92	1.2	$	3,446
Total	3.9			3.9

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