Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Market Information

Jacobs’ common stock is listed on the NYSE and trades under the symbol JEC. We provided to the NYSE, without qualification, the required annual certification of our Chief Executive Officer regarding compliance with the NYSE’s corporate governance listing standards. The following table sets forth the low and high sales prices of a share of our common stock during each of the fiscal quarters presented, based on the NYSE Composite Price History:

Shareholders

According to the records of our transfer agent, there were 3,684 shareholders of record as of November 12, 2018.

Share Repurchases

On July 23, 2015, the Board of Directors approved a program to repurchase up to $500.0 million of the Company’s common stock, to expire on July 31, 2018. On July 19, 2018, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the continuation of this share repurchase program for an additional three years, to expire on July 31, 2021. The following table summarizes the activity under this program during fiscal 2018:

(1) Includes commissions paid and calculated at the average price per share.

Share repurchases may be executed through various means including, without limitation, open market transactions, privately negotiated transactions or otherwise. The share repurchase program does not obligate the Company to purchase any shares. The authorization for the share repurchase program may be terminated, increased or decreased by the Company’s Board of Directors in its discretion at any time. The timing of share repurchases may depend upon market conditions, other uses of capital, and other factors.

Dividends

On December 1, 2016, the Company announced that the Board of Directors approved the initiation of a cash dividend program. In the fourth fiscal quarter of 2017, the Company declared a dividend of $0.15 per share of the Company’s common stock that was paid in the first fiscal quarter of 2018. In the second, third and fourth fiscal quarters of 2018, the Company declared and paid a dividend of $0.15 per share of the Company’s common stock, for a total of $0.60 per share paid during the year ended September 28, 2018. On September 11, 2018, the Company's Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.15 per share of the Company's common stock that was paid on October 26, 2018 to shareholders of record on the close of business on September 28, 2018. Future dividend declarations are subject to review and approval by the Company’s Board of Directors.

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Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

None.

Performance Graph

The following graph and table shows the changes over the five-year period ended September 28, 2018 in the value of $100 as of the close of market on September 30, 2013 in (1) the common stock of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., (2) the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index, and (3) the Dow Jones Heavy Construction Group Index. The values of each investment are based on share price appreciation, with reinvestment of all dividends, provided any were paid. The investments are assumed to have occurred at the beginning of the period presented. The stock performance included in this graph is not necessarily indicative of future stock price performance.

Note: The above information was provided by Research Data Group, Inc.