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Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
The shares of the Company’s ordinary shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "JCI."
| Title of Class | Number of Record Holders as of September 30, 2018 |
| Ordinary Shares, $0.01 par value | 37,836 |
| Dividends | ||||||||
| 2018 | 2017 | |||||||
| First Quarter | $ | 0.26 | $ | 0.25 | ||||
| Second Quarter | 0.26 | 0.25 | ||||||
| Third Quarter | 0.26 | 0.25 | ||||||
| Fourth Quarter | 0.26 | 0.25 | ||||||
| Year | $ | 1.04 | $ | 1.00 |
Following the Tyco Merger, the Company adopted, subject to the ongoing existence of sufficient distributable reserves, the existing Tyco International plc $1 billion share repurchase program in September 2016. In December 2017, the Company's Board of Directors approved a $1 billion increase to its share repurchase authorization. The share repurchase program does not have an expiration date and may be amended or terminated by the Board of Directors at any time without prior notice. During fiscal year 2018, the Company repurchased approximately $300 million of its shares. As of September 30, 2018, approximately $1.0 billion remains available under the share repurchase program. In November 2018, the Company's Board of Directors approved a $1 billion increase to its share repurchase authorization.
The following table presents information regarding the repurchase of the Company’s ordinary shares by the Company as part of the publicly announced program during the three months ended September 30, 2018.
| Period | Total Number of Shares Purchased | Average Price Paid per Share | Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of the Publicly Announced Program | Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet be Purchased under the Programs | |||||||||
| 7/1/18 - 7/31/18 | |||||||||||||
| Purchases by Company | 431,907 | $ | 34.99 | 431,907 | $ | 1,078,596,769 | |||||||
| 8/1/18 - 8/31/18 | |||||||||||||
| Purchases by Company | 793,981 | 37.90 | 793,981 | 1,048,504,307 | |||||||||
| 9/1/18 - 9/30/18 | |||||||||||||
| Purchases by Company | — | — | — | 1,048,504,307 |
During the three months ended September 30, 2018, acquisitions of shares by the Company from certain employees in order to satisfy employee tax withholding requirements in connection with the vesting of restricted shares were not material.
The following information in Item 5 is not deemed to be "soliciting material" or to be "filed" with the SEC or subject to Regulation 14A or 14C under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") or to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, and will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except to the extent the Company specifically incorporates it by reference into such a filing.
The line graph below compares the cumulative total shareholder return on our ordinary shares with the cumulative total return of companies on the Standard & Poor’s ("S&P’s") 500 Stock Index and the companies on the S&P 500 Industrials Index. This graph assumes the investment of $100 on September 30, 2013 and the reinvestment of all dividends since that date.
The Company’s transfer agent’s contact information is as follows:
EQ Shareowner Services
P.O. Box 64874
St. Paul, MN 55164-0874
(877) 602-7397
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