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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

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The Company's common stock is quoted on the NASDAQ Global Select Market ("NASDAQ"), formerly known as the NASDAQ National Market, under the symbol "JKHY". The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the high and low sales price per share of the common stock as reported by NASDAQ.

Fiscal 2007HighLow
First Quarter$22.20$17.40
Second Quarter23.2021.02
Third Quarter24.6720.57
Fourth Quarter26.7523.54
Fiscal 2006HighLow
First Quarter$19.80$18.04
Second Quarter19.6216.56
Third Quarter22.9819.09
Fourth Quarter23.7718.14

The Company established a practice of paying quarterly dividends at the end of fiscal 1990 and has paid dividends with respect to every quarter since that time. Quarterly dividends per share paid on the common stock for the two most recent fiscal years ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 are as follows:

Fiscal 2007Dividend
First Quarter$0.055
Second Quarter0.055
Third Quarter0.065
Fourth Quarter0.065
Fiscal 2006Dividend
First Quarter$0.045
Second Quarter0.045
Third Quarter0.055
Fourth Quarter0.055

The declaration and payment of any future dividends will continue to be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend upon, among other factors, our earnings, capital requirements, contractual restrictions, and operating and financial condition. The Company does not currently foresee any changes in its dividend practices.

Information regarding the Company's equity compensation plans is set forth under the caption "Equity Compensation Plan Information" in the Company's definitive Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

On August 20, 2007, there were approximately 44,000 holders of the Company's common stock. On that same date the last sale price of the common shares as reported on NASDAQ was $25.96 per share.

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Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

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The following shares of the Company were repurchased during the quarter ended June 30, 2007:

** Period**** Total Number of Shares Purchased**** Average Price of Share**** Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans**** Maximum Number Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans (1)**
April 1 - April 30, 2007143,600$ 23.78143,6003,817,875
May 1 - May 31, 2007617,433$ 25.25617,4333,200,442
June 1 - June 30, 2007310,793$ 25.87310,7932,889,649
Total1,071,826$ 25.231,071,8262,889,649

(1) Purchases made under the stock repurchase authorization approved by the Company's Board of Directors on October 4, 2002 with respect to 3.0 million shares, which was increased by 2.0 million shares on April 29, 2005. On August 25, 2006, following the end of the quarter, the Company's Board of Directors approved an additional 5.0 million share increase to the stock repurchase authorization. These authorizations have no specific dollar or share price targets and no expiration dates.

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Performance Graph

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The following chart presents a comparison for the five-year period ended June 30, 2007, of the market performance of the Company's common stock with the S & P 500 Index and an index of peer companies selected by the Company:

The following information depicts a line graph with the following values:

JKHYPeer GroupS & P 500
2002100.00100.00100.00
2003107.73100.27100.25
2004122.67113.88119.41
2005112.75116.86126.96
2006122.29130.92137.92
2007161.88162.92166.32

This comparison assumes $100 was invested on July 1, 2002, and assumes reinvestments of dividends. Total returns are calculated according to market capitalization of peer group members at the beginning of each period. Peer companies selected are in the business of providing specialized computer software, hardware and related services to financial institutions and other businesses. Companies in the peer group are Bisys Group, Cerner Corp., Computer Sciences Corp., Efunds Corp., Euronet Worldwide Inc., Fair Isaac Corp., Fidelity National Financial, Fiserv Inc., Marshall & Ilsley Corp., National Datacomputer Com, SEI Investments Company and First Data Corp.

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