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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

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 2012Fiscal 2011
HighLowHighLow
Fourth Quarter$34.76$32.17$34.17$28.45
Third Quarter35.3732.1133.9428.96
Second Quarter34.5027.3329.9725.35
First Quarter31.1524.4126.3023.19

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, 2012 and 2011 are as follows:

Fiscal 2012Fiscal 2011
Fourth Quarter$0.115$0.105
Third Quarter0.1150.105
Second Quarter0.1050.095
First Quarter0.1050.095

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 22, 2012, there were approximately 43,000 holders of the Company’s common stock. On that same date the last sale price of the common shares as reported on NASDAQ was $37.13 per share.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The following shares of the Company were repurchased during the quarter ended June 30, 2012:

Total Number of Shares PurchasedAverage Price of ShareTotal Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced PlansMaximum Number of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans (1)
April 1 - April 30, 2012—$——5,583,981
May 1 - May 31, 2012717,09932.92717,0994,866,882
June 1 - June 30, 2012328,33032.78328,3304,538,552
Total1,045,42932.881,045,4294,538,552

(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, increased by 2.0 million shares on April 29, 2005, by 5.0 million shares on August 28, 2006, by 5.0 million shares on February 4, 2008, and by 5.0 million shares on August 25, 2008. These authorizations have no specific dollar or share price targets and no expiration dates.

Performance Graph

The following chart presents a comparison for the five-year period ended June 30, 2012, 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:

200720082009201020112012
JKHY100.0084.9882.9796.96123.57144.10
Old Peer Group100.0073.1272.2976.75107.02126.72
New Peer Group100.0073.3071.1079.71106.69124.52
S & P 500100.0086.8864.1073.3595.87101.09

This comparison assumes $100 was invested on June 30, 2007, 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. In fiscal year 2012, we changed our peer group of companies used for this analysis to maintain alignment with peer companies selected by our Compensation Committee for use in determining compensation for executive management. Companies in the New Peer Group are Bottomline Technology, Inc., Cerner

Corp., DST Systems, Inc., Euronet Worldwide, Inc., Fair Isaac Corp., Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., Fiserv, Inc., Online Resources Corp., SEI Investments Company, Telecommunications Systems, Inc., and Tyler Technologies Corp.

Companies in the Old Peer Group are Bottomline Technology, Inc., Cerner Corp., DST Systems, Inc., Euronet Worldwide, Inc., Fair Isaac Corp., Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Fiserv, Inc., Online Resources Corp., S1 Corp., SEI Investments Company, Telecommunications Systems, Inc., and Tyler Technologies Corp.

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