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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 2013Fiscal 2012
HighLowHighLow
Fourth Quarter$48.24$37.90$34.76$32.17
Third Quarter46.3139.6035.3732.11
Second Quarter40.7137.1234.5027.33
First Quarter38.2233.9231.1524.41

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, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

Fiscal 2013Fiscal 2012
Fourth Quarter$0.200$0.115
Third Quarter0.1300.115
Second Quarter0.1150.105
First Quarter0.1150.105

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 16, 2013, there were approximately 54,000 holders of the Company’s common stock. On that same date the last sale price of the common shares as reported on NASDAQ was $50.47 per share.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The following shares of the Company were repurchased during the quarter ended June 30, 2013:

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, 2013—$——4,140,316
May 1 - May 31, 2013436,03446.98436,0348,704,282
June 1 - June 30, 2013467,55546.74467,5558,236,727
Total903,58946.86903,5898,236,727

(1) Stock repurchase authorizations approved by the Company's Board of Directors as of April 1, 2013 was 20.0 million shares. This was increased by 5.0 million shares on May 3, 2013. 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, 2013, 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:

COMPARISON OF 5 YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN

Among Jack Henry & Associates, Inc., the S&P 500 Index, and a Peer Group

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

200820092010201120122013
JKHY100.0097.64114.10145.41169.58234.60
Peer Group100.0097.18109.28146.52171.16214.21
S & P 500100.0073.7984.43110.35116.36140.32

This comparison assumes $100 was invested on June 30, 2008, 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 ACI Worldwide, Inc., Bottomline Technology, Inc., Cerner Corp., DST Systems, Inc., Euronet Worldwide, Inc., Fair Isaac Corp., Fidelity National

Information Services, Inc., Fiserv, Inc., SEI Investments Company, Telecommunications Systems, Inc., and Tyler Technologies Corp.

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