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 2015 | Fiscal 2014 | |||||||||||||||
| High | Low | High | Low | |||||||||||||
| Fourth Quarter | $ | 70.25 | $ | 60.10 | $ | 60.02 | $ | 52.87 | ||||||||
| Third Quarter | 70.18 | 60.60 | 60.34 | 53.55 | ||||||||||||
| Second Quarter | 63.85 | 51.86 | 59.37 | 49.08 | ||||||||||||
| First Quarter | 60.84 | 54.78 | 52.42 | 47.14 |
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, 2015 and 2014 are as follows:
| Fiscal 2015 | Fiscal 2014 | |||||||
| Fourth Quarter | $ | 0.250 | $ | 0.220 | ||||
| Third Quarter | 0.250 | 0.220 | ||||||
| Second Quarter | 0.220 | 0.200 | ||||||
| First Quarter | 0.220 | 0.200 |
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 18, 2015, there were approximately 70,300 holders of the Company’s common stock. On that same date the last sale price of the common shares as reported on NASDAQ was $71.59 per share.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The following shares of the Company were repurchased during the quarter ended June 30, 2015:
| Total Number of Shares Purchased (1) | Average Price of Share | Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans (1) | Maximum Number of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans (2) | |||||||||
| April 1 - April 30, 2015 | — | $ | — | — | 8,298,084 | |||||||
| May 1 - May 31, 2015 | — | — | — | 8,298,084 | ||||||||
| June 1 - June 30, 2015 | 150,146 | 65.87 | 150,100 | 8,147,984 | ||||||||
| Total | 150,146 | 65.87 | 150,100 | 8,147,984 |
(1) 150,100 shares were purchased through a publicly announced repurchase plan. There were 46 shares surrendered to the Company to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with employee restricted stock awards.
(2) Total stock repurchase authorizations approved by the Company's Board of Directors as of February 17, 2015 were for 30.0 million shares, an increase of 5.0 million shares. 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, 2015, 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:
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |||||||
| JKHY | 100.00 | 127.44 | 148.62 | 205.60 | 263.21 | 290.88 | ||||||
| Peer Group | 100.00 | 136.78 | 148.10 | 174.79 | 239.10 | 301.34 | ||||||
| S&P 500 | 100.00 | 130.69 | 137.81 | 166.20 | 207.10 | 222.47 |
This comparison assumes $100 was invested on June 30, 2010, 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., Broadridge Financial Solutions, Cardtronics, Inc., Convergys Corp., Corelogic, Inc., DST Systems, Inc., Euronet Worldwide, Inc., Fair Isaac Corp., Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., Fiserv, Inc., Global Payments, Inc., Heartland Payment Systems, Inc., Moneygram International, Inc., SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc., Total Systems Services, Inc., Tyler Technologies, Inc., Verifone Systems, Inc., and WEX, Inc..
Micros Systems, Inc. was removed from the peer group as it was acquired in September 2014.
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