Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

As of February 16, 2021, there were 132,376 record holders of common stock of the Company. Additional information called for by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the following sections of this Report: Note 16 “Common Stock, Stock Option Plans and Stock Compensation Agreements” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8; and Item 12 “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters – Equity Compensation Plan Information.”

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The following table provides information with respect to common stock purchases by the Company during the fiscal fourth quarter of 2020. Common stock purchases on the open market are made as part of a systematic plan to meet the needs of the Company’s compensation programs. The repurchases below also include the stock-for-stock option exercises that settled in the fiscal fourth quarter.

(1) During the fiscal fourth quarter of 2020, the Company repurchased an aggregate of 2,151,333 shares of Johnson & Johnson Common Stock in open-market transactions, all of which were purchased in open-market transactions as part of a systematic plan to meet the needs of the Company’s compensation programs.