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

As of February 10, 2022, there were 127,899 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 2021. 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.


Fiscal Period	Total Number of Shares Purchased(1)	Avg. Price Paid Per Share		Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs	Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares (or Units) that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
October 4, 2021 through October 31, 2021	549,068	$	163.78	-	-
November 1, 2021 through November 28, 2021	100,000	163.23		-	-
November 29, 2021 through January 2, 2022	5,391,956	165.09		-	-
Total	6,041,024

(1) During the fiscal fourth quarter of 2021, the Company repurchased an aggregate of 6,041,024 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.

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