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
Our common stock is listed and traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC under the symbol “KLAC.”
On August 3, 2023, we announced that our Board of Directors had declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.30 per share to be paid on September 1, 2023 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on August 15, 2023.
As of July 17, 2023, there were 408 holders of record of our common stock.
Equity Repurchase Plans
The following is a summary of stock repurchases for each month during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023.
| Period | Total Number of Shares Purchased**(1)** | Average Price Paid**(3)** per Share | Total Number of Shares Purchased As Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs**(1)** | Approximate Dollar Value that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs**(1)(2)** | |||||||||||||||||||
| April 1, 2023 to April 30, 2023 | 310,000 | $ | 375.18 | 310,000 | $ | 2,177,535,982 | |||||||||||||||||
| May 1, 2023 to May 31, 2023 | 348,430 | $ | 402.18 | 348,430 | $ | 2,037,403,240 | |||||||||||||||||
| June 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023: | 272,954 | $ | 466.90 | 272,954 | $ | 1,909,961,490 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 931,384 | 931,384 |
(1)Our Board of Directors has authorized a program that permits us to repurchase our common stock, including a $6.00 billion increase approved by the Board in June 2022. As of June 30, 2023, approximately $1.91 billion remained available for repurchases under our repurchase program. All shares in the table were purchased pursuant to our publicly announced repurchase program.
(2)Our stock repurchase program has no expiration date and may be suspended at any time. Future repurchases of shares of our common stock under our repurchase program may be effected through various different repurchase transaction structures including isolated open market transactions, accelerated share repurchase agreements or systematic repurchase plans, subject to market conditions, applicable legal requirements and other factors.
(3)Average price paid per share excludes any excise tax imposed on certain stock repurchases as part of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
Stock Performance Graph and Cumulative Total Return
Notwithstanding any statement to the contrary in any of our previous or future filings with the SEC, the following information relating to the price performance of our common stock shall not be deemed “filed” with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and shall not be incorporated by reference into any such filings.
The following graph compares the cumulative 5-year total return attained by stockholders on our common stock relative to the cumulative total returns of the S&P 500 Index and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (“PHLX”). The graph tracks the performance of a $100 investment in our common stock and in each of the indices (with the reinvestment of all dividends) from June 30, 2018 to June 30, 2023.

| June 2018 | June 2019 | June 2020 | June 2021 | June 2022 | June 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KLA Corporation | $100.00 | $118.58 | $199.17 | $336.62 | $335.19 | $516.42 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S&P 500 | $100.00 | $110.42 | $118.70 | $167.13 | $149.39 | $178.66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PHLX Semiconductor | $100.00 | $113.31 | $157.88 | $268.11 | $207.50 | $302.48 |
Our fiscal year ends June 30. The comparisons in the graph above are based upon historical data and are not necessarily indicative of, nor intended to forecast, future stock price performance.
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