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
Market Information for Common Stock
Our common stock is listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “LII.”
Holders of Common Stock
As of the close of business on February 3, 2023, approximately 544 holders of record held our common stock.
Comparison of Total Stockholder Return
The following graph compares the cumulative total returns of LII’s common stock with the cumulative total returns of the Standards & Poor’s Midcap 400 Index, a broad index of mid-size U.S. companies of which the Company is a part, and with a peer group of U.S. industrial manufacturing and service companies in the HVACR businesses. The graph assumes that $100 was invested on December 31, 2017, with dividends reinvested. Our peer group includes AAON, Inc., Comfort Systems USA, Inc., Johnson Controls Inc., and Watsco, Inc.

This performance graph and other information furnished under this Comparison of Total Stockholder Return section shall not be deemed to be “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the Securities and Exchange Commission or subject to Regulation 14A or 14C, or to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange Act.
Our Purchases of Company Equity Securities
Our Board of Directors has authorized a total of $4 billion to repurchase shares of our common stock (collectively referred to as the “Share Repurchase Plans”), including an incremental $1.0 billion share repurchase authorization in July 2021. The Share Repurchase Plans authorize open market repurchase transactions and do not have a stated expiration date. As of December 31, 2022, $546 million is available to repurchase shares under the Share Repurchase Plans.
In the fourth quarter of 2022, we purchased shares of our common stock as follows:
| Total Shares Purchased (1) | Average Price Paid per Share (including fees) | Shares Purchased As Part of Publicly Announced Plans | Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that may yet be Purchased Under the Plans (in millions) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| October 1 through October 31 | 56 | $ | 233.04 | — | 546.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| November 1 through November 30 | 1,482 | 258.34 | — | 546.0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| December 1 through December 31 | 8,910 | 267.95 | — | 546.0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10,448 | — |
(1) These shares of common stock were surrendered to LII to satisfy employee tax-withholding obligations in connection with the exercise of long-term incentive awards.
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